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I'll have to see if I can find some of this Irish Spring soap, although I can't say that we get too many problems with mice here, with a couple of our own cats on patrol, and various others that wander through when they fancy their chances. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org> To: "Type3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Heater smell (was: NO HEAT) > On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 06:20, Dave Hall wrote: > > How DO you know that, Russ? I know mice will nibble soap, so I guess it's just > > the perfume. Did they all hold up placards saying "Ban the Irish Spring soap" > > or something? ;-) > > > It is something about that particular smell, that they don't like. I had > heard this on other lists, and on a TV show on restoring, and storing > cars. So, I thought I would try it. I have seen no signs of mice in my > shop this winter, and I would think they would be attracted to the > smells of the Ghia, as it was full of them when I got it. > Plus, Nothing else, Spring scented soap smells better than mouse pee. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 FB AT > '66 FB MT > '64 T34 (not running) > '65 T1 (not running) > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~