In article , Peter Twydell
writes
In message , FKruger
writes
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:05:55 GMT, Chris J Dixon
wrote:

John wrote:

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
o.uk...
I tried to soak some wood in buckets of creosote substiute in the spare
bedroom for a day before fitting them. The shed was full, I have no garage
and it was raining.

It seemed a good idea at the time.

Without going into details the fact is some was spilt on the floor by
someone else. The spare bedroom has no carpet and now the kitchen below
and the spare bedroom smell. Any ideas how to speed up the drying process.
I have thought about hair dryers or fan heaters with lots of ventilation.
The kitchen ceiling is no problem as it is due to come down this year
anyway so I can remove some plasterboard now.

Adam

I could come round and just sniff it up. I absolutely adore the smell of
creosote About 38 years ago we used to sneak into the groundsman's shed at
school for a sniff of the stuff )

Second only to fresh tarmac ;-)

or diesel from an ice cream van.

or the smoke etc from a steam engine passing under the bridge you're
standing on.

Oh!, Yes!, perfume of the gods smoke and steam!. Remember a few years
ago one day when the Union of South Africa was doing some trips on the
London to Liverpool street line, and as I was near Whittlesford station
climbed onto the footbridge there for a whiff of that:--))

transformed back to childhood days in seconds

As to the creosote?, simple, burn the place down!, then you'll get rid
of it!. Serious stink that, seems to me that you might have to replace
the bit of floor that it spilt on.. Remember doing my dads old sheds
with that some 45 odd years ago and it still stinks well, especially on
hot days, never seems to go away!...
--
Tony Sayer