The retention behaviour and analysis of some glycol ethers on a specially packed column are reported. A column (0.45 m × 2.0 mm I.D.) packed with a deep acid-washed pink diatomite Chromosorb P, deactivated by a layer of poly(ethylene glycol succinate) additionally coated with a higher content of the same polyester phase was used. Transmission electron microscopic observation of the support surface after the polyester deactivation and the additional coating was carried out. The performance of the proposed short column was compared with that of a wide-bore capillary column (10.0 m × 0.53 mm I.D., 1.2 μm film thickness) and the parameters obtained are given. The glycol ether retentions underlinear temperature programming conditions were expressed in terms of relative retention temperatures and retention indices; n-alkanols were selected as fixed points on the retention index scale of glycol ethers. The performance of the proposed column with some isomeric oxygen-containing analytes such as xylenols, phenols and ketones is reported. Special attention was given to the main product 2-methoxyethanol and capillary gas chromatography—mass spectrometry with selective detection was employed.