Ionizing stanky jeans

[derdankhund]

I posted a while back theorizing about using an ionic breeze to kill the odor in a pair of stinky jeans...at the time I didn't have any at that stage, but three months in to my okinawas, and much yard work and mountain hikes later, they had officially reached critical funk. I decided to try things out with the air purifier, and draped my Okinawas over the air purifier overnight, putting the length of the purifier up one leg for six hours, and switching it up with the other for another six hours. Sure enough, the next morning there was no stink, even when held up right to my nose. I did this several weeks ago, and have since sweated in them heavily a few times (Maryland in the summer is a humid funk). The stink did return rather readily, but another session on the air purifier did the trick each time. I also tried it on a polo I wore to the bars one night that stunk of cigarettes and it took the smell out as well...

I'm kind of happy, although I sure don't need another reason not to do my laundry...

[will_i_am]

ha..hopefully one of my housemates brings one to school this semester.

[justbrowsing]

post a link to the ionizer you bought.

[tangerine]

^ yep. newest superappliance.

[derdankhund]

The air purifier I have is the Ionic Breeze from Sharper Image...it's a few years old and they have much newer models that kill germs and other things. I've recently seen a lot of deals on them, both from Sharper Image themselves, and on ebay... There are also cheaper Ionic air purifiers out there, as well as much more industrial capacity ones, but I don't know all that much about it.

A further insight on this...the ionized air flows out of one side of the purifier with a very slight flow; hence you want to strategically move whatever you're ionizing accordingly. When my jeans were at their worst I did it for a while in both legs, and then angled the waist/crotch area to cover the outflow side. Given Maryland's summer weather, I also had a fan going for the majority of day/night, so this probably aided matters slightly.

[tweeds]

superhanger to position the superdenim in front of the vent of the supermachine?

[Chicken]

The air purifier I have is the Ionic Breeze from Sharper Image...

ha ha ha, that's funny. i think i have one of these that i never use and was thinking about getting rid of. maybe i should reconsider.

[minya]

recently I heard about some sort of negative effects from using ionizers like the Ionic Breeze. Can't remember where I read it or what exactly it was, but the article I read essentially said that all of Sharper Image's marketing talk is 100% BS (gee, what a surprise coming from Sharper Image...)

[Chicken]

okay, maybe i should get rid of it after all.

[derdankhund]

I heard this was related to negative effects of ozone buildup in small rooms or environments with no circulation. I can't attest to all the stuff they claim about them, but they do remove some deeper levels of funk...

[mizanation]

wow, i can't believe it worked for you. i will try it out. just to make sure, you don't actually put the ionic breeze into the jean, right (like a leg)? you just drape it over, right?

[thelion1856]

i am going to do this tommorow and post my results with pictures.

[tangerine]

^ will they be scratch and sniff pictures?

[__3xL]

yes ionizers emit ozone in heavy dose

[Roland]

The Whirlpool Fabric Freshener is the way to go.

http://www.whirlpool.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=513

[tangerine]

The Whirlpool Fabric Freshener is the way to go.

http://www.whirlpool.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=513

Hmm... I don't think "wrinkle relaxing" is going to fly around here.

[derdankhund]

I actually put the ionic breeze tower up each of the legs...not sure if this good for the machine, but it seemed the most direct route to reaching the funky inside...

[BumbaClot]

i can also vouch for this...

After regular usage of the ionic breeze the smell is greatly reduced.

[ranzchic]

I wonder if you can use ionized hairdryers.

[Corbin Law]

i remmeber someone talking ab iout that shit causing somethign with ozone and it kills people

i dont know

having non smelling jeans > death?

[timpoblete]

The Whirlpool Fabric Freshener is the way to go.

http://www.whirlpool.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=513

Have you had any success with this method: The info in the link says that is uses steam to get rid of the odor. Is that good or bad? And it gets rid of wrinkles, not so good.

I've got an air purifier that uses an air filter instead of charged plates. I'll give it a shot when I find it, although the jeans i'm working on are only a couple days used. Has anyone else tried it this way?