Barking mad

[Dave2002]

WD40 and then wipe thoroughly with a dry rag. Tell him, Dave.

Thanks. WD 40 can work wonders. However it was a long time ago.

Now you mention it though, I think pouring oil into the bath and then immersing the armour in that might actually have been part of the process adopted, or at least considered. Perhaps that would have been a requirement for SOE, to avoid detection by sound!

[Serial_Apologist]

WD40 and then wipe thoroughly with a dry rag. Tell him, Dave.

Utterly riveting!!!

[Lat-Literal]

I knew someone at a party who was trying to elicit ways to wash his vests. Possibly he had recently acquired a “new” one, and was seeking help.

The ladies suggested water, soap and putting them in the washing machine for a while.

“No good” he said, and stuck to his theme. He did I think also suggest some form of acid, but the ladies didn’t like that. I think he did say that only a very mild acid would do.

When challenged as to why not he suggested some or all of the following:

Won’t go in the machine

Probably too heavy

Will clank about bit

Will probably rust - not a good idea.

The ladies ventured another question “How old are the vests?”

“Very old”

“So why bother to wash them, throw them away and buy new ones. M&S do some quite good ones.”

“No absolutely not. They’re far too valuable.”

He spun things along in this way for a while before finally admitting that he possessed sets of chain mail, which were indeed old, valuable and quite difficult to clean.

I don’t think Lux would have been the answer, either.

This is surely a shaggy dog story.

Vests are not underarm and may not require washing.

[french frank]

Vests are not underarm and may not require washing.

Some are. I'm wearing my grandad vest which has long sleeves and buttons up at the neck. I think it was about £10 at Peacocks.