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How do you remove silicone sealant from clothes?
smart51 - 16/11/08 at 04:06 PM

I have a smudge of it on some trousers and Mrs Smart51 is not best pleased.

r1_pete - 16/11/08 at 04:14 PM

Could be worse, they could have been her trousers....

Screwfix sell some silicone remover, not sure how it works.....

Bigheppy - 16/11/08 at 04:20 PM

Petrol is supposed to soften silicone dont know if it would remove from clothes though. If it doesn't remove the stain just strike a match and burn the evidence.

minitici - 16/11/08 at 04:47 PM

Lighter fluid and a blowtorch

dhutch - 16/11/08 at 04:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by minitici
Lighter fluid and a blowtorch

Yeah sadly i would say they have had it for ever being smart again. Silicon is an arse to remove from really anything at all.
- There are silicon removal/softening products but they only half work at best.


Daniel

Guinness - 16/11/08 at 05:11 PM

Angle Grinder?

Mike

Chippy - 16/11/08 at 05:18 PM

You will not get it of, so add some more, and say you are making it a fashion statement!!! Ray

blakep82 - 16/11/08 at 05:31 PM

explosives

i wiped some on my overalls today, obviously not a promblem, though i was told to put my old ones on so i don't get the new ones dirty lol ffs....

anyway, point is, once its dry, won't it sort of rub off by hand? or put it in the wash a few times?

zilspeed - 16/11/08 at 06:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by smart51
I have a smudge of it on some trousers and Mrs Smart51 is not best pleased.


You don't.

They're for the bin

JoelP - 16/11/08 at 06:33 PM

i find solvent removes smears of silicone from kitchen worktops. Worth a go anyway, but tut tut for working in nice clothes!

clairetoo - 16/11/08 at 07:11 PM

I use thinners (for synthetic paint) - if your quick it will take it straight off , but once it's dry your gonna struggle

bitsilly - 16/11/08 at 07:28 PM

Silicon 'digesters' are rubbish. Put the money towards new clothes!

Hellfire - 16/11/08 at 08:12 PM

Stitch drill around it to remove it and then rivet on a new piece. A bit of filler to feather out the edges and they'll be as good as new.

Mark Allanson - 16/11/08 at 10:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by smart51
I have a smudge of it on some trousers and Mrs Smart51 is not best pleased.


The last time it happened to me, it cost me my house, £65,000, 2 cars and some visitation rights

02GF74 - 17/11/08 at 07:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by bitsilly
Silicon 'digesters' are rubbish. Put the money towards new clothes!


I disagree. I used it very successfully when glazing my Land Rover.

It is worth trying. Put a small blob on hte hem inside the trouser leg to see if it reacts badly with the material. If all is well after about 10 minutes, repeat on the blob and scrub it off with a tooth brush.

Warm soap water and m ore brush scrubbing will have them as good as new ................................... maybe.