Some of you may remember the last time I asked this question.
I ended up crushing cedar cuttings in the hydraulic press and my shop smelled like a cedar forest for a couple of days.
Although it was rather nice, nothing much came of the experiment.
I used some of the oil mixed with alcohol to clean out the drawer where I kept my underwear. The drawer smells better now and so does the underwear that I keep in the drawer.
Another one of life's small problem solved! :-)
Couple months later I came upon about two gallons of orchid oil. Don't ask!
So I scratch my head, and other parts, and wonder what in TAR-NAY-SHUN a mechanical guy like me should do with orchid oil.
Well after a LOT of hesitation I finally opened up the barrel and decanted some of the oil into one of those small alcohol burners.
And you know what? It doesn't smell bad at all!
I even tried putting a match to it. Burns it does. But the burning doesn't do much to enhance the smell.
However, after you douse the flame, the smell is much more intense.
I suppose it's just because when you heat it you speed up evaporation.
Anyway, for the time being, whenever I want my shop to smell funny, I just take the top off the alcohol burner and within a few minutes ...
Humm...
Now I'm just waiting for all those young women to come by and tell me that my shop smells so... NICE! :-)ooooooo
DOC
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