[Rhodes22-list] Gasoline spill under the floor

[Slim]

Hi Barry and welcome.  I agree with Rummy--it's a lots-of-air thing.
Remember, gasoline in its liquid form does not burn--it's the fumes.  If you
took a bucket of gasoline filled to the brim and threw a match at it on a
breezy day, it MIGHT explode.  Or the match might just go out.  If you did
this test ten times, a few times would not result in explosion.  But if the
bucket were only half full of gas, then you have a collection of fumes in
the upper half of the bucket.  Then it would explode every time for sure.

But don't try this,

Slim 

On 5/30/05 1:26 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Barry,
> The best time to kick a man is when he's down, but in this I really do feel
> your pain. Chalk this one up on the side of the list of stupid things we as
> boat  owners do. Granted, this is a new one to me, but certainly worthy of a
> Rhodes  owner. We all have our disaster story's to tell.
> I think the only way to get rid of the fumes/odor is to give it as much air
> as possible. 
> 
> Rummy
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