Ok, So I have 3 or 4 bikes I move in out of this box trailer. Well I some point I need some tie downs and I took the ones from my XR100. Needless to say I needed to mow grass a week later and I moved the trailer. Well a week later I was looking in the trailer and the Xr is on the floor. Must have had a full tank and leaked gas. So I have a fan running on it now. but I still smell gas when I open the doors. I sleep in this trailer sometimes so. How can I get the gas smell out? Gas be Gone? Plywood floor..
Match? Sorry cant help other than lots of ventilation. Like weeks of doors open. And maybe something to mask the smell.
Menards has a product called Revitalize that’ll seal it and is impervious to spills. It’s located in the paint section. I’ve had it in my trailer, for ~6yrs, and getting ready to give mine a fresh coat.
Water & dish soap will do the job of cleaning the surface, then seal it. If the wood is swollen or delaminating, then you'll need to replace that wood.
https://pittsburghpaintsandstains.c...revitalize-moderate-resurfacer-sealant-in-one Does it make the surface slick/slippery at all?
Nope. It has grit in it and dries grippy. It’s really thick, so fills the wood grain and creates a consistent texture almost like Line-X. I used the trailer for a lawn and landscape business and it’s held up way better than I thought it would. There’s absolutely no peeling. I’ve spilled pump gas, AV fuel, engine oils, bar oil, and lawn chemicals on the floor with no staining or degradation. It’s amazing stuff. Dawn dish detergent, water, and a floor broom washes it right out.
dawn dish washing soap, dry, then sprinkle fresh coffee grounds in the trailer. let sit, vacuum up later. youtube, google are your friends here. Ski
As long as the surface you put it on is free of gas or oil, which in the OPs post is not the case. If the gas has soaked into the wood, it will continue to weep up and nothing is going to stick to it. I had a trailer the previous owner had an oil spill that soaked through the floor. I ended using 1/4 plywood over the entire floor covering the old floor, using screws to fasten it to the old floor. Of course the smell was not nearly as bad as gas, but this maybe your only avenue other than ripping the entire old floor out.
Spread baking soda and sweep it out after a couple of days. Repeat. Baking soda soaks up the liquid and the odor.
Gas and oil are totally different. Oil-based coatings, like Revitalize, will cover gas stains, as it evaporates off and leaves minimal residual. Oil does seep, as you say, and can be problematic. However, with prep chemical, rags, and scrubbing, it can be overcome enough for oil-based products to stick. The more thickness the product cures out with, the more stable it’ll be. If the floor has spent its life being oil-soaked, then yes, covering it is best. Totally case-dependent. Elsewhere, I posted about a garage floor that had been saturated from a vegetable oil filtering operation we coated over. Talk about seepage. As mentioned, we spent two full days prepping that place and were amazed the coating we used cured out.