OIL DELIVERY OVERFILLED MY TANK

@farmerman,

I also thought of ozone - it worked on our gallery studio when there was a fire next door that caught part of the edge of our place and we had smoke infiltration. Don't know about oil odor, etc.

But, it sounds like you're doing fine with these other ideas..

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The fuel oil company guys just left and the entire house smells like somebody dipped oranges in kerosene.

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@farmerman,

farmerman :

that happened to friends of ours some years ago .
by order of the health department they had to move out of the house - this stuff can be pretty toxic .
cement floor was ripped out and repoured .
oil company's insurer had to pay up - after threatened with law suit .
even after some years there is still some lingering smell when the furnace comes on in the fall .
you better read the oil company the RIOT ACT - NOW !
hbg

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@farmerman,

I think it's possible to burn the smell out...

First, thoroughly clean the area around the fuel tank with lighter fluid. Then leave a lit candle in the basement to help the drying process and leave the house for a day to give the fumes a chance to "clear".

(but first, make sure the house is insured for about 5 times what it's worth)

(take all advice with a grain of salt)

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@rosborne979,

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(take all advice with a grain of salt)

What a silly thing to say.

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@spendius,

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What a silly thing to say

Spendi, the master of the obvious.

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@farmerman,

effemm knifes ros.

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@mysteryman,

I have to say that MM's suggestion with the coffee works like a charm. Actually coffee is sorta like activated charcoal (only safer because its grains are uniform and wont lodge in the cement floor).
WE dumped the coffee and mixed it with the speedy dry (cat litter). The odor is mostly all gone and Ill sweep up the mix tomorrow so the cats dont decied to take a dump in the mixture.

GREAT SUGGESTION< WORTHY OF A WRITE IN TO MAATHA

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@farmerman,

terrific...

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@farmerman,

That's why coffee is more populat than tea in American posh restaurants. It absorbs the farts best and the taste isn't impaired so you would notice.

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@spendius,

I will accept your superior knowledge of flatulence.

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

We have an oil tank in the basement of the house. It a 500 gal tank and the oil service overfilled it while we were away and the house smells like diesel and there a huge puddle on the basement floor. Whats a good odor cancelling substance that is commercially available?
....

This is the sort of question where I normally say to myself, "Farmerman would know the answer to that."

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@farmerman,

Well effemm. The vast bulk of A2Kers are more concerned with farts than with oil spills in the boiler room. Or at least I hope so.

It was your idea about odour eaters. It is well known that when a prospective buyer comes to view a house for sale it is a good idea to have coffee percolating on the stove.

Now we know why. We have the science.

They say baking bread is as good.

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@spendius,

try not to sell a house while you have a pwetroleum spill going on in the basement.

I heard that an apple pie in the oven will sell a house better than burying ST Joseph in your lawn.

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@farmerman,

What about dog smells. I heard they were worse than a faint odour seeping down from the landing.

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An update on the oil spill. I tried the suggestion from MM and IT WORKED!!.
After about a week of the coffee treatment (post cleanup of visible oil), The odor got sucked away and (IMHO) was adsorbed onto the coffee grounds

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@farmerman,

how was the coffee, you could probably give starbucks a run for there money

high octane java Cool

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@farmerman,

Im glad to see that it worked for you.
Its a cheap, effective way to remove odors from a room.

Glad I was able to help.

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@mysteryman,

It's a good job it doesn't shift bullshit or effemm would be rendered speechless.

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@farmerman,

there was a fascinating episode on Nature last night about skunks and skunk spray.
according to chemist William Wood of Humboldt State University in California, you can remove eua du skunk

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with a mixture of three percent hydrogen peroxide and a quarter cup of baking soda per quart of hydrogen peroxide. And a little liquid detergent.

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=200

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