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10/21/2013 04:45:46 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by CNovack:
For Halloween, my youngest wants to go as the Empty Child from Doctor Who.
Problem is the gas mask that we won at auction came from a smoker (did not say that in auction).
I had it air outside in the hot sun and night air for 2 days - still traces of tobacco scent on it.
Any way to safely remove the tobacco stink from the mask without destroying it so that she can wear it safely? |
try cutting up an onion and putting into closed plastic bag with mask. works with getting rid of new paint smell |
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10/21/2013 05:02:24 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Spork99:
Just hope they don't decide to start smoking as a way to pay you back for whatever transgressions you committed as a parent. |
"Mom and Dad, I'm serving notice that I'm gonna doom myself to a life of being treated as an outcast and an early, slow, and uncomfortable death: THAT'll teach you to not be such crappy 'rents!" |
As if millions of other kids haven't said as much. |
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10/21/2013 05:09:32 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
Originally posted by RayEthier:
It is indeed amazing what one can buy... but in Canada, some of these items fall under the "Controlled Goods" category and it is illegal for a non-registered user to own them. Just a bit of warning for my Canadian friends.
Ray |
Good point. I was only using those photos for examples, and was implying you can buy them locally, where you would presumably undergo any needed registering (if needed). In Colorado there was no need for that, but it's also Colorado. |
"registering"?
For a gas mask? |
Yep... some goods fall under a list of items that are controlled. Some gas masks and filters used by the military fall in that category and one has to be registered to possess and transfer these. |
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10/29/2013 10:04:54 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by Cory:
No.. No.. and No.. :)
Use Isopropyl Alcohol... Nothing else will cut the oils that are leaving the scent...
And at the worst?? A bit of tobacco smell won't actually hurt the kiddo.
ETA: Actually, Ozone does sorta work - but I've never really found it to entirely remove the smell... |
Update: Was going to look into the Ozone thing but things got crazy and still not feeling great to track down a machine.
I have been doing daily treatments of Apple Vinegar ( bohemka suggestion) and the isopropyl alcohol ( Cory suggestion). Use of both has gotten rid of 90% of the smell.
Cory, the isopropyl alcohol seems to be stripping off some the surface rubber - the cloth comes away a little bit black not too much. Either I am putting too much isopropyl alcohol on the cloth or I might be rubbing too hard???
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10/29/2013 10:11:25 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by CNovack:
Originally posted by Cory:
No.. No.. and No.. :)
Use Isopropyl Alcohol... Nothing else will cut the oils that are leaving the scent...
And at the worst?? A bit of tobacco smell won't actually hurt the kiddo.
ETA: Actually, Ozone does sorta work - but I've never really found it to entirely remove the smell... |
Update: Was going to look into the Ozone thing but things got crazy and still not feeling great to track down a machine.
I have been doing daily treatments of Apple Vinegar ( bohemka suggestion) and the isopropyl alcohol ( Cory suggestion). Use of both has gotten rid of 90% of the smell.
Cory, the isopropyl alcohol seems to be stripping off some the surface rubber - the cloth comes away a little bit black not too much. Either I am putting too much isopropyl alcohol on the cloth or I might be rubbing too hard??? |
Could be... Or those could just be dissolved oils and dirt that you're pulling off. |
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10/29/2013 11:50:51 PM · #31 |
| The Ozone is the way, if you can do it. If you want the home version, toss it in a biz ziplock with some baking soda in a dish and a bit of cloth balled up with a rubberband with quite a few drops of vanilla on it. The alcohol in the vanilla will loosen up the grip the tar has on the mask and the baking soda will absorb the stray scent. Plus the vanilla is a great scent masker. |
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11/01/2013 07:28:44 AM · #32 |
Happy to report that the mask was fully cleaned and wearable for Halloween. Thank you for all the helpful suggestions.
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12/27/2013 06:19:58 PM · #33 |
| I have heared that cutting up an onion and putting into plastic bag will sort the smoking smell |
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12/27/2013 08:42:20 PM · #34 |
In another lifetime I had to go through training wearing one of those skin tight full face rubber gas masks with filters and I thought I was going to freak out. Most claustrophobic, smothering feeling I ever had.
You sure you know what you're putting on this youngster? Hope she doesn't have nightmares afterwards (smile). Of course if you pop the filter out altogether and there is an open hole by which to breath I suppose the smothering feeling goes away.
Ever consider ditching the gas mask and just buying a Halloween type mask?
If you insist on going down this road, (& I hope you don't), then here is a link: Removing tobacco smell from rubber.
Message edited by author 2013-12-27 21:00:00. |
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12/27/2013 08:55:21 PM · #35 |
Pop the filter out is the way! Back as a conscript in Socialist Republic of Romania army that was the way we used to do the drills until caught or even worse thrown in a tent with tear gas hehe. I've often seen me mates fainting wearing those. Not fun...
Message edited by author 2013-12-27 20:56:50.
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