Neutralising diesel smell

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A particularly fussy girlie crew mentioned the distinct 'boat smell', not just mine but she reckons all the boats have a distinct diesel/oily smell.I don't really care but is there anything that gets rid of it?

 

[sailorman]

A particularly fussy girlie crew mentioned the distinct 'boat smell', not just mine but she reckons all the boats have a distinct diesel/oily smell.I don't really care but is there anything that gets rid of it?

washing machine powder in the bilge add hot water & leave a week go sailing

 

[AMCD300]

washing machine powder in the bilge add hot water & leave a week go sailing

New crew.....

 

[farmerdan79]

"Boaty smell" is one of my favourite smells in the whole world - It means you are on a boat!!

Don't get rid of it!

 

[WestWittering]

Vinegar worked for me. One of the Premier staff was a bit cack-handed with the diesel pump and I got covered in the stuff. First wash (of the clothes) in the machine - everything stank of diesel. Second wash with half a cup of vinegar - smell all gone & no, I didnt smell like a chip shop

Di

 

[LittleSister]

A particularly fussy girlie crew mentioned the distinct 'boat smell', not just mine but she reckons all the boats have a distinct diesel/oily smell.I don't really care but is there anything that gets rid of it?

Yes. The problem is modern boats don't smell enough to comfortably accommodate a diesel engine in a 'cupboard' in the 'living room'.

Tbe solution is to switch to hemp ropes; ditch the roller genoa and get a full set of real canvas sails and store them damp in the forepeak; replace your electric lighting with oil-lamps and tallow candles; and, most important of all, smoke a pipe in the cabin and insist that all the crew do too.

 

[dylanwinter]

overall detergent

they sell stuff for cleaning overalls

works a treat

d

 

[maxi77]

Diesel is the most aphrodisiac odour available, ask any old time submariner just how efective it was. Mind you a natty blue suit and your hat at a jaunty seamanlike angle helped

 

[Babylon]

A particularly fussy girlie crew mentioned the distinct 'boat smell', not just mine but she reckons all the boats have a distinct diesel/oily smell.I don't really care but is there anything that gets rid of it?

I once had a girlfriend who tasted like mushrooms.

 

[WestWittering]

Yes. The problem is modern boats don't smell enough to comfortably accommodate a diesel engine in a 'cupboard' in the 'living room'.

Tbe solution is to switch to hemp ropes; ditch the roller genoa and get a full set of real canvas sails and store them damp in the forepeak; replace your electric lighting with oil-lamps and tallow candles; and, most important of all, smoke a pipe in the cabin and insist that all the crew do too.

And don't forget the kippers for breakfast!

Di

 

[Elessar]

A particularly fussy girlie crew mentioned the distinct 'boat smell', not just mine but she reckons all the boats have a distinct diesel/oily smell.I don't really care but is there anything that gets rid of it?

cats piss smell remover from a pet shop. It's an enzyme and kills diesel smells without adding perfume. Works if the bog leaks too. Anything organic it dissolves the smell.

 

[Jamesuk]

Caravan blue from

http://www.viscountcaravans.com/viscount/web.nsf?OpenDatabase

Does the trick every time for smelly bilge

 

[nigelmercier]

Neutradol Gel Odour Destroyer is brilliant stuff.

See more details here.

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

Buy her a tin of Stockholm Tar ... tell her a dab behind the ears every morning will do the trick.

 

[binch]

Diesel pong

If it was possible, submariners would have solved the problem 60 years ago. In any naval mess you can tell when a submariner walks in from 30 paces away.
Even their wives get to smell like it.
So do their children.
There is no known cure.
Just enjoy it.
Cheese oosh with a diesel sauce is haute cuisine.

 

[Vara]

cats piss smell remover from a pet shop. It's an enzyme and kills diesel smells without adding perfume. Works if the bog leaks too. Anything organic it dissolves the smell.

Second that, whenever I have boards up or have access to normally unseen places they always get a spray of the stuff.

The only thing you have to be aware of is that some of the sprays are highly scented which to my nose is pretty horrid.

This is the one I use,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simple-Solu...9OA2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348845200&sr=8-1

 

[davidwf]

Bilgex worked fine when I had a spill in my bilges.

 

[Champagne Murphy]

Disposable nappies, works every time. Leave in the bilge or engine space each time. Also keeps it dry.
on't leave home without some

 

[nct1]

On a serious note, I thought the smell was diesel, until I got the same smell in the garage and discovered some engine oil had been diluted with rain water.

Cleaning the bilge under the engine is on my list of things to do now.

 

[G12]

I wouldn't worry about it unless you're trying to get her knickers off

Tell her to go and sail somewhere else.

Diesel does stink everything out if you get a leak and it's a bugger to get rid of but that general boat smell is par for the course in my opinion. On a small boat at least.