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Spraying Febreze Instead of Actually Doing Laundry or Cleaning
20 Sep 2006 15:58:40 -0700
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Obveeus...
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The real focus of this discussion shouldn't be about whether fabreeze is a
poor substitute for actually cleaning. The real focus should be to try and
deering24...
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I was wondering--exactly how would someone clean that football
uniform's shoulder pads/helmet/etc.? Or do most moms and players
leave them out to air between games or something...? :)
C.
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record hunter...
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Don't you get it? I don't want things that make things smell.
deering24...
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Okay. But how would you get rid of things that smell bad? Or
dangerous smells, like gasoline?
C.
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Anim8rFSK...
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Light a match?
Obveeus...
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I've known people that keep a pack of matches in the bathroom so they they
can light one...to remove the smell of gas.
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record hunter...
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I don't have anything that smells bad in my apartment. If I do, I
generally wash the offending item. I tend not to keep gasoline in my
apartment, either.
deering24...
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Suppose you had a gas stove and one of the burners took a few minutes
to catch fire. There would be a smell of gas, so how would you deal
with that?
record hunter...
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What is there to deal with? It goes away in a second. I have a friend
whose burners use a lot of gas to light up, and eventually the smell
goes away. There is nothing to deal with.
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record hunter...
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What is there to deal with? It goes away in a second. I have a friend
whose burners use a lot of gas to light up, and eventually the smell
goes away. There is nothing to deal with.
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In general, I don't cover one thing up with another. That doesn't make
sense to me. I go after the original offender.
In the bathroom, for instance, I use cleaning products on a regular
basis. I don't leave an air "freshener" in there to cover up any and
every possible odor that might conceivably pop up.
deering24...
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Do you cook? If so, how do you get rid of tough smells that come from
the food and have a tendency to fill an apartment/house? Trust me,
opening windows isn't the most efficient solution...g!
record hunter...
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These aren't issues for me. I cook quite a bit, and I used to be a
chef.
I don't *ever* cook things I don't like, and usually I don't the smell
deering24...
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Well, now, most people don't. :)
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of those things, either. I would never make hard boiled eggs, for
example. Or cabbage. Or cauliflower or broccoli or brussels sprouts.
And even some things I like, I wouldn't cook at home. Curry, for
example, or other Indian food. I like eating it, but I don't want the
smell in the house. Same with Chinese. And there are so many
restaurants.
deering24...
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But for those who like curry but don't want the smell lingering, what
would you suggest they do to get rid of the smell?
record hunter...
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The things I cook at home, I don't mind the smell of at all. Baking,
for example. Or Italian food. Or chili. These things are what home is
deering24...
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You know there are folks who hate the smell of garlic--and don't
think that is what home should smell like, right?
record hunter...
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Don't cook it. I wouldn't if I didn't like it. Look, if you want your
home to smell like chemicals, knock yourself out.
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supposed to smell like. Not chemical scents.
deering24...
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Candles (at least the soy, non-formaldehyde-in-wax, non-cheap ones)
use natural scents. Incense is a natural scent, as are orange sprays.
What I'm getting at is that you have no right to slam housewives as
"lazy" if you have no idea how and why they use what they do to keep
the air fresh in their homes. I'm betting you don't do a lot of
housework--and have this idealized view that housewives should all
behave like June Cleaver or something, otherwise you'd be making more
sense here.
C.
record hunter...
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I didn't say anything about housewives.
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record hunter...
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These aren't issues for me. I cook quite a bit, and I used to be a
chef.
I don't *ever* cook things I don't like, and usually I don't the smell
of those things, either. I would never make hard boiled eggs, for
example. Or cabbage. Or cauliflower or broccoli or brussels sprouts.
And even some things I like, I wouldn't cook at home. Curry, for
example, or other Indian food. I like eating it, but I don't want the
smell in the house. Same with Chinese. And there are so many
restaurants.
The things I cook at home, I don't mind the smell of at all. Baking,
for example. Or Italian food. Or chili. These things are what home is
supposed to smell like. Not chemical scents.
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C.
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record hunter...
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I can smell dryer sheets on your clothes. When there's no other smell
to conflict with them, and they don't smell exactly like laundry
"fragrance," dryer sheets frequently smell like a candy I used to eat
called Sweet Tarts.
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record hunter...
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I can smell it on your clothes when you wear them (assuming you don't
wear some stronger brand of stench)
David RL Gärtner, RMT...
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i seriously doubt you can smell it on my clothes. we're probably
not even in the same city, you demented lump of flea-bitten sinus
drainage.
record hunter...
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Not with that arsenal of cologne you pour on.
David RL Gärtner, RMT...
