diesel
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One of our previous boats came with a diesel smell from a tank that had leaked for the PO.
We cleaned all the upholstery which helped a little. The real solution was stripping all the interior oiled teak and refinishing with Poly.
http://www.tkronaboat.com/Projects/Ericson 35 Projects/Refinish Interior Teak/index.html
We cleaned all the upholstery which helped a little. The real solution was stripping all the interior oiled teak and refinishing with Poly.
http://www.tkronaboat.com/Projects/Ericson 35 Projects/Refinish Interior Teak/index.html
Ask Peggy in the Head Mistress forum. She will have a boat load of remedies. Or just search the archives for her forum for Diesel Smell.
Diesel in bilge
Our boat came with the diesel in the bilge feature--no extra charge. We even helped top it up when we did the sea trial and found the leaking fuel filter that was the source. Anyway, hopefully this hypothetical person has disposed of the diesel and cleaned up the bilge as quickly as possible. The longer the smell hangs around the deeper it seems to get.
We wiped down all surfaces on the boat and sprayed them with some odor removers like Pure Ayre. That definitely helped. But the cushions were the final odor repository, and it's not just the covers, which are relatively easy to clean, but the billions of pores in the foam. I painstakingly soaked all foam in a product called Kids N Pets, squeezed them all out, and dried them. Really did the trick.
Our boat came with the diesel in the bilge feature--no extra charge. We even helped top it up when we did the sea trial and found the leaking fuel filter that was the source. Anyway, hopefully this hypothetical person has disposed of the diesel and cleaned up the bilge as quickly as possible. The longer the smell hangs around the deeper it seems to get.
We wiped down all surfaces on the boat and sprayed them with some odor removers like Pure Ayre. That definitely helped. But the cushions were the final odor repository, and it's not just the covers, which are relatively easy to clean, but the billions of pores in the foam. I painstakingly soaked all foam in a product called Kids N Pets, squeezed them all out, and dried them. Really did the trick.
Re: Diesel in bilge
Worked in a house that had a fuel oil tank in the basement and the filler pipes leaked for years and coated the floor and the tank with dust filled diesel oil. Some "Zep" brand citrus cleaner used nearly full strength, a lot of water and elbow grease did a very good job. Now when we enter the basement we smell mold and mildew but not fuel oil.
Worked in a house that had a fuel oil tank in the basement and the filler pipes leaked for years and coated the floor and the tank with dust filled diesel oil. Some "Zep" brand citrus cleaner used nearly full strength, a lot of water and elbow grease did a very good job. Now when we enter the basement we smell mold and mildew but not fuel oil.
My tank leaked diesel into the bilge once and I used Simple Green to clean it. It took about four cleanings but I can't smell anything at all now.
As was previously stated, hopefully all the spilled fuel was cleaned right away and then at least attempted a good cleaning in the spill area with a lot of soap. There are products I am sure that will get all of it up, however I have been reading about ozone generators and the affect they have on mold and oders in general... maybe that would help.
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