Only the Nose Knows

Let’s talk about cigarette smoke odor removal. There are some old fashioned ways such as a lit candle in the room where there are cigarette smokers. This may eliminate some of the odor but not all of it. After the smokers are gone the memory lingers on in the form of stale cigarette smoke and stained mirrors, furniture, etc. . . . Nothing smells worse than that stale tobacco odor.

The cigarette odor stale or fresh is a problem if you have someone in the household that has allergies. I cannot think of anything that can trigger an allergic reaction faster than cigarette smoke. The best cigarette smoke odor removal is to not let the guests or family smoker smoke their cigarettes in the house. Remove them to the porch, front lawn or garage anywhere but in the house. Besides hurting the family member that is allergic to the smoke you should see what it does to your house. Mirrors have a yellow film on them which is hard to clean with regular glass cleaner. Drapes and furniture absorb the smell and the yellow film needing professional cleaning help. But most of all the family members have the dubious honor of inhaling second hand smoke. If you have a smoker in the house check out the fur on your pet cat or dog. You will see that it feels greasy and has a yellow cast also. The pet will also have a stale cigarette odor smell.

One form of cigarette smoke odor removal is the Ozone generator. Although this machine does not eliminate the smoke itself it does eliminate the smoke odor. The ozone generator should be run in an unoccupied room since the ozone itself is not safe to run if people are in the room. You can run the ozone generator when you are out shopping or running errands. Turning the machine off when you come back or setting it to stop at a certain time to give it time to replenish the oxygen in the room… The machine does a good job of eliminating not only smoke odors but all other odors as well. Many businesses such as dry cleaners, restaurants, hotels, etc. are using ozone generators to freshen rooms that have been used and especially by smokers. Of course to invest in such a machine you would have to have some heavy smokers in your home.

The best cigarette smoke odor removal is less expensive than the ozone generator and can be used in the regular course of cleaning the house. That is OdorZout All Surface Granules. Sprinkled on your carpet or floors and vacuumed up they will eliminate the cigarette smoke odor completely. If the odor is heavier than normal it may take more than one application but it does work. These granules can be used on the furniture as well. There is no need for expensive machinery or redecorating your rooms to eliminate the cigarette smoke odor. Let the OdorZout All Surface Granules work their magic for you.

In answer to that question “not me.” Moth ball odor removal is not easy but then what odor is easy to remove. The best way to kill a moth is with one moth ball, a hearty sling shot and an accurate eye. We have always been told, at least I have, that you needed moth balls to kill the moths that ate your woolens. This is a myth since the moth does not have a mouth with which to chew. Like some butterflies, to which the moth is related, they have a long sipper through which they sip their meals. The holes in your prized woolens are made by the larvae of the moth named Tineidae. The odor from the moth balls kills the larvae and does a good job on our olfactory senses too.

As an aside, I would like to share my quick moth story; I am unable to swat and kill anything bigger than a fruit fly. One day a good size moth got into my living room and neither my son nor I could swat at it while it flew madly around the room. I remembered that moths are drawn to light. We shut all the lights in the house and lit a candle. We walked slowly to the balcony with only the candle light. The moth followed us all the way out. I was relieved and surprised to see how well that worked.

There are many methods of moth ball odor removal. Many of them include the use of charcoal briquettes, fennel seed, fabreze, ammonia, baking soda and coffee grounds. How are these items used? Let’s assume that the odor of moth balls is in a chest of drawers. The charcoal briquettes can be placed on paper in the chest of drawers to absorb the smell. Many people believe that charcoal absorbs odors. The same method applies to fennel seed. Another method is the use of Fabreze which is a scented spray that can be sprayed on tissue or fabric and placed into the chest of drawers. It has been suggested that a Fabreze sheet can be put into closed luggage to absorb the smell. The same system of moth ball odor removal applies to ammonia, baking soda and coffee grounds although individually and not mixed together.

When it comes to moth ball odor removal from clothing the old stand by is always suggested. Place the clothing into a dryer with scented dryer sheets and set the dryer to a non heating setting and air dry Another method, if you do not care to use the dryer, is to hang the clothing outside on a cool windy day. Do not hang in the sun. The general consensus of opinion being that eventually the moth ball odor will dissipate on its own.

If all else fails or you don’t want to play around with the “maybe it will work” system then for assured moth ball odor removal use OdorZout All Surface odor remover. It works.

