| Author | Message | ||
     Norm Orschnorschki (Norm) New Member Username: Norm Post Number: 36 Registered: 02-2003 |
Last night a $%#$% skunk dashed out in front of me and I ran over part of him, but not before the little bastard squirted the undercarriage of my car. I immediately drove to the car wash to try to get rid of as much stench as possible, but some still remains. What's the best way to get skunk smell off a car? I've heard of tomato juice, but I don't want to trade the skunk stench for rancid tomato juice. God I hate skunks!!! ---Norm | ||
| Michael Noe (Noee) Senior Member Username: Noee Post Number: 603 Registered: 03-2002 |
Vinegar? | ||
| Aaron Richardet (Draaronr) Member Username: Draaronr Post Number: 86 Registered: 09-2002 |
time, buy some airfreshner and wait | ||
| Joel (Jsaenz80) New Member Username: Jsaenz80 Post Number: 13 Registered: 04-2003 |
yeah vinegar works... does wonders for pet odors on carpets... it neutralizes it and then I just soap it out cuase vinegar smell isnt that great either | ||
| Dick Walker (Wyo183121) Member Username: Wyo183121 Post Number: 48 Registered: 02-2003 |
You got mail | ||
| Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 2360 Registered: 04-2002 |
tomato sauce works good when they spay dogs but I don't how you are going to get that to work w/ the rover  | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 73 Registered: 01-2003 |
Carter- Is that Spay or Spray??? Norm- Have only had the problem with dogs, then either vinegar or tomatoe juice. On a Disco, maybe Simple Green. Then power rinse real well. -Reed | ||
| Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 2364 Registered: 04-2002 |
ha ha, thats spray | ||
| Roland Kutasi (Disco1) Member Username: Disco1 Post Number: 102 Registered: 10-2002 |
We don't have skunks over here in Oz. Is it the same as stepping in dog shit and then getting into you truck? | ||
| Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 2366 Registered: 04-2002 |
no, it is MUCH, MUCH, worse | ||
| Roland Kutasi (Disco1) Member Username: Disco1 Post Number: 106 Registered: 10-2002 |
Like rolling around in dog shit and getting into your truck, right? | ||
| Lawrence Tilly (L_tilly) Member Username: L_tilly Post Number: 144 Registered: 02-2002 |
It's really not very comparable to anything else, Roland. Those things are all over here on the Right Coast during the warm weather months, and sadly they often wind up the victim on the side of the road during the night. If it happens within about 100 meters of your house, you know it as soon as you open your door in the morning. If you drive down the road past one that was recently hit, the smell gets into your car even with the windows up doing 60mph (naturally not much lingers under those conditions, but it's enough to know it's there for a good five minutes). If you get a direct spray on your truck and can't neutralize it, I would guess you would not want to go near the truck, or park it anywhere near your house, for several days at least. It can really be that bad... Damn, Norm...I feel for you...  Lawrence [email protected] 96 Disco "Beowulf" NH, USA | ||
| Evan Price (The_big_daddy) New Member Username: The_big_daddy Post Number: 34 Registered: 02-2003 |
Try hydrogen peroxide with baking soda and a dash of dish washing liquid . Going from memory ; 1 pint of H/P and teaspoon of baking soda and a teasoon of dish liquid . Use a spray bottle and you're Bob's Uncle . I think it neutralizes the smell somehow. Wonder if it'd work on John Lee? | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2159 Registered: 02-2002 |
What's "funny" is, whenever the family took a vacation when I was a kid, the first thing we noticed when we got back to the region here was a skunk on the road... I know they're elsewhere, but the rural southeast mountains I think has more that end up as roadkill for some reason.... I actually try to watch for roadkill ahead, so I can switch the air from outside to recirculate before getting close to it to keep the smell out... Roland, while the thought of rolling around in dog-crap is extremely unpleasant - I would say more unpleasant that having to smell a skunk even - I would have to say that the way a skunk's odor sticks w/ something that has been sprayed is much more tenacious in nature. Ya know, I just might have to stop by a local hunting store and get a bottle of skunk scent that hunters use and send it to you so you can have an idea what it smells like.... -L | ||
| Eugene (Eugene) New Member Username: Eugene Post Number: 34 Registered: 02-2003 |
Leslie, I'm going to claim city-slicker ignorance, but how do hunters use skunk scent? Thanks, -e | ||
| Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) Moderator Username: Kyle Post Number: 258 Registered: 11-2002 |
Pine barrens run..... Kyle "Blow me" | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2160 Registered: 02-2002 |
It hides their own smell...... EEEWWWW!!!!!!!!! -L | ||
| D. Howell (Blackandtan) New Member Username: Blackandtan Post Number: 22 Registered: 04-2003 |
