I am posting this under Health & Happiness because I am worried about our health and am certainly not happy. Yesterday, a gas can fell on the kitchen porch steps (wood) All the expensive ( high octane) gas soaked into the wooden steps. I scrubbed the steps with water and Dawn, my usual go-to problem solver, but now the porch smells like Bayonne NJ in the 70s. What should I have used? When will it go away?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.It will go away in a few days. You make it go faster by using something like tide soap or any other type of detergent. Don't have any exposed fire for a couple of weeks.Leave the suds on the steps for a few hours then rinse with hot water if possible.Pinesol is good after the soap.
Marine
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May 14, 2018
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Maybe this might help ? :
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evergreen
Level 8
May 14, 2018
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Great reference, thanks
@Spinliesel you're welcome - good luck !
Just make damn sure that no-one goes anywhere near them for at least a week if they’re carrying a naked flame, or whoosh! All oils are acids, so use an alkali cleaner or a strong detergent (more oomph than laundry detergent) to break the molecules apart and disperse them. Use VERY hot water, and hose away with cold water. Then leave to dry naturally.
KevinTwining
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May 14, 2018
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Thanks. Nobody comning near my house smopkes, but I was worried about thunderstorms and lightning.
@Spinliesel Yep, those too, not a good thing!
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