Moth ball question

As long as they exist, they will smell. They will gradually sublime (change to a gas which is what you smell) but how long before they totally disappear I cannot guess. It would depend on air flow to some extent I would think.

The smell until they are gone. They are slowly evaporating.

Well, shoving a hair-dryer in there will cause them to sublimate much faster, but I don't know how combustable the resulting gas is, in concentration.

I had to attend "ground school" when I was learning to fly. The instructor was talking about freezing being what happens when a liquid (water) turns into a solid (ice). He asked for an example of something that sublimes-- turns directly from a solid to a gas. A muffled answer came from the back row, "tacos".

Thanks, now I have to clean Miller beer from my monitor!!

Have a good one!

Rich

In article , snipped-for-privacy@zydeco.net says... :) Last summer, we had a chipmunk make a home in the wall of our summer cabin. :) We went to the local ACE to ask what to put in there to drive him out. It :) was WAY at the top of a 16' ladder to get to the opening. They said put in :) mothballs. Well, my wife must have bought 25# of mothballs. I put a lot in :) there. :) Impossible to say how long the odor may linger...in the future if you feel the need to use them place them in an old stocking then place the stocking near where you want it, then when the problem is gone remove the stocking.

Could always go freak out the Ace manager and let him know since they, in professional context, suggested to use them and now you feel they are responsible for possible health issues and that you expect them to pay for the clean up.

The sad thing is, not only have you polluted your house with a foul odor and carcinogen, the evidence is that it doesn't even repel animals. It's a myth.

The homeowners are animals, and it is repeling them.

Bob