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|    T to dlzc    |
|    Re: OT: alcohol based perfume removal?    |
|    19 Nov 21 11:51:02    |
      From: T@invalid.invalid              On 11/19/21 05:42, dlzc wrote:       > 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       >              Thank you!              What do you think of this?              https://www.amazon.com/Bestauto-Gallon-Chamber-Stainless-Degassi       g/dp/B07TQLLVNC              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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