Recently whist playing with my Austin7  I spilt engine oil onto my jeans & grease onto my rugby top. Some might say ‘’what’s new I do that all of the time’’ well so do I, but this was an unexpected accident that I wasn’t dressed for therefore I wanted to save the new garments if possible.

For the benefit of the reader my wife [Jenny] successfully got both items as good as new by experimenting with the following washing instructions.

Step 1. Spray the garment with wd40, leave for 30 minutes and gently rub the affected area.

step 2. Cold wash the garment in a washing machine in detergent.

step 2. If the stain hasn’t been removed entirely [ it hadn’t for us] by the aforementioned steps rewash in hot water and keep your fingers crossed cos at this point divorce is eminent.

step 3. take wife out to dinner and ponder whether it was cheaper to replace the garments.