Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

Is there a way you could mix baking soda and water and make a spray that you could use on your boots to help eliminate scent from your leather boots? If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Paul

Paul Ruhe J.R.

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

Welcome, Here is a copy of a post about a recipe that floated around here for awhile. Might help ya.

Ingredients for Homemade Scent Killer:
16 oz. (2 cups) Peroxide 3%
16 oz. (2 cups) Distilled Water
1/4 cup baking soda
1 oz. unscented shampoo (I use Cabelas hunting shampoo)
Mix in a large bowl (don't shake up in milk jug) so the baking soda dissolves) and pour into jug.
Let sit for several days, so the chemical reaction settles down, and don't leave in a tightly sealed container! I use a gallon milk jug with a snap on cap. You can use the above amounts in proportion for a gallon, you do the math. Use sprayers and fill them from the gallon jug.
Hope this works for you, good luck!
Just a reminder; if you put an airtight cap on this, it could pop off and make a bit of a mess. The wife probably wouldn't like foam all over her kitchen counter top.

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

Hey Wirehair! Thank you for the recipe. Have you ever used it? Does it work?

Paul Ruhe J.R.

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

I have used that formula, with the exception that I go lighter on the soap. It works pretty well, and cost you can make two gallons for around 6 bucks! It's well worth the time to make it.

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RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

Would using the unscented laundry detergent in place of shampoo work?

Thanks!

Pat in WV

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

Yep, any unscented soap product. You basically just add the soap to add surfactant to the disinfecting/descenting products...another words, a sticky substance to bind the odor producing molecules.

I've used the stuff all season, works great.

S&R

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

I used the above recipe and used all the correct amounts, but the end result has a very stong smell of peroxide. Will the smell of peroxide not spook the deer??

Pat in WV

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

How long has your mixture sat.It says to let it sit severial days.Maybe the strong smell fades away after it sits.I have not tried it,but was thinking about giving it a try.

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

what i use is just slightly different

1 quart 3% peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 teaspoon liquid scent free soap

this is also an excellent skunk odor remover should you ever be in need!

If I ain't huntin',I'm trappin',If I ain't trappin',I'm fishin'
If I ain't fishin',I'm wishin'!

RE: Homemade Scent Eliminator
 

All you trappers listen up!!! When you trap animals such as coons or a good one is fox..squeeze the bladder into a container and use it as cover up scent. Sounds grose but it works great.