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katy

katy

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I think I may have found a way to get the carbon liner definetly activated. I have a buddy who owns a dry cleaning service, and I was talking to him about this today. He said when they wash linens that they have to dry them super hot. I washed my scent lock last night and, and put it back in the H.S. scent free bag, and dropped them off to him to activate today. He is going to check and see what the hottest temp is he can dry it on, but he did say it is a heck of a lot hotter than a residential dryer. When I go pick it up tommorrow I will find out what the temp is, and how it went. He is located in Altoona, it's called Baily Cleaners, ask for KIM Baily. I think if it works out, he is going to start doing "Hunting Clothes". Also waiting to hear back from scent lock about the temp for activating the carbon.
 
I do have a gallon of the Ghost to liberally spray head to toe after getting dressed. We'll see how it works.
 
Head to toe, inside and out....Thats what it takes.

I believe that to fully activate the carbon, you would have to heat it up hot enough that it would actually burn the cloths.

I would like to see some good scientific studies as to how well the scent lok suits actually work. Ive tried getting something out of Scent lok, but no luck.
 
I have been getting the run around from them also. If Mike A or IAARCHER is reading this, any input from them would be greatly appreciated.
 
Let us know how you come out, my ScentBlocker is in the dryer as I type, and I live in Altoona also.
 
from what i have read, it takes a special dryer/furnace, that controls the humidity, to get to extreme temps, and not ignight the cloth. regardless, the drycleaner's dryer, would get closer to the ideal temp, wich would be better. hate to toss this one out...(never thought i'd say this)....brilliant find there 'turd
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I guess what I really don't understand is lets say you can get the carbon activated. the dryer gets hot enough, I don't know the exact temp lets say 1273 kelvin, so now your carbon is activated, you slip on the suit and your body temperature is about 310 K so naturally any sweat or scent that comes out will be at the temperature, now I would buy that your body temp will react with the much Hotter carbon and the carbon will absorb your scent. Now my question what is the decay time constant of the reactivity of carbon? clearly to me the while you are wearing the carbon it would be when both temperatures are in equilibrium at about 310 K, but since this temperature is much much lower than when carbon is fully activated, I don't see how once you get the carbon out of the dryer and it cools off to room temperature or body temperature, that it is still in a fully activated state? maybe somebody could explain this to me. It would be interesting since nobody is gonna put on a suit at 1273 kelvin and any temperature above 310 K would be extremely uncomfortable unless it was a very cold day.
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I was actually going to buy some of this stuff just to try it out but man, this is way to confusing. It sounds like there are some chemists in here that now way more about this stuff than i do. I've never used the scent lok clothing, do you have to activate it every time before you wear it? Anyway, it will be intersting to see if maybe i shouldn't spend the $$$ for this stuff.
 
carbon works like a sponge, it has holes and craters that capture the scent molecules. when it gets "full" it needs to be re-activated. essentially cleaning the carbon. then it is able to absorb scent again. the high temp is basically burning off the scent molecules, leaving fresh carbon
 
I've heard that is how it works, but basically all you are doing is washing your clothes. Most of the scent on your body is just bacteria that has converted perspiration into carboxylic acid and other substances, which can be resolved with simple soap which dissociates the H2o bond to hydrogen and hydroxide which is a base and an acid which then kills the bacteria which causes scent. therefore the carbon shouldn't contain any scent molecules. The way I see it, it's kind of like getting water to boil if that temperature doesnt reach 100 degrees celsius nothing happens, so if you heat carbon to a high temperature something must happen, but again like the water once it is below the temperature nothing happens. so then I wouldn't think you would really need to heat it, just wash it and start of with a clean slate each time, the pores or whatever soak up scent, you get rid of it and then its ready to go again. I'm not saying scentlok doesn't work or anything, I mean it has to because so many people believe in it. I guess I would need to see hard evidence before I bought it. I think it would be very interesting to have someone who is high into scent control, go hide in the woods, have a trained police dog, go out there downwind of him, and see if the dog can unfoil the mystery, now that would be hard enough evidence for me, since a police dog can smell a small amount of marijuana submersed in a gallon of gasoline
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If there is one thing we learn from this post,it is that Liv's schooling is paying off.He is using some big words
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In my opinion "Scent Elimination" clothing manufacturers have created a multi-million dollar pile of sugar pills. Tell the consumer what they want to hear, sit back and collect their money. It's kind of like the Mountain Lion infestation that Iowa seems to have now, show me some proof, and then I might start to believe. With the millions of dollars generated by the sales of Carbon Clothing, you'd think someone would have been able to fund enough scientific experiments for them to come up with some hard truth for the consumer to rely upon. How can you cleanse the sites of a Carbon element without destroying it in the first place? Carbon will burn in a furnace at less than 700 degrees, so unless you've got a special dryer that superheats your clothes in a oxygen deficiant atmomsphere, how are you doing anything other than drying your clothes?
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On a side note, the human body on average consists of 18% Carbon, therefore we should already have natural "scent elimination abilities". Right?
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CRITR
 
Critter,

Nice to see that you can use something you learned at work outside of work!!
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Super - that's alot of work for the average guy to go through.

Critter - I'm on the same page with you - I wish I would have figured it out sooner though.

It's hard to agrue that this suit may be the way to go. It's odor eliminating elements in theory & principle are very sound - just my opionon.
 
Chris,
My only concern is its ability to let your body breathe. When I think of interior entrapment, I think of the rubber/plastic jogging suit I used in High School wrestling to cut weight.
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The theory sounds good, and it very well could be the ticket, but until someone else buys it and let's be know how it works I'll stick to the "Ghost", and the wind. (Unless you want to give me one as a product review
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Jason,
How dare you acuse me of bringing my work home with me.
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CRITR
 
Is the dog smelling the pot in gasoline a personal observation Liv?

I don't know if the stuf works or not, I have it, use it and feel it has helped me out in certain circumstances. Does it work all the time? NO. It is a great concept and Activated carbon does work but I am not convinced it gets all your scent.

Forget the wind and Just Hunt was a great marketing slogan by scent blocker. My whole opinion on the carbon clothes is it minimizes your scent enough that if a deer smells you, he may think you are further away than you actually are thus giving you a slight benefit
I am more partial to this Xscent stuff on the market as it has a more realistic approach to scent elimination but nothing beats personal hygene.
 
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