HELP! axle grease stain!

[watchman]

The other night while driving home late at night, i somehow managed to completely snap the front axle of my car. In the ensuing chaos, i got axle grease all over my jeans from wiping my hands off, etc. I washed them already once, but nothing worked yet, so please let me know if you have advice.

[evisu 2000]

gives it character.

[Felix]

i doubt that you can get it cleaner than that without "hurting" your denim...maybe dryclean??

[Charlie Delta]

gives it character.

^what he said.

I get grease from my bicycle on my jeans all the time, it eventually dissappears again.

Wouldn't wory about it.

I actually think that it looks good, especially with the way those are fading.

[superBobo]

i agree. that doesnt hurt the look of the jeans at all.

[bonanz]

i agree with the "looks good, leave it and relax" crowd

[>++fishb0neR]

i agree with the statements regarding character..

plus you've got to think that as the grease breaks down (with future washes and wearing) you could end up with some interesting fades..almost like a "coated" denim

given the amount of shit you see on looney tunes evisus and/or distressed-to-hell 'designer' jeans (now with paint splatters!!), your jeans still look nicer than a majority of the stuff that's out there

[fre-co]

I got a load of engine oil on my samurais this morning from changing the wheel on my vespa. I wouldn't worry too much either, it's what denim is meant for anyway.

Although I didn't really like how some of my LVCs faded around engine oil and soot stains over the last couple of years.

This morning I was however most pissed off about the dollop of grease on my lovely puma clydes.... they are totally fucked.

[Selegna]

shit happens.. all you can do is keep wearing them.

[fre-co]

BTW watchman, is that an LGC belt? It's very nice.

[drofhiphopology]

i'd leave it, keep it steezy.

[poly800rock]

i used some of that grandma's stain remover and dr. bronner's soap suds to remove popcorn butter from my nom de guerre's. a bit less extreme than axle greese, but anythings worth a shot. My dry cleaner's job didn't do shit, they ended up somehow fucking it up.

[BlueOctoberFan]

Everyone seems to want to make it clean... The alternate route: continue doing work on your car in the jeans and wipe your hands over the rest of them -> uniform look that is unique to your denim.

[cheep]

if those are a size 30, they are ruined. send them to me for disposal.

otherwise, looks fine, keep wearing them.

[seemeugly]

Hopping on the don't remove it at all bandwagon. That shit looks good.

[headtowall]

It's not even terribly noticable, I wouldn't worry about it.

You may remember my PBJs which were really dirty looking even after a wash. The brown has since pretty much disappeared. Grease is a little different, I'm sure, but I'm sure with wear it will become less and less apparent.

[tangerine]

if those are a size 30, they are ruined. send them to me for disposal.

otherwise, looks fine, keep wearing them.

BOOYAH!

[bart1]

I think they look fine. How do they smell? Axle "dope", like 90 weight oil usually has a wicked stink! I haven't tried jeans, but Shout stain remover has done wonders on some t-shirts I have gotten crap on. I'd say hot soak them for a long time before washing also.

[lilldavid]

like everyone else, I like the way it looks.

[jayrock]

I'm gonna play devil's advocate and say that you should cut them off into shorts and pair them with unscuffed work boots.

[BOORADLEY]

if those are a size 30, they are ruined. send them to me for disposal.

otherwise, looks fine, keep wearing them.

BOOYAH!

[netsleh1]

I agree w/ everyone else....might not want to wear them to a funeral or to meet your new girl friend's parents, but totherwise they're fine. Look at it as a little memento of the time your axle snapped (a good conversation piece).

[watchman]

ha well i'm glad the consensus is the by far the most convenient route. Although, the shorts idea is tempting.