Re: get rid of mercaptant



Karl Townsend wrote:

I need an old 100# LP bottle for use in my shop. I took the valve off three hours ago and have an air hose line inside the bottle blowing air in for over an hour now. No sign of the smell abating. SWMBO will cause me serious bodily harm if I make the house smell like that. Any good ideas to rid an old bottle of propane smell? Don't say light a match.

Karl

You could blow air in there for a long long time and it wouldn't kill that
smell, Karl. But if you dump in a cup of bleach and toss it around and then
flush with hot water (it will probably be orange, don't worry) it won't
stink anymore. See:

http://tinyisland.com/LPvalveRemoval.html

Grant
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