Whats that smell?

[grog]

As i'm doing some work in the garage, I notice a smell. Turns out, right behind the drill press tucked away in a corner is a plastic can looking thing with some holes in the top. My wife stuck an air freshener in there. That was sweet and well intentioned, but I like the smell of cut lumber and old cars. They don't make an air freshener like that I guess. Oh well these things don't last very long, do they?

Grog

 

[mooman]

Sounds like you need to put an oily rag & some saw dust in her underwear drawer and tell her that's the smell you really like.

 

[A1an]

Return the favor by taking shirt a you've been wearing all day out in the shop and put it in the corner of her walk-in closet. "Love you too, honey."

 

[nate379]

Just pour a gallon or three of diesel on her sweater drawer.

 

[LAROKE]

I like the smell of cut lumber and old cars. They don't make an air freshener like that I guess.
Grog

This is something that bothers me, especially since the gals in our office insist on a spray can of flowery stuff in the men's room. Why can't we have something that gives off a manly scent like machine oil or napalm? Cripes, I'd settle for "Old Spice". We are being neglected by the market.

 

[Professur]

just use a pair of her underwear for a rag next oil change.

 

[PAToyota]

There are some options out there.

Or another one:

And I'll leave you with this.

 

[A1an]

Mandles.

 

[grog]

Good suggestions, except for the fact that the only thing I like better than the smell of cut wood and old cars is the smell of my wife and I sure don't want her ******* smelling like oil! I'm pretty sure I am going to live with having the best smelling garage around.

Grog

 

[grog]

Hey Patyota,

Thanks for the links, I think i'll give one of these a try.

Grog

 

[Cargo]

Sadly, they can last quite a long time. The truly awful part is that she will probably replace it when it wears down.
Perhaps something large and heavy could "accidentally" fall on it. Then you could apologize and ask her if, whatever this was, was hers before it went bad and started to smell. I think the Hoppe's #9 air freshener hung on the drill press could be another strategy. 'It smelled funny over there, so...'

Good luck.

 

[PAToyota]

I don't smoke, but growing up a knew a couple old guys who smoked a pipe so the smell of raw pipe tobacco is a pleasing scent to me. I've bought a pouch and dumped it in an open tin in the woodshop every now and then when I'm feeling nostalgic.

 

[e-tek]

Good suggestions, except for the fact that the only thing I like better than the smell of cut wood and old cars is the smell of my wife and I sure don't want her ******* smelling like oil! I'm pretty sure I am going to live with having the best smelling garage around.

Grog

Like - NO DOUBT!! Those first 3 posters MUST be single!! I want Mrs E-tek (as well as her clothes, closet and undies) smelling like Mrs E-tek, not like the shop!

 

[bchee]

I put rubber Harbor Freight wheel chocks in every corner of the garage.
They are currently on sale.
http://www.harborfreight.com/solid-rubber-wheel-chock-96479.html

They have a slow-release manly garage smell

 

[IH82BL8]

This is something that bothers me, especially since the gals in our office insist on a spray can of flowery stuff in the men's room.

And they care (or know) how the men's room smells because why?

Often, after I come in from the garage, my wife tells me I smell like a car.

 

[crewchief888]

And they care (or know) how the men's room smells because why?

Often, after I come in from the garage, my wife tells me I smell like a car.

mine always says i plain smell, and tell meto hit the shower.

 

[mad57]

hmmmm... not to be crude but if u like the smell of p*ssy deal with the air freshner

 

[bchee]

hmmmm... not to be crude but if u like the smell of p*ssy deal with the air freshner

ideally it doesn't smell at all, unless she is sick

 

[Torque1st]

Put a small quantity of differential grease in the can with the air freshener to man it up some.

Other things that might work:
tobacco
coffee
diesel
WD
PB blaster
solvent
linseed oil
etc...

 

[Ray-CA]

First the air freshener, then an espresso machine. If she starts talking about curtains, you're done for.

My wife says that it's all payback for washing your parts in the sink and your shop towels in the washing machine.

Ray

 

[MadMechMaster]

Here's a link from that Hoppe's page:
http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/23/15-manly-smells
It covers a list of scents that is right on

 

[bazzateer]

Jeez! What a load of fuss! Just put it in the trash.

 

[z28toz06]

This is something that bothers me, especially since the gals in our office insist on a spray can of flowery stuff in the men's room. Why can't we have something that gives off a manly scent like machine oil or napalm? Cripes, I'd settle for "Old Spice". We are being neglected by the market.

I'm guessing there's already a "manly smell" coming from the bathroom, that's why the airfreshener!

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

And they care (or know) how the men's room smells because why?

Because guys use it!!...especially if it's more than one guy.....a room that small can't contain the smell no matter how big the exhaust fan or if you keep the door shut.....
We have double fans in the one at our shop office and the secretary still keeps that same spray can handy....of course the guys just each other if they have the ability to "run the girls out"!

 

[JayClay]

I must be lucky. Wife has no interest in going into the garage for any reason. When she does its to tell me my dinner is ready!

 

[chadman]

Just get a can of Kroil and leave the lid cracked open a touch. That stuff will overpower any air freshener around. Plus it smells like "shop".

 

[LAROKE]

And they care (or know) how the men's room smells because why?

Often, after I come in from the garage, my wife tells me I smell like a car.

Because the cases of toilet paper are in there and wimin go thru TP by the case 'cept for Cheryl Crowe. They want it nice and springtime when they have to go in there.

 

[49tandc]

She needs to be introduced to a rag, soaked in burnt 90 wt. gear oil. I'll bet she'll remember that.

49T&C

 

[Lippyp]

I hate air fresheners to me nearly all of them have a nasty underlying chemical smell, flowers my ***, most have never been anywhere near a flower, let alone a Pine forest or Atlantic beach. Back when I used to work for a company that refurbished office furniture one of my customers was a company that made smells, perfumes for anything from shampoo to the new car smell they spray into showroom models. One hour long tour around their factory and a two hour drive back to the factory with a van full of chairs from there and I smelt like a french tarts handbag and couldn't smell anything for about two days.

I have to say it it was me it'd get buried in the garden and replaced with a small tin of creosote to cover the smell.

 

[ket-tek]

She needs to be introduced to a rag, soaked in burnt 90 wt. gear oil. I'll bet she'll remember that.

49T&C

Kinda what came to mind for me. Used gear oil f'n stinks. That is one garage smell I prefer to not have.. Most all other oils, lubes, and grease I like.

 

[Lotek]

Just add a little stale gas to it, when she replaces it, do it again, when she mentions it, act suprised, and guess that "maybe they go bad in the heat?"

I hate those things in cars, had a customer complain that her car smelled, had at least 10 different air fresheners in her car and smelled like she bathed in perfume, I asked the mgr "and this is warranty because?" ended up double bagging all her air fresheners and leaving the car in the lot with the windows open for a week. Let the mgr explain it to her.