I don’t toss them, they get turned into rags. Cotton shirts make good rags.
How worn and stained does a car repair shirt have to get before you toss it?
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When the shirt stands up on it's own and starts shouting I toss it.
But why should I bother?
When it gets holes I could put a quarter through, it becomes a rag.
When the collar has continuous wear-through (ie inside and outside are no longer attached) a shirt gets converted to "septic service". They get hung in a separate closet and don't come back from that. One wear and they're done.
If the collar is only worn through here and there (ie not continuous) I wear it to the museum restoration shop. It's quite likely to get spray paint, grease, oil or a snag there. I patch small tears in long sleeved shirts (using iron on patches - on the inside of course) and wear them to the museum too.
If the collar is only worn through here and there (ie not continuous) I wear it to the museum restoration shop. It's quite likely to get spray paint, grease, oil or a snag there. I patch small tears in long sleeved shirts (using iron on patches - on the inside of course) and wear them to the museum too.
Yeah so what? Look at a fireperson with all the garb they wear. Try wearing coveralls in that 100, and sitting on a machine that is radiating its 180 degree operating temperature all around you as well, and your face full of dusty dirt, and wearing the now popular mask as well. Oh yeah it was fun, 10 to 12 hours of it.
There is a reason I am not a firefighter
I replace my work shirts when a nipple is exposed or the collar starts to rip off.
BrendanC
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i don’t toss until most of the back is exposed or i catch the front on fire welding/grinding.
My car work shirts are usually very clean because they are underneath my coveralls
For me it's when there is a hole under the sleeve that's big enough for my arm.
Daughter's husband in pavement business and he would wash his work clothes and dry them in their washer & dryer. Daughter would get tar stuff on her nice blouses.
He now has a washer & dryer and shower at his shop.
Guys in CA have it easy - just walk out from a designer clothing store with under $850 worth of stuff any time you need to replace work shirts .. 
Haha, while in Daytona Beach my roommate and I were wearing car-repair clothes and riding motorcycles to purchase car parts.
While riding down Volusia Blvd, A nice guy pulled up and gave Rich $20 and said: "Here, go get yourself a clean pair of pants" and drove off! We were both really broke college kids back then, so it really helped out. Still laugh at it today!
I guess we looked worse than we thought!
While riding down Volusia Blvd, A nice guy pulled up and gave Rich $20 and said: "Here, go get yourself a clean pair of pants" and drove off! We were both really broke college kids back then, so it really helped out. Still laugh at it today!
I guess we looked worse than we thought!
I toss them when there is no longer anywhere to wipe a dipstick.
This one is still good. It actually went out in public today too. Gas station and liquor store after some yard work. Pic is pre wear.
You wear a collared shirt to work on cars???????? I don't care if it is worn, torn and stained. Turn in your Man card.
You wear a collared shirt to work on cars???????? I don't care if it is worn, torn and stained. Turn in your Man card.