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Many of us have been fascinated by leather since childhood after seeing all of those cowboy serial movies. Cowboys and leather are synonymous whether the old time cowboys or the modern day cowboys. After all, there is nothing more masculine or, feminine for that matter, than leather. I personally love the stuff and especially the smell of new leather. Depending of course, on what type of leather it is. However, like everything else we use and wear eventually it will lose its nice smell and begin to stink and a good leather odor remover is necessary.

There are many types of leather: Buckskin is a suede-like leather; patent leather is a high gloss leather and usually has a plastic finish; Vachetta which is usually used to trim luggage and handbags (used in Louis Vutton products); Slink made from the skin of unborn calves used in making gloves, and Deerskin one of the toughest leathers; as well as ostrich and kangaroo the newer leathers. These are the ones that I know of and I am sure there are more. All of these and other leathers eventually become inundated with body odors and household odors with natural and normal use. All odors are caused by certain odor producing bacteria, each one indigenous to its own environment i.e. body odor bacteria would be different from bacteria causing urine odor, etc. Let’s talk about either making or purchasing a leather odor remover.

To remove the odor caused by urine from leather upholstery, use one teaspoon of mild dish detergent (not the kind you use in the dishwasher) to a quart of warm water. Whip this up until it’s foamy and with a clean sponge wipe the upholstery using only the foam. Do not soak the upholstery and use a soft clean towel to immediately wipe it up. Follow this up with clean water and another clean sponge wiping the upholstery of all of the detergent and again immediately wiping it dry.

Body odors from clothing, head grease, oil and sweat can really make for a smelly piece of leather. This can happen predominantly in leather clothing. To eliminate this odor a good leather odor remover is your dryer. Place the leather item in the dryer together with about three or four dryer sheets of your choice and about three tennis balls. Turn the dryer on to a very low setting without heat. Let this run for about twenty or twenty five minutes and the odor should be gone.

I would also recommend the use of OdorZout All Purpose Granule odor remover as a leather odor remover. . If used according to instructions, to just sprinkle the granules where needed and let them sit for a few minutes, they will work their magic. Be sure to read and follow the instructions.

As a little aside, I learned that there is a beetle living in Upshur County, West Virginia that has the odor of leather. Stephen Crosswell, a photographer that photographed the beetle said the books state this beetle is reddish or reddish brown although he says the one he photographed was definitely black. Interesting!

Someone Upchucked

I want to address the issue of vomit odor removal because each of us, in our lifetime, will have to deal at least once with vomit. Most probably if we have children, adults with sensitive stomachs and pets. Children vomit easily from overeating, eating the wrong thing and illness. Adults with sensitive stomachs will vomit if they drink too much, overeat, or eat something their sensitive stomach cannot tolerate or, illness. On the other hand, pets, especially cats, will bring up hairballs.

Vomit odor removal is easy if you follow the steps I outline for you. I’ve done it many times and feel I could open a business for this job alone. To begin with let’s look at human vomit. If the vomit is on a fabric, such as bed linens, take the linens, rinse the vomit off and place the linens in your washing machine adding an odor removing additive such as OdorZout for laundry and launder the linens. Dealing with vomit on hardwood or tile floors and on carpets is a little more difficult.

If the vomit is on the carpet, cover it completely and thickly with a cat litter to absorb the liquid and to clump the solids. When it is all absorbed you can pick it up fairly easily. Wearing a pair of latex gloves, to avoid getting any of it on your skin, take two pieces of heavy cardboard preferably from a box and make two scoops. Using these two scoops, one to hold the materials you are scooping and the other to use as a shovel push the materials onto the first scoop. Don’t use an actual shovel it will take you too far from the area you need to clean and will cause you to dig into the rug. By using the two scoop method what you are doing is scooping and lifting. Have a bag with a plastic lining (plastic grocery bag will do) to use as a receptacle into which you will throw what you have scooped up. After you’ve cleaned all of the absorbed vomit off the carpet use paper towels to absorb any liquid that may remain. Make a mild solution of detergent and warm water and wash the area until it is visibly clean. Blot the washed wet spot with paper towels. This will clean the area but the odor of vomit will remain.

When the area you have cleaned and washed is thoroughly dry you may use a vomit odor removal product such as OdorZout for carpets, wood and tile floors. This granule may be applied once the carpet is thoroughly dry. Instructions on the container warn against using this on a wet area of carpet as it may cause discoloration. However, it works its magic on a thoroughly dry area.

