I can't remember where I read it, but unused Kitty Litter can work to absorb smells.
With some whiskey in the tumbler, it might just work!Maybe you can beat the smell out with a rock tumbler.
Hmmm...might have to pick some up next time I am at the store. Or, awkwardly ask a friend with cats if I can have a small baggy of kitty litter.I can't remember where I read it, but unused Kitty Litter can work to absorb smells.
Agent | Method | Smell after 1 hour | Smell after 1 week | Comments after 1 week |
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Dish soap | Cleaned with dish soap | still smells like cig | 4 | chips smell "fresher" but cig smell just as strong |
Simple Green | Cleaned with Simple Green | smells cleaner, but I can detect cig | 3 | I think the simple green oil is masking cig slightly |
Vinegar | Soaked 10 minutes in vinegar + water solution | smells like vinegar mostly - I'm optimistic | 2 | noticeable difference, but cig smell def still there. Slight sour smell, but only if I put my nose on the chip. |
Hydrogen Peroxide | Soaked 5 minutes in hydrogen peroxide + water | smells distinctly different than others...like a new car smell. Not bad. | 4 | Smells just like my untreated batch. Weird since the 1 hour smell was so promising |
Oxyclean | Soaked 5 minutes in oxyclean + water | smells much better, but I can detect some cig still | 2 | Comparable to vinegar. But no sour smell. |
Dryer Sheet (not in photo) | Cleaned with dish soap and then a dryer sheet is placed in the rack | N/A. This one has to set | ?! | Holy Laundry Fresh Scent Batman! I took the dryer sheet out 24 hours ago, but these chips reek of fake laundry perfume. I can't smell cig, but this is worse than cig smell for me. I'm going to let these air out for a few days and then come back. |
Baking Soda +Water | Soaked in baking soda + water for 10 minutes | mitigated smell some, but I can detect cig | 2 | Comparable to vinegar but no sour smell. |
Baking Soda | Dusted with dry baking soda and set for 10 minutes | eliminated most of the smell...I'm optimistic | 2.5 | Almost as good as baking soda+water, vinegar, and oxyclean. |
Whiskey | Soaked 10 minutes in 50.5% ABV bourbon | smelled like bourbon - no trace of cig. I could play with these all day! Dried the hell out of the chip though. | 1 | Barely perceptible cig smell. Def has a bourbon smell. Kind of pleasant. |
Ever Clear | Soaked 10 minutes in 95% neutral alcohol | eliminated most of the smell, but I think I could detect a trace. Dried out the chip. | 0 | No smell of cig, even with my nose pressed against the chip. No trace of smell in the plastic container it was in. (as a comparison, ever other container had varying cig smell coming off the rack itself). |
If anyone has a good idea for another treatment to try, please speak up now!
I will see if the grocery store has these. Making a run today. I can add them and kitty litter to the experiment.These three are probably worth consideration:
~ rubbing alcohol
~ Nature's Miracle
~ Pooph
Is it better to rinse your hussy off in public or take her out in private knowing it's all still on her?All this may make new candidate members run away, goddammit
Hardly comprehensible, but it still improved my English.Is it better to rinse your hussy off in public or take her out in private knowing it's all still on her?
Hardly comprehensible, but it still improved my English.
there are little black specks
Agent | Score after 1 hour | Comments after 1 hour | Score after 1 week | Comments after 1 week |
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OxyClean | 2 | smell still disappointingly strong | ||
Baking Soda + water | 1 | slight cig smell | ||
Vinegar | 1 | slight smell + sour vinegar smell | ||
Vodka (40% ethanol) | 0 | smell is gone | ||
95% ethanol | 0 | smell is gone, but chips damaged | ||
91% isoprophyl | 0 | cig smell gone, but there is isopropyl smell | ||
Nature's Promise | 1 | slight cig smell | ||
Kitty Litter | 0 | no smell, I'm surprised! Thought longer treatment would be needed |
Watch for the original chips to possibly crumble when drinking a post-ethanol chaser.The 95% ethanol continued to yellow. And when I took the chips out, there are little black specks. None of the other solutions have the little black specks. That is worrisome, athough I don't see initially any damage to the chips.
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Sill think Pooph and Nature's Miracle are worth checking out. They both alter organics at a molecular level, and are quite effective at eliminating a wide variety of odors.2 additional things:
I put another batch in kitty litter and I will let those sit for 12 hours, so we will have 2 kitty litter batches.
I just checked the dryer sheet batch. The perfume smell is gone and the smoke smell is as strong as the untreated. So fail for those.
Grocery store does not carry Pooph. And I misread "Nature's Miracle" as "Nature's Promise." My store does list Nature's Miracle on its website. Next run I'll get it.Sill think Pooph and Nature's Miracle are worth checking out. They both alter organics at a molecular level, and are quite effective at eliminating a wide variety of odors.
I would think this is the same problem the China clays have with their shitty smell. Smells like burnt wood or something.
I sprayed a rack of Royals with Febreze and kept them in a Matsui rack with a lid and the next day they smelled like Burnt Wood & Febreze
Grocery store does not carry Pooph. And I misread "Nature's Miracle" as "Nature's Promise." My store does list Nature's Miracle on its website. Next run I'll get it.
Agent | Score after 1 hour | Comments after 1 hour | Score after 1 week | Comments after 1 week |
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OxyClean | 2 | smell still disappointingly strong | 1 | somehow got better? But cig still detectable |
Baking Soda + water | 1 | slight cig smell | 1 | no change |
Vinegar | 1 | slight smell + sour vinegar smell | 2 | got worse |
Vodka (40% ethanol) | 0 | smell is gone | 1 | some smell returned |
95% ethanol | 0 | smell is gone, but chips damaged | 0 | |
91% isoprophyl | 0 | cig smell gone, but there is isopropyl smell | 0 | |
Nature's Promise | 1 | slight cig smell | 1 | |
Kitty Litter (30 min) | 0 | no smell, I'm surprised! Thought longer treatment would be needed | 1 | some cig smell returned |
Kitty Litter (12 hour) | 0 | smell gone | 0 | most neutral smelling of all experiments |
Nature's Miracle | 0 | cig smell gone; strong but pleasant detergent smell | 0 | still has strong but pleasant detergent smell |
In case you are not joking...it is technically called "cat litter filler" or "cat box filler." It is the clay/silica mix that you put in the box that cats excrete into. It is designed to absorb the smells. I was surprised how effective this was at drawing out the smells of the smoke. Appreciable and lasting effect after 30 minutes. Completely eliminated the smell after 12 hours.Is "kitty litter" cats' excreement?