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   hammer1 | Aug 17, 2011 10:45pm | #1

   I kept looking for a dead critter in the shop, there was that unmistakable odor but I couldn't find it. Turned out to be the hide glue brush sitting in a jar of water. It can get really rank after several days.

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   Morongo | Aug 17, 2011 10:59pm | #2

   Bruce, got a kick out of your experience. I live in the high-desert, more wood rats here than people. They nest in your engine compartment, chew your wires and generally require a lot of maintainance to keep up with.

   If they get in your house, they'll chew right through the drywall to get from one room to another (as you may know).

   My brother put out rat poisen in his room, which worked. However, the family cat got ahold of a poisened rat and ended up dead as a result, so be careful using it around pets.

   You can usually just shoot them if they get in the house, I've used a pellet rifle both inside and outside to keep them down.

   But I told my brother, no more poisen!

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   PSeverin | Aug 19, 2011 11:25am | #3

   Can be a harsh sweet smell

   Bruce,

   You might want to be wary of those products you plug into walls to mask smells and make your shop smell like the Northwoods.   It's reported in seminars on indoor air quality that they contain nerve toxins....which may get rid of your perception of the oder, but overtime could leave you having a hard time counting ten.  Not sure if Frabreeze is in that group or not.  

   Nice story.  Mice we've had.  Rats I hope to avoid.

   Peter

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   BruceS | Aug 19, 2011 02:00pm | #4

   deodorizers

   Guess I'll just have to run a couple of cedar or pine boards through the planer,  I like oak too for smell, but not my favorite lumber to work with.

   How does on explain to visiting friends why you have black nylon stocking sashet's  stuffed with cedar chips hanging from your shop ceiling.   kinky.