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Getting slug slime out of cloth! How?

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I have some blankets which have some stains from rolling on slugs... How are your favorite ways of getting slug slime off of clothing?

Especially in a context of hand washing.

The best way, I know, is don’t roll on slugs while you’re sleeping.

One article I read online suggested alcohol. I am trying potash right now as well. But slug slime is up there with pine resin for sticky and difficult to remove.

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Hydrogen peroxide works!
The slime must be a protein as it foams up a lot.

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Maieshe Ljin wrote:... don’t roll on slugs while you’re sleeping.

Wait, what? How is this possible? Please enlighten.

As a solvent, good old hand sanitizer from the bad old days does a remarkable job of pulling stuff out and capturing it in a water soluble matrix. I still have two cases of it (it was free) in the garage. It's the maid of all work, and doesn't seem to damage clothing.

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hydrogen peroxide has already been mentioned.

probably try alcohol next.

next on the list would be washing soda combined with dawn dish soap.

next would be some sort of oxi-clean product

Final shot at it would be bleach used carefully. know it will likely discolor what ever it is used on

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Douglas Alpenstock wrote:

Maieshe Ljin wrote:... don’t roll on slugs while you’re sleeping.

Wait, what? How is this possible? Please enlighten.

As a solvent, good old hand sanitizer from the bad old days does a remarkable job of pulling stuff out and capturing it in a water soluble matrix. I still have two cases of it (it was free) in the garage. It's the maid of all work, and doesn't seem to damage clothing.

I believe you need a magic carpet of some sort?… I’m not quite certain what comes after.

Thank you for the advice!

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It seems like an easy oops, while sleeping out under the stars or picnicking. I know when I get slug slime on my hands it takes scritching it off and washing a couple of times with dawn to get it out, so I don't know how dawn would do on clothing with it.

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