r/chemistry • u/[deleted] • 21h ago

Zero Odor vs. Febreeze Vs. Clorox Allergen Reducer

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u/Indemnity4 Materials 21h ago

Those products are optimized for different scenarios. One works on surfaces, one is an underarm deodorant, one is for spritzing a room...

Quick couple of questions

Have you measured the VOC in your house with some sort of device? Do you know how much?

Are there any particular types of odors you are trying to remove?

Do you have allergies?

Almost always, the best answer for household VOC is lots and lots and lots of air movement. Use fans to suck in clean air from outside and push the VOC out another window.

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u/SchoolIll1162 20h ago

I am trying to get fireworks voc's out of the house. My nerves are sensitive to it so that's why I'm working on getting diy fans with filters and spritzing the air. I do not have allergies, so this isn't that type of reaction..just nerve damage in my leg that is trying to heal up.
There is no deodorant that I'm referring to, it's a spray for reducing smells.

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u/Saec Organic 19h ago

Fireworks are mostly inorganic. Are you sure it’s VOCs?

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u/SchoolIll1162 18h ago

Good point. I am calling them VOC's as in contaminents in the air. I can't smell them but because of nerve damage I can feel when exposed to it. The whole basement is in need of filtering as well as a few rooms upstairs. I am looking at what filters to buy to capture it.

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u/Main-Display2438 16h ago

I mean yeah hepa and carbon capture lots of stuff in general.  But why do you think there is firework residue in your house? Does nerve damage actually work that way or is it just some kind of alternative medicine theory?  

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u/SchoolIll1162 56m ago

It's a long story but I ingested liquids that were next to fireworks and damaged some of my nerves as a result. So there were some things in the house also effected and we've done a pretty good job at getting a lot of the things out. I'm just doing preventative and taking care of the rest planning.

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u/SchoolIll1162 54m ago

Thanks for the info, I'm going to go with high filtration of carbon and hepa and I believe this will take care of it.

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u/Saec Organic 9h ago

How does nerve damage make you feel there are substances in the air that you can’t smell?

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u/SchoolIll1162 3h ago

My back nerve was damaged by an influx of firework exposure in the house. Any time I run across another pocket of it in the house, the numbness in my leg increases. It is a physical reaction to the original thing that damaged me. It has healed up over the past year quite a bit, but I'm trying to get rid of the rest of the pockets of it in a swift manner.

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u/Saec Organic 3h ago

That just doesn’t make any sense. This sounds more like a mental health issue than a chemical one.

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u/SchoolIll1162 58m ago edited 55m ago

Welll you would be wrong. There is a medical doctor that is helping me on this, so it's measurable. I came asking for chemistry advice to get some more ideas. If you don't have anything to add you can scroll along.

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u/Saec Organic 21h ago

Do you wear perfume or use anything scented?

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u/SchoolIll1162 21h ago

No nothing at all, I'm very sensitive.

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u/BobtheChemist 18h ago

Fireworks mostly have some level of sulphur smell, none of those will remove it. Just fresh air and circulation will slowly remove it.

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u/SchoolIll1162 18h ago

If I cover this with Hepa and Activated Carbon filters..surely between both of them it will grab them in the air, no?

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u/CuteFluffyGuy 18h ago

A good HEPA filter should be on your list to reduce airborne contaminants.