RE: Gas Spill on Carpet (no specific Audi content)

["Englert, Rick" <RickE@triadperform.com>]

A well-placed lit match ought to get rid of all that excess vapour - pretty
quickly too, I would think.  But that's not really solving your problem so
much as merely replacing it with a different, though somehow similar
problem....
;-)

-Rick

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Rick Englert
Triad Performance Technologies
Farmington Hills, MI
http://www.triadperform.com
mailto:ricke@triadperform.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Sherman [mailto:Steve.Sherman@nsc.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 12:25 PM
> To: quattro@audifans.com
> Subject: Gas Spill on Carpet (no specific Audi content)
> 
> 
> My wife was filling a gas can a couple days ago and did not 
> tighten the
> cap sufficiently. So a bit of gas leaked from the can onto 
> the passenger
> side carpet (I know, I know, but there was a good reason that the can
> was on the floor in the passenger area instead on in back). I would
> guess 1/2 liter or more of gas may have run out onto the carpet.  
> 
> The question of course is how to get the gas odor out.  I've tried
> vacuuming with a shop vacuum, carpet shampoo and washing with 
> water, and
> leaving a small elec. heater with fan on the area.   All 
> help, actually
> quite a bit the odor is virtally gone as long as the windows are open,
> but very noticible with the windows shut now.   
> 
> I would like to speed up the eventual evaporation.  Any BTDT's out
> there?  Any soaps or detergents that might really make a difference on
> the gas?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Steve
>