Workshop smells

[normspanners]

3. Paint (Because it means the job is about to go out of the door)

apparently the queen thinks the whole world smells of fresh paint coz wherever she goes there is a man with a paint brush 8hrs in front.

 

[brightspark]

apparently the queen thinks the whole world smells of fresh paint coz wherever she goes there is a man with a paint brush 8hrs in front.

and virtual shop facades that are empty when she drives by

 

[reb78]

Petrol - the smell from petrol mixing with oily grassy mower engine bits as you dismantle them.

 

[normspanners]

747 is semi syn 2t oil

 

[dobbslc]

I'll check but as far as I remember it's fully synthetic race oil premix only. I used it in my TZR 250 race bike many moons ago.

 

[DavidS16]

Panel wipe, new tyres, general manky engine smell. I also have a cabinet that has all my car cleaning, polishing and painting supplies in it so thats a mix of fruity/pleasant and extremely chemically (for example, thinners).

The local engineering/machinists place is total heaven though, just stinking of greasy machines, cutting oil and whatever theyre working on.

 

[vladrat]

nobody mentioned the old nitromoors yet,along with the warm fuzzy feeling it used to give.lol

 

[EAZEE]

I love the smell of stick welding in the morning. Nummy nummy num!!!

 

[rtbcomp]

nobody mentioned the old nitromoors yet,along with the warm fuzzy feeling it used to give.lol

Or meths and the blinding headache

 

[colnerov]

Or meths and the blinding headache

Are we still talking about smells or drinking?

 

[vladrat]

the meths or nitromoors?

 

[DavidS16]

the meths or nitromoors?

Yes.

 

[Turbo]

I thought I was weird for liking the smell of soluble oil on the lathe, looks like I'm normal!

Also love the exhaust smell of old race/rally cars running castrol r. There's nothing like the scream of a Mk 2 BDA on full chat coming towards you followed by the waft of castrol r when it passes!

 

[doubleboost]

Oil based moulding sand & cigarette smoke (The latter no longer)

 

[Shox Dr]

A mate and his wife camw around last night. She walked into the workshop and said 'I love the smell in here. It smells of Blokes and Motorcycles'

 

[FoxZulu]

My Dad used to have a Primus blow lamp when I was a kid. I was always fascinated by it and loved the smell of the meths and parrafin burning.

 

[FoxZulu]

Oh, and Boss White.

 

[Can'tWeld]

Used motor oil, white spirit, brasso and certain kinds of paint are some of my personal favourites.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Acetone or isopropyl alcohol.

Both of these. And oak stopping.

 

[Cobbler]

I can still recall the smell of TVR from when tractors drove past as a child, I suppose it's nostalgia! I've seen it somewhere that smells are the most memory inducing sense we have.