Why would my saying that Febreze workd to eliminate odors, when I am in no way associated with them, be Spam??? I have absolutely nothing to gain by saying this. I'm more than a little confused as to how it is spam.
You don't have to belive me about cyclodextrin, or cyclodextrene, do an internet search yourself, using the term "cyclocdextren for odor control".
As to my previous belief in Scent Lok (which is a well known fact), after several years of use, on deer I had been researching for about 5 years, I began to realize that it did nto make much difference what I wore, the deer did not react to smellng me. The reason why was because I spent so much time on the property - that they became accustomed to my smell, or "familiarized" as I call it.
The kicker was when I noticed that when I came home sweating, I was covered with black charcoal dust. I called Greg Sesselman, owner of Scent Lok, and asked him what was up. He said it was just "excess carbon" that came loose from the fabric. He then asked me how many days a year I was in the woods. When I said 120-160, he told me that I would probably need about three suits per year, because the suits would "wear out". That is when I became suspicious.
Then one day, when I just waked onto the hayfield, to get up on a hill and look over the propery, I saw a doe downwind of me at about 35 yards. She did see me, because she stopped and stared at me. But, she did not snort, stamp her foot, make as if feeding and then suddenly jerk her head up (to startle me into moving) or run off. She just stood there for a while, then walked off. I the next week I had 2-3 more deer do the same thing, and none of the times was I wearing a Scent Lok suit, nor had I used any hunter sprays or soap or detergent.
I came to the realization that my original asessment and conclusion about the effectiveness of Scent Lok was wrong. So I began contacting chemsts at 3M here in St, Paul. MN, and at the U of MN. Then I read up on activated carbon on as many websites as I could find (dozens). You'll find much of my findings on activated carbon on the "Scent Lok Saga" pages of my website.
I came to the conclusion that activated carbon could not work to eliminate human odors as advertised by scnet Lok, nor could it be re-activaated in a household dryer as stated on their website. I, and everyone else who purchsed a suit, had been lied to, or "defrauded" as the MN Federal Court System determined in the court trail against Scent Lok.
I was wrong. It probably was not the first time, but hopefully will be the last time. But, I admitted it, and made a point of rectifying whatever part I was responsible for in duping hunters out of their hard earned money, by startng the whole campaign against Scent Lok on another hunting forum, and keeping it going, until some hunters decided to start a Class Action Lawsuit agaisnt Scent Lok, which they eventually won.
So - as I said, you do not have to believe me, do your own internet research on the effeciveness of cyclodextrine on reducing odors. Here are a few websites to check out, none of which belong to Proctor and Gamble, the manufacturers of Febreze. If some other company offers cyclodextrene as an odor reducing product on fabric, you can use it too.
This comes from one of those sites.
Apparels with Cyclodextrin finish:
Cyclodextrin is produced from starch through enzymatic conversion. It posses a cylindrical structure which acts like a host and can absorb guest molecules inside the structure and release them later on. This hydrophobic cavity present in cyclodextrin molecules can react as odor impeding property in textiles. The hydrophobic cavities are capable to absorb and store sweat and odor from the environment. Once their storage capacity is finished, they will not work any longer. Their capacity can be renewed through washing the garment. Yet another possibility of cyclodextrin finishing on garments is to fill the substance with perfume through a spray or through a softener in laundry. When the apparel is worn, the perfume is released from the substance blocking the body odor.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/v3vq972882jv4146/
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5429628.html
http://www.wacker.com/cms/media/publications/downloads/6223_EN.pdf
http://www.matmanmag.com/matmanmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=MATMANMAG/PubsNewsArticleGen/data/02FEB2007/0702MMH_FEA_PatCare&domain=MATMANMAG
God bless,
T.R.