Yeh! Just made my own toilet deodorant neuteraliser

sb44

I heard about a product on the local radio that someone jokingly asked for as a Christmas gift.

http://www.highstreettv.com/poofume.html

Anyway, I was thinking of making my own but only had Tea Tree Oil in the house, so tried that.

So, I filled a small spray bottle with tap water, added about 30 drops of tea tree oil and a few drops of food colouring, which is optional.

Wow! it works.

Just spray a few squirts into the toilet bowl water before 'needed' .

Basically, as per the video, the oil stays on top of the water to prevent smells escaping from the toilet.

Safer than using matches!

Ben84

That's interesting, but is it the smell of the oil masking, or the layer of oil itself as you think? If it's all down to the layer of oil, perhaps any oil, like sunflower which is cheaper, would do much the same thing?

VfM4meplse

Wow, now I've heard it all!

It feels intrinsically wrong to stick oil in the water supply.

sb44

Ben84 wrote: »

That's interesting, but is it the smell of the oil masking, or the layer of oil itself as you think? If it's all down to the layer of oil, perhaps any oil, like sunflower which is cheaper, would do much the same thing?

I suppose sunflower oil would also work as it sounds like the oil forms a barrier which stops the smells escaping from the toilet bowl.

Not sure I would want to put sunflower oil in the loo though, I think I would stick to nice smelling oils like the tea tree oil.

sb44

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Wow, now I've heard it all!

It feels intrinsically wrong to stick oil in the water supply.

Yep, I thought it was a joke when I heard about it on the radio, however, it does seem to work.

I wouldn't want to pay store prices for it though.

My tea tree oil was 99p from Home Bargains.

Ben84

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Wow, now I've heard it all!

It feels intrinsically wrong to stick oil in the water supply.

Small quantities of natural oil are fine down the drain, they're not toxic and they're biodegradable. Washing plates, using bar soaps and even our own waste all introduce some oil. Large amounts can block drains however, so nothing too excessive like pouring a whole chip pan down the drain.

The bad stuff is petrochemical derived oils, they do pollute the water.

Austin_Allegro

But it won't stop erm...'airborne' smells will it? That's the main reason you have airfresheners, I thought.

sb44

Austin_Allegro wrote: »

But it won't stop erm...'airborne' smells will it? That's the main reason you have airfresheners, I thought.

It does actually stop airborne smells of the 'desposited' item , flatulence is another matter! You may need to be able to ask someone to do the sniff test for you, to confirm it.

Austin_Allegro

sb44 wrote: »

It does actually stop airborne smells of the 'desposited' item , flatulence is another matter! You may need to be able to ask someone to do the sniff test for you, to confirm it.

Ah ok...but if the 'deposited item' is below the waterline it won't smell anyway, that's the point of the 'W' in 'WC'...unless you've been eating a lot of asparagus or something...:rotfl:

sb44

Austin_Allegro wrote: »

Ah ok...but if the 'deposited item' is below the waterline it won't smell anyway, that's the point of the 'W' in 'WC'...unless you've been eating a lot of asparagus or something...:rotfl:

But the bathroom normally smells at said time, it doesn't seem to using this.

I haven't noticed any 'dead rats' frequenting the bathroom recently.

:rotfl:

VfM4meplse

OMG this thread just gets better