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|    dlzc to All    |
|    Re: OT: alcohol based perfume removal?    |
|    19 Nov 21 05:42:28    |
      From: dlzc1@cox.net              Dear T:              On Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 10:56:01 AM UTC-7, T wrote:       ...       > We have had no luck with vinegar. Vinegar use to work       > wonders until these new persistent perfumes came out.              It is just generally safer than ozone, and works to some extent to remove       smoker's smell from a car.              > Are they alcohol soluble? If so, how would you remove       > them. How about fat and wax soluble? You would think       > hot water and detergent would whack them ?? Then       > there are the nanoparticles.              These are compounds targeted / selected to be the cheapest, and most       noticeable to humans.              > In the past, I have read some of the patents and scents       > are triggered by body heat. They do comes off in hot       > water, but they won't stop coming off. It is like       > I have discovered perpetual motion.       >       > You mentioned vacuum?              These compounds have a vapor pressure. Get the heat up, and pull a vacuum,       and you "boil" them off faster. They will be coming out in the exhaust stream       of the shop vac, so make sure it is sitting "outside".              David A. Smith              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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