De-Oderizing Someone's Head

[tbonuss]

Howdy,

I just repaired a PA head for a zoo, and it still smells like, well, a zebra's arse. The intent is to use it in a traveling reptile / snake show, but since it'll be going into houses, schools, etc., I would like to see if I can at least dilute the odor a bit.

Seriously, ever have to deal with anything like this?

Its a Tolex covered Peavey.

Thanks in advance.

[xtian]

Srsly awesome thread title.

Even better post.

Sorry, no experience with zebra arse odour.

[Jazz P Bass]

Try using Club Soda.

And don't forget the tequila, gin and vodka.

[Leo_Gnardo]

I've certainly run across plenty of stinky amps but your description takes the cake. Crustomers drop off moldy specimens. Those and tobacco-smoke drenched amps give me the leaping fantods, ick! Plus a headache & occasionally borderline asthma.

Vacuuming out all dust 'n debris then thorough washing with some nice smelling shampoo or liquid soap is a good start. Doctor Bronner's peppermint castile soap comes to mind. You can't neglect the reverb tank "sock" as it's usually saturated with stink.

Plenty of fresh air and sunshine next. If you can scramble up an ultraviolet tanning lamp that may help too.

Finally a spray-down with your favorite variety of Febreze. A spray can of "new car smell" might be another choice. Maybe a couple of those cardboard car-deodorant tags if you can stand them. They always make me sneeze. I used to put some incense sticks in the amp's back, light 'em up at hippy gigs for special effects or leave 'em unlit to try & cover any remaining stench. Lots and lots of odor choices for incense sticks.

At one point I tried activated charcoal but it never did work out. Same with baking soda, which does help refrigerators but amps not so much.

[Jazz P Bass]

Quote:"leaping fantods".

Man, I had to look that one up!

https://sesquiotic.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/fantods/

[tbonuss]

I've certainly run across plenty of stinky amps but your description takes the cake. Crustomers drop off moldy specimens. Those and tobacco-smoke drenched amps give me the leaping fantods, ick! Plus a headache & occasionally borderline asthma.
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Bwahaha. That is an awesome paragraph: Crustomers...moldy specimens; leaping fantods. Yes, I had to look that up too!

Thanks to everyone on the input. I don't know what Doctor Bronner's peppermint castle soap is, but it sounds delicious. I'll check Amazon for that one.
I can't handle anything perfumey as it gives me immediate and horrible headaches, so that and club soda I think. I do have access to tons of UV lights (one of my sons breeds rare reptiles and snakes), so that is a great idea too.

As always, thanks everyone!

[tbonuss]

Dr. Bronners--Hemp and vegan certified. That's the hippiest soap I've ever heard of Ordered.

[g1]

Message on a bottle.

[Enzo]

And the neat thing is the smaller bottle is not just the larger bottle shrunk down - the label I mean. Ther is a ton of neat stuff to read on teh smaller bottles,, but if you get the large bottle (a quart or a liter maybe?) there is tons of extra reading. It all made a lot more sense on LSD I will admit.

We used to use it in the old hippie days, but it was a bit fierce for my skin. OK for hands, but the peppermint was strong and made you tingle.

[g1]

I was prepared to eat several hats if Enzo wasn't familiar with that stuff. Gotta be right up there with patchouli oil in the hippy canon.
In fact, someone should market them together as a 2-pack. Problem is, how much are you going to sell of something that only gets used 'once a year, whether I need it or not'.

[tbonuss]

Awesome. So I texted my daughter (who just moved to Wisconsin to start an organic farming business) and asked if this stuff was going to hurt my head. She says: Dude! This is what I make the dishwashing soap out of...you'll be fine

So, evidently she routinely used hemp in the house, and I was blissfully unaware. Its usually better that way anyhow...

[Leo_Gnardo]

Awesome. So I texted my daughter (who just moved to Wisconsin to start an organic farming business) and asked if this stuff was going to hurt my head. She says: Dude! This is what I make the dishwashing soap out of...you'll be fine

So, evidently she routinely used hemp in the house, and I was blissfully unaware. Its usually better that way anyhow...

Koooool! I was running short myself, just picked up a quart at the grocery for $13. Should last a year more or less. A little goes a long way.

Besides de-stenching amps, Doc Bronner's peppermint soap is terrific for every other purpose & on a sweltering summer day will cool you down a couple dozen degrees with a shampoo-&-shower. There are a couple other "flavors", if I'm not mistook almond and tea-tree, maybe some more.

1981-95 I worked for a rock star who used a talk box. I used the peppermint soap to wash out the hose every day. Got an on-stage compliment for that a couple times. "What do you use to wash this? It tastes great!" Yeh, I'm sure, compared to not being washed, definitely. Gotta keep the boss healthy or we're all outta work, right?

Bronner had a bit of a checkered history. Was jailed both by the Nazis and the Americans. The first for being a rabbi & the second for being a sketchy businessman, according to the court. No matter, his soaps are first rate, also make for an amusing read. Far as I'm concerned, he's a saint. All is one, one is all!

[Tone Meister]

[rjb]

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-rb

[tbonuss]

WTF?

WTF?