Aviation Fuel

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

I have been purchasing items on line for years, but a lovely new hat arrived the other day reeking of aviation fuel!!!!, it gives me a headache, any ideas? it's the first time i have encountered this

 

[RBH]

I am not sure what the hat looks like ...but with fedoras you can stuff crumpled up newspapers in the crown and close it up in a plastic bag for a few days. In case of a ladies hat or what I think of as a ladies hat, you could put the newspaper in a bag and then place the hat in.
I cant say it will work with a fuel type smell but all it will cost is a day or so.
And if it seems to help you can replace the newspaper and do it over again till all trace of the smell is gone.

 

[Espee]

In the meantime you can tell people you're "Keepin'em flyin'"

 

[Woodfluter]

Mrs Corbettt -

Not one to question your olfactory calibrations, but I would point out that one common cleaning option for soiled hats is immersion in white gasoline, AKA Coleman fuel or equivalents. Now if the hat distinctively smells of kerosene, or a traditional hurricane lantern, that's surely aviation fuel. An odor more likely to linger. And for all I know, you may be an aviator and know all this better than I!

Airing out should cure things eventually.

All the best,
= Bill

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

Thanks Gents, Its summer here so i'm going to wrap it in a linen sheet and leave it in the sun for a few days, maybe the heat will evaporate the fuel, or I will have a fire on my hands!