Kitty’s upchucked hairballs are a lot easier to clean but they too can retain an odor and cause a soiled spot on the rug. To clean such a mess use a paper towel to pick up the hairball carefully. Do not press down to avoid making a stain on the rug. Using a paper towel absorb any liquid that may remain. Witha soft sponge mop and a good stain remover clean the area. I use Oxy Solution which can be purchased in any fully stocked pet store.

Hopefully, these hints for vomit odor removal will brace you for these messy moments.

Hi There. It’s me again, Brett. In case you missed my first blog I am a 13 year old male Himalayan and full of lots of stuff to tell you. Halloween is upon us and for us cats it can be a nightmare. Children look cute in their costumes but do they have to make so much noise? We cats do not like noise of any kind.

What I am here to tell you is two fold. First, let’s talk about home odor removal. As I stated in my last blog, odors are caused by many things such as dirty laundry in the hamper, left over cooking smells, body odor and even our litter box stinks. All of our homes have a certain smell that is exclusively our own home odor and that odor represents the home’s essence and personality. I once heard a blind man say he always knew whose house he was in because of the distinctive smell. But this is not the type of odor I am talking about. What I am talking about is the kind that when you open the door Halloween night you may find a bunch of trick-or-treaters lying on your porch knocked out from your home odors.

You don’t want to use aerosols or those discount store products advertised for home odor removal. No matter what their advertisements say, these do not remove the odors they just cover them up. They smell nice for a while and then BAM the odors are back. Besides aerosols are not very eco friendly and we are all green conscious these days. Use something that is kind to the environment. Can I recommend something you ask? Of course, try OdorZout. This is great stuff. I talked about it in my other blog. This stuff not only removes the odors but does it in a way that you would never ever know there were any odors to start with. Check out their various home odor removal products and you will never have to worry about your house smelling offensive.

I said this blog was two fold. Here is part two. If you have kitties keep them close to you Halloween night and don’t let them out of your sight. Watch the doors because you will be opening and closing them all evening. I would suggest you take your kitty or kitties and place them in a closed room with food and water and a temporary litter box until all the trick-or-treaters have gone. I am not saying that the kids would harm your cat(s) but at this time of the year there are a lot of sick people on the loose. Catnapping at Halloween time is more common than most people think.  No matter what color your cat is it is vulnerable but if it is black then it is even more vulnerable to being catnapped and hurt. I know you want it to see the kids in their costumes but really the kitties don’t care. Please look after them and keep them safe.

Bye for now. I will write soon.

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This is Brett the author of this post.

Hi: My name is Brett and I am a thirteen year old male Himalayan. I live with four females, three feline and one human. Needless to say a guy just has to put his paw down once in a while. That is why I established and adhere to a true and definite male hierarchy. I am the boss. I get first choice of everything including the food dishes and places to sleep. But let’s talk about the litter box.

Cat Odor

Since there are four of us using the litter box we have a very large one. My human lady does not like cat odor so keeps it clean but recently she did something strange. She used a cat odor remover. I did not know what that was but I trust her. When Mother Nature came to call I ran to the litter box and I noticed she laid a layer of litter down and then a layer of powder, which I assumed was what she called the cat odor remover, and then another layer of litter. I jumped into the box and wouldn’t you know? I could not find my spot. You know we cats are territorial even in the litter box. We have our own spots for everything and I could not find my spot in the litter box. Ignoring Mother Nature for a moment I jumped out of the box to see if it was still the same one. Yes, it was. What happened to my favorite spot? I jumped back in and looked again. Now, Mother Nature said “okay cat. It’s now or outside the box and then you’re in trouble.” I decided to make a new spot and then I remembered the cat odor remover. That stuff worked so well it removed my smell from way down deep. If my human lady uses this all of the time I will have to make a new favorite spot every time. Is that fair to an alpha cat? But then it is better than the smelly cat odor.

You may not believe it but smelly cat odor, even our own, annoys us cats too. It burns our noses as we smell around for our favorite spots and when we use the litter box. We just can’t say anything except in cat language. What I do when the box gets smelly and needs cleaning is meow loud and clear while sitting next to it. The message comes out that the box needs to be cleaned and the job is quickly done. I told you we had a hierarchy here.

I heard my human lady tell her friends about this cat odor remover stuff. She called it OdorZout. it sure does just that.

