Alan

Have tried regular detergents also... I'll try flushing it with some acetone.

Alan

Bjbpe

This sounds ridiculous but we washed our dog with tomato juice when it got involved with a skunk. It did help a lot. Don't laugh too hard; it might be possible.

SeanR

Leave outside in the sun for a couple days and let nature take over? Hell I dunno really. A quick google sure shows a lot of people with the same issues.

anakilat

Revisit the baking soda idea. Put an open box of Arm&Hammer in a box along with the part that smells. Tape it up and leave it for a few days. Putting it in the sun may help. It works to get odors out of fabric like curtains. It's cheap and easy. I'd give it a try.

WyattsRide

How about this?

First Lady (Michelle Obama) Perfume Oil


I think you'll wish it smelled like PB Blaster after this!

ALKada

^^^^ He said he wanted to get rid of the stink, not make it worse....

Alan

Well - heres the plan - a quick swill with acetone & see what happens?

if not I'm going to have a go with a heavy solution of baking soda possibly washed down with some nice tomato juice ...

I'll let you know how it goes...

Alan

dr bob

Alan--

The 'active ingredient' in tomato juice that neutralizes skunk oil is acetic acid. For this part, faster/easier source is white vinegar.

All the stuff they put in PB to make it persistent really works. It must be the same stuff that makes it so fragrant.

Most common organic chems come out of plastic bits with a casual treatment of dishwasher detergent. It comes with built-in emulsifiers, water softeners, silicates and possibly phosphates, and will usually do a decent job on plastic pieces that won't otherwise come clean. I don't propose that you wash them in the wife's main dishwasher because of the en-sueing stink, but do recommend that you try an overnight soak in hot water and a bit of Cascade or similar.

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Want to mask the nasty fragrance in furniture fabrics or carpet? Get as much of the original contaminant out as possible with water and the vacuum cleaner. Then spray with a solution of a tablespoon of fabric softener in a pint of warm water. It does a pretty spiffy job of bottling up any remaining offending material in the fabric fibers.

fraggle

I would hesitate to use acetone on a plastic part, it may soften/attack it. I'd drop the whole shebang in a bucket of dishwater for a few days, it won't hurt anything and you can flush it right out afterwards. Agitation would probably help.

Alan

Me too - Its all metal though.. it has already had plenty of dishsoap & agitation...

Alan

Alan

Acetone works quite well - so now it smells of acetone instead - much easier to deal with and surprisingly much less obnoxious...

Actually detergent washing & good drying gets rid of the acetone smell pretty quick

Alan

Randy V

Ethyl alcohol would work best.

fraggle

didn't know the materials - sounds like you've stepped in the right direction! isopropyl also does a god job on acetone residue.

dr bob

Waste of good ethyl alcohol, IMHO. You of all people suggesting this... heresy!

dr bob

What exactly -is- "acetone residue"?