Help with a gas spill!!!!

[miketblsr]

I had the back of the pinto jacked up in the garage to take the rear end out. Then I went on vacation for a week. I come back to a really bad gas smell. I start looking around and find the fuel was siphening out the line in the front onto the floor. So I stop the leak and find the gas has seeped into the concrete. I put oil dry on it, and the floor is now dry, but I cant get rid of the smell. I tried brake clean and wiping it up and have had the garage doors open with fans running and it still reaks bad. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the smell.

[Monster]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

Mike, don't light a match !!
;)

[miketblsr]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

My wife wants to light a match on the pinto b/c the whole house stinks. LOL

[SpeedJunkee's Carbs]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

Leave the doors open as much as possible to air it out. That is the only thing I can think of other than febreze

[Bamfster]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

Try spraying the area w/simple green, ect and let it sit for a few hours. Then use a pressure washer and clean it super good. It may not take all the smell away but it should help alot.

[HoosierGTA]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

I don't know what kind of cleaner type simple green is but , I'd try a citrus cleaner of some kind .When I get gas on my hands thats the only thing that will get the smell off.



















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[dulcich]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

Just get a few dryer "fabric softener" sheets and set them on the concrete. Wait 5 weeks and problem solved.
-dulcich

[Robert1320]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

An ozone machine is the only thing to get rid of the smell.
Other than time and keeping the doors and windows open.

[Monster]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

I don't know what kind of cleaner type simple green is but , I'd try a citrus cleaner of some kind .When I get gas on my hands thats the only thing that will get the smell off.

The same company that makes Simple Green also makes a citris based cleaner called Orange Blast !!

[HoosierGTA]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

I don't know what kind of cleaner type simple green is but , I'd try a citrus cleaner of some kind .When I get gas on my hands thats the only thing that will get the smell off.

The same company that makes Simple Green also makes a citris based cleaner called Orange Blast !!

Thats what I would try then!

[Bamfster]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

I don't know what kind of cleaner type simple green is but , I'd try a citrus cleaner of some kind .When I get gas on my hands thats the only thing that will get the smell off.

The same company that makes Simple Green also makes a citris based cleaner called Orange Blast !!

Thats what I would try then!

Yup, anything like that will work.

[fahrenschnell]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

I got gas all over when I changed the fuel pump in Sarah's SUV....

I took a gallon of simple green and dumped it on the floor, then scrubbed it with a bristle brush, then let it sit a while, then hosed it out.....worked pretty well.

You do have to let it air out for a while afterwards.

Seth

[Bamfster]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

Since my learning curve with cleaning up fuel spills on bare concrete I have coated my floor, definitely worth the $$$$ I spent on paint. After it airs/dries out for a few weeks, you may think about doing an epoxy coating. It will not only make future spills easier to clean but it will also seal the old ones in.

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

The same company that makes Simple Green also makes a citris based cleaner called Orange Blast !!

Steve you failed to mention that the Orange Blast tastes WAY better than the Simple Green as well.

Brian

[Scott Liggett]

Re: Help with a gas spill!!!!

I was gonna suggest the match remedy, but I think you'd only trade the gas smell for the burned down house smell. Wife might be a tad more upset with the burned down house smell.