What's that smell?

[Lambow]

I think it is the smell of old grease and dirt on metal machinery . At least I think that is what it is. Do you know what I am talking about. You smell it on old cars, and farm equipment at museums. You smell in old slot machines. It never use to bother me too much, but now that I am sticking my face in them, it's starting to burn my nose. Is that what it is, old grease? What, if anything, can you do about it, short of stripping everything down completely and cleaning or blasting, and then maybe its soaked into the wood?
Thanks for any real suggests, and the jokes if there funny

Lambow

[mechanic]

Never heard of the lubricants causing burning like that. Maybe someone used some type of solvent that irritates the nose and left the residue on or in the machine.

[SLOT DYNASTY]

You should be grateful to be smelling old grease, and the like. That generally tells us collectors that it is Original.
You don't want to be smelling flowers and wood stain, as that is a definite sign of a Repro. Unless it is confirmed
that it is a total Restoration of an Original. I kind of like the Old-Smell myself, but I guess that comes from playing
in the dirt a lot as a kid. Well, OK, I still do! Then again, there is always nose plugs!

[RameGoom]

Sort of like the smell of the mohair interior on 50's cars...every time I see an original at a car show, I always stick my head into the interior and take a whiff. Brings me immediately back to my childhood.

[randyvw]

turn to lynyrd skynyrd for the answer to THIS one....
eww that smell
can'tcha' smell that smell
eww that smell
the smell of DEBT surrounds youuu!
(you asked for it, afterall, Lambow!)

[watlingboy]

I also like that smell old musty smell, in fact my whole saloon smells like that, kinda reminds me of my grandma.

Watlingboy