[Roadsters] semi-OT: Bounce Sheets?

[Mark Sedlack]

My dad has been using them for year in his antiques (1930 Chrysler Model 66, 
'31 Model A, and '73 450SL) on the advice of another guy in his club.  I 
started using them 12 or so years ago when I first finished resto-modding 
our 280Z.  For whatever reason, the mice cannot stand the smell of them, and 
neither of us has had any mice in any of our cars, even though there's 
"evidence" of them elsewhere in the garage.  Not to mention the side benefit 
of the cars smelling fresh in the spring....

During construction of the "R", one winter it sat with with the body on the 
stand, and the frame below, with as yet unrebuilit motor in the frame.  I 
had finished building the headers, and had the exhaust mocked up, with just 
straight tubes running along the frame.  Since the car wasn't completed, I 
hadn't done any Bounce.  Come spring when I started taking things apart to 
tear down the motor, I unbolted the exhaust, pulled the heads, and every 
single exhaust port was full of seeds - seems the furry little buggers loved 
using the tubes as a raceway to their storage locker.  Yet they had 
completely ignored the Bounce'd Z, sitting right next to it.

I used to use D-con with great success, but since our Jack Russell Roscoe 
loves to hang out in the shop with me, I don't feel comfortable putting it 
out where he might get into it.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hallosb at juno.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] semi-OT: Bounce Sheets?


> Does that really work? I had a major mice invasion in my garage last year.
> Eventually caught them all with traps.  But, not before the little 
> vermints
> left a few turds in my Roadster.
> If there's something that discourages them, I'd like to give it a try. 
> I've
> heard cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil works, also.
> ________________________
> Mike wrote:
> Bounce sheets inside and in the exhaust to keep the mice at bay