Well at 2am this morning, I was standing on the Christmas tree stand in the basement, in my boxer shorts, with a squeegee pushing the remaining water towards the submersible pump. At 2:30am I called it a night and I think the dish soap trick worked fairly well. I still have the basement ventilated with a fan but the concrete is starting to dry already. I didn't lose the 80's records. I lost some old books, a box of holiday decorations, some sleep, and some brain cells from the kerosene vapor. Glad it's over! Now back to working on the Z.