Oops, gotta go now. Two of my girls are fighting and I have to step in and stop it. An alpha cat’s job is never done. Will write to you all soon. In the meantime get some OdorZout and make your alpha cat happy.

Do It Yourself

Do it yourself is good if you are baking a cake but not if you are trying to remove odors. There are many odor remover recipes and some of them work temporarily. But, if you are looking for a fresh clean smelling house you cannot beat the professional or the use of a good, reliable odor remover product such as OdorZout granules. Just sprinkle, let stand for a while and vacuum or sweep up and voila the odors are gone. However, I still maintain that for the best cleaning and mite removal is the professional carpet cleaner. Using OdorZout granules in between professional cleaning will keep your house odor free all of the time.

Let’s look at some of the self cleaning odor remover recipes. When I say self cleaning I don’t mean they will do the cleaning without you. Oh no, they need your elbow grease to make them work. Let’s look at a few Odor remover recipes you may want to try.

To remove urine stains from leather you will need a mild dish detergent, water, a spray bottle and a new sponge. Remove the pillow stuffing. Mix one teaspoon of the mild dish detergent with the water until it’s very sudsy. Soak the sponge in this solution and using only the suds clean the pillow being careful not to wet the leather pillow too much. This is supposed to clean and deodorize the leather.

Did you know that if you have mold in your home you can clean it yourself but first you have to determine what kind of mold it is. An easy chore it you are a chemist. When cleaning mold be sure you wear rubber gloves and a mask and close the room you are working in tightly. Why? Because the spores of the mold will be disturbed and will start flying around the room. You don’t want them to get out and you don’t want to breathe them in either. One solution in cleaning mold is to use 2 teaspoons of Tea Tree Treasure with two cups of water and spray the area and let it stand. A great solution if you know what Tea Tree Treasure is. Another solution is 20 drops of citrus seed and water in a spray bottle and again spray the area and let it stand. If you don’t like to use chemicals then use a dry vapor steam cleaner . Most molds are sensitive to heat and will die from the steam. One more solution is to fill your spray bottle with white vinegar and spray the area. This should eliminate the mold. But then how to get rid of the vinegar smell is another problem.

The best way to eliminate mold is to get a professional to do it for you. A professional will do a quick and safe job in making your home clean of deadly mold. They remove the mold and do not leave any odors from the removal around to annoy you. This would be my suggestion unless you enjoy prancing around a tightly locked room looking like an extra terrestrial.

I live in a suburb in an area that has plenty of trees and bushes for skunks to live and hide in. And they do just that. During the summer months you can smell the skunk’s odor for quite a distance. Living so close to skunks you eventually realize there is no such thing as a “safe distance” from them. When I see one coming my way I do an about face and leave quickly.

There is nothing worse, however, than a cat or dog that has had a confrontation with a skunk. Neither the cat nor the dog will wave the white flag of surrender until they are sprayed. Then the meowing and the yelping begins. If the eyes are sprayed the acidic spray will burn the eyes. They then have to be washed with plenty of cool water until the eyes are back to normal. This is not an easy chore. Especially, with a cat. Have you ever tried to bathe a cat? In order to do this correctly you must first get the right outfit for yourself. That would consist of a wet suit or scuba gear, an oxygen mask, extra heavy rubber mitts to keep the pain from scratches at a minimum, unless you like pain and a copy of your last will and testament in the event you don’t survive this attempt.

I tried to bathe one of my cats once. After all he did go to be groomed once a month and was just as good as gold. Soooo why not do it myself. Well, I was lucky I closed the bathroom door because it kept the mess we made within the bathroom walls. I used nice warm water but when it hit the cat the fun began. First, he hissed and spat at me then the teeth and the claws came at me. I was not prepared and got some good size scratches. He then, soaking wet, jumped out of the tub and ran all over the bathroom. The place was soaked from ceiling to floor. It looked as if a hurricane had come through. Needless to say that was the first and last attempt to bathe this cat. Although after I wiped everything down I had a very nice clean bathroom. What I wanted was a nice clean cat.

If your pet has had an unfortunate incident with a skunk use this homemade skunk odor remover recipe: 1 part water (warm), 1 part white vinegar, one teaspoon each of dishwashing detergent (not the kind for the dishwasher), baking soda and 3% hydrogen peroxide. Gage the amount you want to make according to the size of your pet. Mix the ingredients well and pour over the pet and let it stand for a while. It would be a good idea to have the pet on a leash to keep it from running away. After a while you can rinse it off and wipe it dry. This should be the end of the skunk odor. Good luck.