I'm sure there are specialty anti-skunking recipes out there with a really detailed google search. Only advice I'd forward here is maybe one of those enzyme-based cleaners... some work amazingly for getting stains out of fabric and basically the same stuff is what deodorizes, I believe. In a pet store, likely to be called Pet Magic or some such (look for enzymes in the ingredient list... I think the bottle's red and white). Meant to be a pet deodorizer. And, well, they're animals like a skunk, so... I'd just put it in a sprayer and do to the skunk scent on the undercarriage what the skunk did to you. Be careful of masking the scent with an air freshener that just introduces another scent. For instance, let's say coconut (definitely not my favorite car scent anyhow). If you drive around for, say, 200 miles with the scent of skunk ala coconut, what are the odds you're ever going to want Thai soup or an Almond Joy bar ever again? Exactly. | ||
| Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Senior Member Username: Paulschram Post Number: 1383 Registered: 02-2002 |
I had a high school friend buy a bottle of methy mercaptan from a chemical supply store. Methyl mercaptan is either the same thing skunks spray, or damned near. He dropped the bottle in a bar one evening... I'm not sure they were ever able to get the smell out. I know another friend who bought a bottle of drug dog training scent-tee hee hee. | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2161 Registered: 02-2002 |
lol.... in high-school, someone had a bottle of skunk scent, and dropped it under the bleachers of the gym during a pep rally before a big basketball game that evening.... they seriously considered postponing the game because of it... -L | ||
| Mike Carino (Mikec) Member Username: Mikec Post Number: 85 Registered: 03-2002 |
I feel for you Norm. I did that once and I think all of the planets were aligned just right and the gods were smiling on me, because everything came together in a bad way. Low sports car, rolled the sum bitch the whole length of the car, dead of winter in ne ohio on my way to my girlfriends house (30 min trip). Let's just say, not running the heater was not an option!!!! I just had to ride it out. I think it took 3 days or so. Mike | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Senior Member Username: Billb Post Number: 769 Registered: 02-2002 |
Paul - LOL Mercaptan is also the chemical added to natural gas to give it an odor - the concentrated form is not pretty. We supply large bore hose assemblies to a chemical mfg to transfer that product. I still have nightmares about having one of those assemblies fail in some way shape or form! Imagine the mess from a 3" hose at about 100 psi Bill Bill | ||
| laszlo nemeth (Laz) New Member Username: Laz Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2003 |
for skunk on dog nothing works like listerien or scope a bath. scope smells better afterwards but doesn't kill the skunk as well. But they are 100 times better then tomato sauce/juice bath. another one i heard of but have never had the balls to purchase is: unscented douche. while skunk smell on dog is quite bad it wasn't bad enough for either me or my wife to go buy 10+ unscented douche's since your engine was hot at time of impact good luck in removing the smell. i think your just gonna have to wait. laz | ||
| Craig Kobayashi (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 319 Registered: 02-2002 |
LOL Evan, I think you mean to ask if the deskunking solution would work on the "One Bad Rover" | ||
| Norm Orschnorschki (Norm) New Member Username: Norm Post Number: 37 Registered: 02-2003 |
Thanks for all the info!!! The stench seems to be dissapating by itself -- but what a pain in the ass!!! I have no use at all for these varmits -- as far as I can see, they have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Unfortunately, my neighborhood is crawling with them and I've almost stepped on them when walking around the front yard at night -- only get an adrenalin rush and jump over the fence to the back yard. However, I've managed to keep them away by "marking my territory" around the house (under cover of darkness lest I get arrested). One thing about skunks, if you see one out and about during the day light hours, it's probably rabid and should be shot on sight. I once had one come after me, acting crazy and super aggressive. Lucky for me it was at a rifle range, so I dispatched it with a Mini-14. Now I always pack some sort of heat before going into the woods for just such an occasion. ---Norm | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 698 Registered: 09-2002 |
Norm, i'd just take my disco to the dealer for replacement of rotoflex, tie rod ends, transfer case oil, radius arm bushings, and whatever else's under there. peter | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 196 Registered: 01-2003 |
Hot trucks and smells suck, when I hit a bambi with my d1, it royally screwed up the front end. That was fixable, but for months the smell of dead deer was on the truck. The internal bits of the deer sprayed over the engine, engine compartment, exhaust. I power sprayed, used chemicals, nothing worked. I just had to enjoy the smell for months. | ||
