Coffee in my Ductwork
So... My girlfriend was over this past weekend and, long story short, she spilled half of her Mocha Latte down my heating vent. There's a spot where it levels off, but it's just out of my reach (my elbows cant bend that way). I know most of it has pooled down there and dried, so I'm not worried about rotten milk or mold. Basically, there's just a Mocha smell that spouts out that vent.
I can close the vent, but then I get no heat. The smell isn't bad, but I'd rather not have a Mocha Latte air freshener for the remainder of my time here. Does anyone know how I can rid my ductwork of the coffee smell? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Stick with a rag on the end? Maybe with an elbow?
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I suggest tossing a bran muffin down in there. When I mix coffee and bran muffins, my ductworks tend to clean themselves out pretty fast.
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Dump half a bottle of Mr. Clean down there. That should clean it up.
(Alternately, I can't think the smell will last long; the coffee should dry up completely in a hot air vent, and even the residue will probably flake off.)
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I can't help thinking "Coffee in my Ductwork" sounds like a great Country music song title.
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Drop a dead rat down there. The smell will mask the coffee odor. You'll have to do this every couple a months. The carcass dries out.
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I ended up dumping a small amount of mr. clean and water down there, and the vent is shut till tomorrow. We'll see how this turns out...
"I am heavy weapons guy, this is my weapon. She weighs 150 kilograms and fires $200 custom tooled cartridges at 10,000 rounds per minute. It costs 400,000 dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds..."
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"I am heavy weapons guy, this is my weapon. She weighs 150 kilograms and fires $200 custom tooled cartridges at 10,000 rounds per minute. It costs 400,000 dollars to fire this weapon for 12 seconds..."
Coffee in my Ductwork
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If I were in your shoes I'd try to get my hands on a vacuum that could handle liquids. You should be able to use an extension to reach right down to the pool and suck it up. I wouldn't be tossing too many chemicals or acidic compounds down there though, no telling what reactive damage it'll cause to the metal ducts in a hot environment...
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.. and be thankful she didn't spill milk down there. Although, for cleaning my ductworks, sometimes Metamucil works best.
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