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bert:
Hi all. 
I am looking at having to seriously downsize my shop.  We are in the process of moving and I am going to have to give up a 24 foot by 36 foot shop. My present shop is separate from the house and there in lays my problem. My new shop is going to be in a basement and unfortunately considerably smaller, may be 12x16 if I am lucky.  My wife is quite concerned about the oily smells created when machining. You know, cutting oil, hot WD40, grinding and other hot metal issues.
 
So my question to you guys with basement shops, how do you keep your wife happy? Is a simple exhaust fan sufficient, or do you employ a different measures to accomplish, blissful happiness, with a spouse, who has the nose of a Blood hound?

No !!  Trade in the spouse is not an option I am willing to consider…..

Thanks …..Bert

black85vette:
Mine doesn't complain about the shop.   (Actually she doesn't complain at all)   She has mentioned that my clothes carry that smell into the house.

Walsheng:
When I was working full time in a shop and I came home NOT smelling like EDM oil my wife would want to know what I did that day!
I have my shop at the office so I haven't had to address the smell issue at home (yet) but at the office I have a physical therapy office upstairs from the shop and they like to complain about EVEREYTHING. So I have a simple bathroom type exhaust fan and it does the trick.

John

pgp001:
When I come inside the house after machining with coolant, my wife accuses me of smelling like metal !!

I reckon she thinks all metal must smell of soluble oil.

Phil

Jo:
Phil, the smell of the bacteria in the soluble oil is easy to get rid of put a spot of bleach in it.

I don't know what all the fuss is about I have my indoors workshop in the room next to the master bedroom, I have never had any complaints  ;)

Jo

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