| Norm Orschnorschki (Norm) New Member Username: Norm Post Number: 38 Registered: 02-2003 |
Peter, Sure, but as much as I'd like to subject the service staff at my local steelership to cruel and unusual punishment, it's so much more fun (and cost effective) to shoot the little bastards on sight while drinking a case of ice cold Corona so I can piss all over my front yard at will. ---Norm | ||
| Carter Simcoe (Carter) Senior Member Username: Carter Post Number: 2368 Registered: 04-2002 |
No Craig, I'm pretty sure he wants to know if it would work on John Lee. | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2164 Registered: 02-2002 |
Andy, What memories.... late one night towards the end of a 2-week roadtrip in a Buick, had left Winnipeg CA heading towards the US border at Grand Forks... there was a pronghorn dead in the road, Walt didn't see it 'til we were upon it, managed to straddle it. When we reached the border, the guard wouldn't even step close to the vehicle, waved us on through rather quickly... we stopped at the first gas-station to survey the results... no damage, but we couldn't look w/o holding out breaths... when we stopped for dinner, we parked at the far end of the parking lot and ran to the restaurant... no one parked near us either... If I remember correctly, when we got home, he paid his neighbor's son to take it to a lift and clean the remaining bits out.... -L | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 198 Registered: 01-2003 |
It drove us nuts, after a while the straight smell wasn't there. But warm up the engine and exhaust and it would smell again. I hope the ARB bull bar that insurance put on for me makes the next bambi bounce off instead of caking the underside. We were driving to Bryce Canyon National Park when it happened, the truck still had one cracked but working head light so we keep going on our long weekend vacation. No one parked near us, with all the blood on the hood and sides we got looks of horror. I should have used that pay the neighbor kid idea, I hope he was paid well. | ||
| todd slater (Toddslater) Senior Member Username: Toddslater Post Number: 282 Registered: 08-2002 |
Bill, You wouldn't happen to be supplying those hoses to some plants in Houston, Beaumont and Crosby TX..? And now for more than you'd ever want to know about mercaptan. Natural Gas odorant...predominantly tertiary butyl mercaptan..sometimes isopropyl mercaptan. Propane is usually ethyl mercaptan. I don't know how to get the smell out.  | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 702 Registered: 09-2002 |
Norm, by shooting the little bastards - I take it you meant the service managers at your friendly dealer? peter | ||
| Maneesh Kumar (Dmk) New Member Username: Dmk Post Number: 37 Registered: 07-2002 |
Brake cleaner. It is an amphipathic solvent. | ||
| John Hamblin (Jhmover) New Member Username: Jhmover Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2003 |
I typed in removing skunk odor on yahoo search it came up with all kinds of stuff. | ||
| Norm Orschnorschki (Norm) New Member Username: Norm Post Number: 39 Registered: 02-2003 |
Peter, Shooting is too good for the service staff at my "friendly" dealer. I was talking about dispatching skunks in a humane and sporting manner. Actually, I would put skunks a couple of pegs above coniving LR "service technicians." At least skunks don't hand you an expensive bill after they gum up the works. ---Norm | ||
| Paul Long (Humveewannabe) New Member Username: Humveewannabe Post Number: 29 Registered: 03-2003 |
Skunk oil itself when expressed from the gland has no smell. It enhances the smell of anything it comes in contact with. The skunk sprays urine that can be mixed with it if they so desire. ethyl mercaptan as used in propane has skunk oil added to it. The oil enhances the mercaptan smell so a leak cannot be missed. Since the propane is a petroleum product, wherever the vapor goes, lines, burners..... a trace of this skunk oil is left. This is the cause of the spider webs on top of your bar-b-que grill tanks. Especially if covered. The spider is a little white, almost clear type. I don't know his technical name, but he makes me a lot of money during the summer. RV's parked next to certain vegitation are very susceptible to this infestation in water heater burners. Newer BBQ grills have screens over the air intake to keep these spiders out. Where the gas oriface shoots the fuel into the burner there is an air intake that leads to the burner. This area is called the mixing tube. Thats where the spiders live. Most people don't know it's due to the skunk oil that draws the spider in the first place. I'm told these spiders are found in skunk dens as well. Their webs and cacoons don't burn, so a torch won't help. Nothing but twirling a wire inside the burner tube removes it. A good time of year to pass this info on.....now you know why you have to clean outdoor grills so much. | ||
| Roland Kutasi (Disco1) Member Username: Disco1 Post Number: 109 Registered: 10-2002 |
Has anyone tried cooking and eating one? Maybe they taste like chicken. |