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that's exactly what i was expecting from you. this isn't fun
anymore. you're no challenge. buh-bye.
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slas...
slas...
puzzlr...
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Me neither. I thought this board was about celebrating the good commercials
out there and not so much about knocking the particular product that's being
advertised.
Puzz ~ my bad
slas...
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I would love to celebrate good, clever, commercials, but I live in the
puzzlr...
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Ouch! We have good, sometimes great commercials created and produced here.
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U=2ES.
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slas...
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It's called soap, water and a sponge. If something has an odor, you
clean it- you don't spray something on it and pretend it's clean so you
Jude Cormier...
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notice all those new Downy Simple Pleasures? talk about overkill (and
oversmell).
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can go watch Oprah "empower" you.
record hunter...
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Actually, spritzing with a very dilute bleach/water solution might
help.
Or if bleach would bother you, use vinegar or (I have heard) peroxide.
John Baker...
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Thanks for the suggestions; bleach or vinegar would be horrific but
perhaps peroxide would fade quickly enough that we'd be able to use the
car again the next day... maybe. OTOH Febreze is practically
instantaneous; y'all who were criticizing it do know it does more than
just mask the odors, right? It actually neutralizes them exactly as the
vinegar or peroxide would. Except without the vinegar or peroxide smell.
And after 24 hours or so, the Febreze smell fades away too.
record hunter...
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I used some laundry spray to get ink out of a shirt once, and the smell
never went away. I would never use anything that smells again.
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whirlygirly...
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You can make your own, cheaper and without the smell. Mix cheap vodka &
water about half and half in a spray bottle.. that's it. Neutralizes
odors and evaporates, and doesn't leave behind a telltale "scent".
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inform febreeze users that the stuff smells worse than rotting garbage. it
doesn't smell fresh or clean by any measure of the word...and the stench it
Jude Cormier...
Jude Cormier...
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Served what?
A platter of Buffalo wings and a pitcher of cold beer?
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leaves behind lasts forever. If you go to someone's house that sprays the
stuff on their furniture, the only thoughts going through your mind are:
record hunter...
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And isn't there something called redneck TV?
Obveeus...
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Yes, but those guys want their homes to smell like oil (engine block project
in the livingroom) and beer (empty 12 pack on the coffee table). I have a
feeling that they would be much more likely to make fun of Febreeze users
than be Fabreeze users. That standup stuff they do is much better than most
standup I've seen on TV.
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1. How do I get out of here?
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2. They really need to throw this furniture away.
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3. Why don't they just volmit all over the house it they want this odor?
It is a real shame that the truth in advertising laws have been all but done
away with in this country.
Fo Shizzle...
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4. What were they doing to/on this furnature that made it smell so vile that
they needed to spay it in the first place?
/Fo Shizzle
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WCJ...
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Well, seeing as how it is the 21st century and all, perhaps we could
speak in terms of lazy homemakers--which is not gender-specific.
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And those ads are sickening. Smelly, sweat-soaked clothes in the
closet and floor are left there, simply because they were sprayed with
a perfumed chemical & water mist.
WCJ...
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I totally agree. It's really pretty repulsive when you think about it!
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Only in America is this type of behavior condoned and enabled.
Steven L....
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I just checked the official Febreze website. It has both English and
French versions. They have local versions of their website for:
U.S.
Canada (English)
Canada (Francais)
United Kingdom
Germany
Switzerland
Japan
I always knew the Bloc Quebecois stunk.
This confirms it.
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record hunter...
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Created, even.
teem...
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That product wasnt created in the USA,,theres alot offrench -spanish
wording on it.
monkeyhawk...
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Isn't that a NAFTA thing, for products sold in the US, Canada, and Mexico?
Unless the manufacturing run is large enough to label stuff specifically per
market, many products are labeled tri-lingually.
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Alan Pollock...
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Nope, it was created in France, where odorific armpits and clinging crotches
add to the general joie de vivre. A little spritz here and another spritz
there are all zat is needed to menteyn la civilisation. Nex
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puzzlr...
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Some of that stuff can't really be thrown in the wash. And why shouldn't a
shortcut be used? Sheesh. Its not the 19th or early 20th century.
pepsi...
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I'd be more concerned with the teenage boy that has to go around
smelling like perfume after Mom gets done spraying his stuff.
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RichA...
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Which explains why we bathe more often now than once a week.
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David Johnston...
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That makes him a typical child his age. I remember as a boy having to
act as interpreter between adults and the really little kids.
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Eva Quesnell...
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I don't know what the fuss is about. I spray it on my dog's bed -- works
for me. Smells good, too.
record hunter...
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