Carpet Odor Remover

Carpets pick up all of the odors in the house. Everything from cooking odors to pet odors to human odors all end up in the carpet and especially in wall-to-wall carpeting. There was a time when carpet odor removal was done the hard way. There were no wall-to-wall carpets then and the carpet that was in the living room or dining room was gathered up once every three months regardless of whether it was hot or cold out. The carpet was placed on a heavy clothes line and beaten with a special rug beater tool. The tool was made of a heavy wire and looked something like a tennis racket only with large petal shaped body instead of the string. It was usually the job of the man of the house to beat the rugs because the beating needed strength behind it. Then it hung there until evening and returned to the house smelling clean and fresh. There is no way you can do that today with wall-to-wall carpeting. Now we need a strong carpet odor remover to take out the various odors that live in that carpet along with the mites that have also taken up residency there.

There are many carpet cleaners on the market that claim to remove the dirt and the odor but they do not do a very good job. There are carpet cleaning companies that come out and claim that their products have the best carpet odor remover. Their claim depends entirely on how dirty the carpet is and how strong their carpet odor remover is.

Spot washing your carpet frequently with a good cleaning solution can help to keep your carpet odor free for a while. At least until you have a professional clean it thoroughly. Letting the professional know if you have a pet and there may be urine in the carpet will help him to use the proper carpet odor remover product. If you want a clean and fresh carpet don’t let his job be a guessing game.

Many people clean their own carpets by renting the equipment with which to do the job. This takes a lot of muscle and costs a lot of money. A professional carpet odor remover may cost a few dollars more but will not give you the added expense of a doctor’s visit. Going back in time again, housewives would scrub the carpets like they did the floors, in between carpet beatings, with a detergent and water and a scrub brush. The soap that was used was called Fels Naphtha and when the job was done the whole room smelled clean and fresh but again, it did not last long.

Today we have an excellent carpet odor remover in OdorZout granules. Sprinkle, let stand for a while and vacuum and the odor is gone and the house is fresh and clean. Wonderful to use in between professional cleaning to remove the dirt and mites. Use OdorZout granules as a carpet odor remover for cleanliness and freshness.

Don’t you hate getting into an elevator or standing in line next to a smelly person? The truth is, people bathe and wash their clothes and still they smell funky. Everyone has body odor caused by perspiration, foods we eat, where we are employed and from other smells around us. If you smoke or drink, this can make the problem worse. Trying to cover up odors with perfumes and deodorants smell nice at first but can add to the problem as the day progresses.  Laundry detergents try to cover up odors with chemicals. They do a good job of getting out dirt but they do nothing to neutralize the body odor.

If you are one of the few people that suffer from severe body odor be assured this can be dealt with. Doctors have been known to prescribe charcoal tablets to help stop some of the heavy and more severe body odors. In addition, you can chew on parsley after meals and throughout the day. Parsley helps to keep body odor in check as well. Parsley contains chlorophyll which is the mineral that neutralizes internal body odor that are caused by what we eat and drink.

At the end of the day you put your dirty clothes into the laundry hamper (or in a heap on your closet floor) because you know they do not smell very good because of body odor. Well, those clothes did not stop smelling because you stopped wearing them. Odor is caused by bacteria and bacteria will continue to multiply while the clothes are waiting to be washed.

Let me take a moment to tell you about a mineral called Zeolite that actually neutralizes body odor and is friendly to the environment. Zeolite can be used to launder your clothes and can be sprinkled in your hamper to neutralize the odor of the dirty clothes in that hamper. It helps to keep the closet as well as your bedroom odor free thus smelling good.. Zeolite looks like a white sand and works on your clothes the way the parsley I mentioned works on the body odor that is caused internally. It takes advantage of a neutral mineral substance to actually get rid of odors not just cover them up. Zeolite is often used commercially as a component in water softeners and is perfectly safe for use in your washing machine and its non toxic. Where can you get this miracle powder? A laundry odor remover called OdorZOut contains Zeolite. Just one or two teaspoons of OdorZOut in an average load of laundry can work magic in body odor removal. If my calculations are correct that would be less than ten cents per load.

I know this sounds like science fiction but the Zeolite crystals in OdorZOut actually trap the gasses that cause the odor. Back in nature the gaseous odors are released when Zeolite is exposed to the sun. The natural cycle is complete. Check out OdorZOut . It’s really good stuff.   .