How Do I Get Rid of Gasoline Smell?

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by 2manybuicks, Apr 13, 2019.

  1. jacki89j

    jacki89j New Member

  2. NZ GS 400

    NZ GS 400 Gold Level Contributor

    Agreed. Pretty dangerous to be sure.
     
  3. Smokey15

    Smokey15 So old that I use AARP bolts.

    Update?
     
  4. telriv

    telriv Founders Club Member

    Well he couldn't get rid of the smell. It's COMPLETELY gone now that it was lite on fire. Now it smells of burnt plastic.LOL
     
  5. TABuickMike

    TABuickMike Michael Tomaszewski Jr

    You could pour some Diesel over it. That should get rid of the gasoline smell :p
     
  6. Brandon Cocola

    Brandon Cocola Well-Known Member

    Hand sanitizer where it spilled and baking soda the whole carpet and any upholstery brush in and vacuum it up. Maybe leave a couple of open baking soda boxes in there with a small forest of pine tree air fresheners.
     
  7. BuickV8Mike

    BuickV8Mike SD Buick Fan

    Or some sulfur based manual transmission oil, gas smell gone instantly. :p:p:p
     
  8. yachtsmanbill

    yachtsmanbill Well-Known Member

    Take a glob of GO-JO hand cleaners and scrub it in, then another scrub brush with hot water and vacuum it all up. It needs to get removed from the rugs, not covered up. Liquid laundy soap will cut the petro smell too. ws
     
    Last edited: Jun 8, 2019
  9. dyll

    dyll Well-Known Member

    just dont light a match
     
  10. dyll

    dyll Well-Known Member

    but yea, try baking soda
     
  11. FJM568

    FJM568 Well-Known Member

    Or better still...a couple of drops off well-used, 100k mile rear end gear oil. :confused:
     
  12. dyll

    dyll Well-Known Member

    or just replace it with gasoline
     
  13. Donuts & Peelouts

    Donuts & Peelouts Life's 2 Short. Live like it.

    Update. He asked his wife again to please not carry gas in the car and she b'c#h slapped him. They went to the local Starbucks and talked it out and both agreed to keep the gas in the car. He really enjoyed his frapamakachino and looked cool with his green straw.
     
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  14. Doo Wop

    Doo Wop Where were you in '62?

    Best advice, take it to a Detailing shop.
     
  15. wheelz

    wheelz 'B' is for Buick.

    Bought a brand spank'n new SamSung fridge for $30 that had lost its power in a Hurricane. RAW meat in the freezer for 11 days was NOT healthy or conducive to any kind of breathing within 127,000 yards. . . attempted everything, soaps, onions, oranges, scented candles, apple cider vinegar, bleach, airwik fresheners, . . ...finally learned an old trick from a neighbor:
    Place chunks of old charred/burnt wood from a fireplace or stove in the fridge, as much as you could muster up, in a few bags of old nylon stockings, close the door. A week later, open the door, NO SMELL -PERIOD. Sold the fridge for $1200.
    I've used this formula on musty smelling antique furniture and in old cars too!

    Wheelz, Tampa Bay
     
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  16. faster

    faster Well-Known Member

    You won't. I owned a carpet cleaning company for many years and tried more than once. It will dissipate over time but never completely go away. Buy replacement carpet, remove the old, wash everything with some simple green or purple power type stuff and install new carpet. It is embedded in the fiber and rubber backing, you will never get it out.

    Also had the same thing happen when some guy bought pool chlorine in those yellow containers and one leaked all over his brand new Honda with 40 miles on it. Re-carpet...

    Mikey
     
  17. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    We replaced an entire Tahoe interior over a few gallons of spilled fuel in the back. Dashboard was the only thing left, everything else got swapped out.
     
  18. black70buick

    black70buick Well-Known Member

    Use egnine degreaser to dissolve the hydro carbons (gasoline) that had been obsorbed....then use a carpet cleaner or wet dry vac to pull out the mixture. Do not let the mixure dry, you'll need to be ready to use the vac with in minutes.
     
  19. jay3000

    jay3000 RIP 1-16-21

    Put some supercharger oil on it:eek: That will make ANY smell go away
     

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