Bill your faith in the wisdom of the OM list is touching...
When I had 'old cars' that I put away for the winter, usually the mothball
smell would go away if I parked them in the sun with the windows part way
down for a few hours. The mothballs didn't seem to deter the rodent nests
much anyway... I had to have a part of my Buick convertible seat redone
after the critters nested in it. Better storage solved that problem next
winter (but more $$ too...)
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
on 6/15/03 11:00 AM, Bill Stanke at bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Zuiks:
> I recently purchased a new (to me) Ford pickup truck. Great deal, great
> truck. Only one little problem. The previous owner parked it in his barn.
> To protect it from rodents, he load the cab with mothballs. Well, the
> mothballs are gone, but the smell lingers on!
>
> I've tried baking soda and Febreez, but can still smell the mothballs.
> Within 24 hours I expect the following out of this group:
>
> A short history of mothballs
> An arcane chemical discussion of para-dichloro benzene
> A story of a British researcher who discovered benzene six months before the
> German, but never received the credit he deserved
> A link to photos of benzene rings
> A discussion of the "mothball symbolism" of class warfare (cotton vs. wool)
> A tale of the New Zealand Realm's ill-fated attempt to produce moth balls
> from kiwi rinds
>
> And, maybe, and idea or too about the blasted smell <g>!
>
> OM content: said pickup truck will be used to haul Zuikos in search of old
> barns, wildflowers, and critters.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill Stanke
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