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This is a question I have had since the 80s. It is a mystery to me, unanswered..I am curious if anyone knows.
The association of this peppermint smell is elusive, it stays localized, it is invisible, and on rusty metal only, that I have found...and then, it only pocks certain rust, in certan location, random...
my '79 delta 88 broke both ends of its frame, eventually, the back end sagged, the car looked like it died. I got underneath, I was 15 at the time, this was the 1980s, and smelled peppermint. very powerful, tickled the nose. It seemed to come from the ground up, as the path of it proved.20 years later, I am welding at a bizarre injury, unfolding in one winter, the rear end "tube" for a subaru..and there it is again. The caustic peppermint..This time the mig welder made a white smoke that kept hissing as I welded. It dissipated with heat, and it made me nervous about structure. I welded the entire surface over a period of five hours, until I knew I could test with sledge hammer. So now I have a 2 ton rear end in a 1000 pund subaru, it does show it can be conquered. Do not bother with paint, not evben rustoleum on a 100 degree day prevails it.
is it freon? direct hit? I do not know...and it seems rare. I have had about 20 different vehicles, etc, in the same locale, never saw it again until my own vehicle..again.
The association of this peppermint smell is elusive, it stays localized, it is invisible, and on rusty metal only, that I have found...and then, it only pocks certain rust, in certan location, random...
my '79 delta 88 broke both ends of its frame, eventually, the back end sagged, the car looked like it died. I got underneath, I was 15 at the time, this was the 1980s, and smelled peppermint. very powerful, tickled the nose. It seemed to come from the ground up, as the path of it proved.20 years later, I am welding at a bizarre injury, unfolding in one winter, the rear end "tube" for a subaru..and there it is again. The caustic peppermint..This time the mig welder made a white smoke that kept hissing as I welded. It dissipated with heat, and it made me nervous about structure. I welded the entire surface over a period of five hours, until I knew I could test with sledge hammer. So now I have a 2 ton rear end in a 1000 pund subaru, it does show it can be conquered. Do not bother with paint, not evben rustoleum on a 100 degree day prevails it.
is it freon? direct hit? I do not know...and it seems rare. I have had about 20 different vehicles, etc, in the same locale, never saw it again until my own vehicle..again.
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