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Dumped gas in box trailer how to remove odor?

Discussion in 'General' started by zippytech, Aug 27, 2019.

  1. zippytech

    zippytech Running On Pumpedupness!!

    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..
     
  2. ChemGuy

    ChemGuy Harden The F%@# Up!

    Match?

    :D


    Sorry cant help other than lots of ventilation. Like weeks of doors open. And maybe something to mask the smell.
     
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  3. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  4. kman0066

    kman0066 Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  5. Tristan

    Tristan Well-Known Member

    Just dump a few ounces of U4 or MR12 in there... at lease it will be a pleasant toxic smell.
     
  6. zippytech

    zippytech Running On Pumpedupness!!

    That's what I been doing..

     
  7. TLR67

    TLR67 Well-Known Member

    Soap water.... dry then a can of Pledge.
     
  8. YamahaRick

    YamahaRick Yamaha Two Stroke Czar

  9. zippytech

    zippytech Running On Pumpedupness!!

    At least it was no ethanol 92..
     
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  10. TLR67

    TLR67 Well-Known Member

    There is another product out there called Rubber Coin Flooring too... Just saying....:Poke:
     
  11. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  12. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    does it make change?? :beer:
     
  13. Kurlon

    Kurlon Well-Known Member

    A real ozone generator can get the smell out after you've got things dry.
     
  14. skidooboy

    skidooboy supermotojunkie

    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
     
  15. Kurlon

    Kurlon Well-Known Member

    Diatomaceous earth works well too at sucking crap out of wood.
     
  16. rd49

    rd49 Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  17. rk97

    rk97 Well-Known Member

    Spread baking soda and sweep it out after a couple of days. Repeat.

    Baking soda soaks up the liquid and the odor.
     
  18. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    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.
     

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