Following the advice given on this forum, I have begun to test my preps. One thing I've noticed is that kero really reeks. I spilled some on the garage floor and on my kero heater when filling it. I used laundry detergent to clean up both the heater and the floor but the heater and floor still weem to stink. What is the best way to get rid of this odor? My wife doesn't want to even let the heater in the house if it stinks of kero. What's the solution?

-- Steve A (albrecht@ndak.net), November 07, 1999

Answers

Sell your kero heater and buy a ventless propane heater.

jw

-- J Werner (jwerner15@hotmail.com), November 07, 1999.

try some "citrus solvent" type cleaner.

alternatively, pour some paint thinner on the spill, then dump some cat litter on top.

The paint thinner should blend with the kerosene and then get wicked up into the cat litter, then the paint thinner evaporates leaving the kerosene in cat litter.

-- plonk! (realaddress@hotmail.com), November 08, 1999.

I usually use dish detergent to wipe off Kero smell off hands. It's an oil based product and you need something that will dissolve petro-based substance. I also hand rags smelling of kero out on fence for a few days to air out in weather before storing back in garage.

As to smell, with any kero heater you will get some smell. The amount varies a lot depending on condition of wick and experience of the user in handling the heater. The new double cleaning heaters do work better than the older models, but I don't know where you can get any. I ordered one from http://www.kerosun.com/dc100.htm and got it but they are sold out for the year last time I read. Maybe there's other distributors.

-- Programmer Farmer (sevenchildren@home.org), November 08, 1999.

C4

-- I Hear (It@Works.Great), November 13, 1999.