The smell of petrol..... help please....
Jul 5th 2008, 5:33 am
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The smell of petrol..... help please....
Stupidly spilled some of the contents from my spare can onto the upholstery of my car (cloth, not leather).
Smell just won't go away........ despite cleaning it with everything I know, and even striking a match to burn off the fumes (I know, I know......
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Any advice? Anything else that can be burned to burn off the petrol fumes, so to speak....?
Thanks in advance.
Smell just won't go away........ despite cleaning it with everything I know, and even striking a match to burn off the fumes (I know, I know......
)Any advice? Anything else that can be burned to burn off the petrol fumes, so to speak....?
Thanks in advance.
Jul 5th 2008, 6:33 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
sorry, no idea...but while we're on handy hints, does anyone know how to remove paint from a suede bag...?!
MM, xx
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Jul 5th 2008, 6:47 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
..use petrol,
dear lisa, dear lisa...
dear lisa, dear lisa...
Jul 5th 2008, 6:48 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
Surely it would be easier MM to just use another of your 500 or so collection!
Doubt you'll get it off, if its emulsion then you have a chance, you maybe able to have it dry cleaned, I wouldn't have thought you had much hope with gloss !
Doubt you'll get it off, if its emulsion then you have a chance, you maybe able to have it dry cleaned, I wouldn't have thought you had much hope with gloss !
Jul 5th 2008, 7:14 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
Stupidly spilled some of the contents from my spare can onto the upholstery of my car (cloth, not leather).
Smell just won't go away........ despite cleaning it with everything I know, and even striking a match to burn off the fumes (I know, I know......)
Any advice? Anything else that can be burned to burn off the petrol fumes, so to speak....?
Thanks in advance.
Smell just won't go away........ despite cleaning it with everything I know, and even striking a match to burn off the fumes (I know, I know......
)Any advice? Anything else that can be burned to burn off the petrol fumes, so to speak....?
Thanks in advance.
...I would love to move in and spend my days smelling it though!!
Jul 5th 2008, 7:21 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
I love going to the petrol station and smelling it as they put it in the car.
Jul 5th 2008, 7:21 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
might just have to...!
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Jul 5th 2008, 7:27 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
(I just know I'm going to regret asking what they are....!!)
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Jul 5th 2008, 7:32 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
they do a program on tv..How Clean Is Your House...basically going round cleaning houses of the most filthy disgusting bastards to ever walk the planet.
They are fab!!
Jul 5th 2008, 9:51 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
Stupidly spilled some of the contents from my spare can onto the upholstery of my car (cloth, not leather).
Smell just won't go away........ despite cleaning it with everything I know, and even striking a match to burn off the fumes (I know, I know......)
Any advice? Anything else that can be burned to burn off the petrol fumes, so to speak....?
Thanks in advance.
Smell just won't go away........ despite cleaning it with everything I know, and even striking a match to burn off the fumes (I know, I know......
)Any advice? Anything else that can be burned to burn off the petrol fumes, so to speak....?
Thanks in advance.
Petrol is an oil-based product, which requires an oil-based solution, such as a degreasing detergent or agent.
Dry cleaners say theirs is the only way to go...though you can't take your car seat to the dry cleaners. You could try one of the dry cleaning products that you can spray on.
Another two products (don't know if they are in Dubai) are "Oil eater" and "Odo Ban", which are reported widely to take the smell out immediately and permanently.
If you do nothing, the smell will go away eventually!
Jul 5th 2008, 9:59 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
Petrol is an oil-based product, which requires an oil-based solution, such as a degreasing detergent or agent.
Dry cleaners say theirs is the only way to go...though you can't take your car seat to the dry cleaners. You could try one of the dry cleaning products that you can spray on.
Another two products (don't know if they are in Dubai) are "Oil eater" and "Odo Ban", which are reported widely to take the smell out immediately and permanently.
If you do nothing, the smell will go away eventually!
Dry cleaners say theirs is the only way to go...though you can't take your car seat to the dry cleaners. You could try one of the dry cleaning products that you can spray on.
Another two products (don't know if they are in Dubai) are "Oil eater" and "Odo Ban", which are reported widely to take the smell out immediately and permanently.
If you do nothing, the smell will go away eventually!
They said that about my wife & guess what..........................still here !
Jul 5th 2008, 10:08 am
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Very probably Mac & seen as she is 3500 miles away I don't really care, hopefully she will have forgotten about the post before she lands in Abu Dhabi ! 
But you know the old saying about elephants not forgetting...............
But you know the old saying about elephants not forgetting...............
Jul 5th 2008, 11:18 am
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Re: The smell of petrol..... help please....
No wonder they are a tad overweight.........
.......... They look like they eat up all the leftovers at every house they visit..........
