The Ultimate Odour Control Thread

steampick

Active Member
By the way, that product Kush Groove was talking about (Gonzo Odor Elminator) is not available in Canada. Not Home Depot, Walmart, or any pet store, seemingly. Niether will Amazon.com ship it up here, and everybody selling it on ebay only ships to the US. You'd think this stuff was illegal! However, I tracked down the Canadian equivalent called Envirozorb, which is made out in BC, and distributed only in BC and Alberta. Here is the link: http://www.alican.com/amc/html/AMC-Envirozorb.html

They give a list of retail stores to get it from, so not all is lost for negatively charged volcanic minerals to fight the stink in CANADA.
 

Al Dente

Member
Anyone have experience with an electronic ionizer type air purifier? The type with a filter made of ionizing wires and charged plates and a fan to drive air through it. My grow is small, in the shower of a spare bathroom that until this grow only got used for storage. No idea how stinky it will get since it's bag seed and not even flowering yet. I don't want to keep the bathroom sealed off from the rest of the house by closing the HVAC vent as that's the only ventilation in that room. There are several models under $100 that look suitable for that small space, the cheapest being about $25.
 

PrezDickie

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http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-CatMouse-Litter-Odor-Eliminator/dp/B001H3KRDO

small ozone and ion generator intended for cat boxes but i was curious if the small size would be ok for inside a grow cabinet ? 5'x3'x2' i'm only planning a small grow two plants at a time maybe three. also intend to use a carbon scrubber but thought this was a cheap nice idea. probably better outside the cabinet just wanted to get you thoughts

Might just use for the cat boxes.... :)
 

Al Dente

Member
3 days ago I could only smell my plants if I stuck my nose right in them. This morning I could smell them as soon as I opened the door. My air purifier should be here in the next couple of days, not a moment too soon. It's a lovely fragrance but sometimes I have guests (like my parents) who wouldn't approve. At least it will be an interesting experiment to see if the ionizer works. There seems to be a conspicuous lack of info online about using them to reduce mmj odor.
 

chillwills

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LMAO......You guys still fucking around with these things

The Gonzo Odor Eliminator from home depot $6.99......worked wonders for me and my two stinky girls, check my completed grow in the signature

dont be mad.....just trying to help

Is this available In-Store? What department? thanks man
 

Girdweed

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I made an active carbon filter out of a shop vac filter, a collander, a pair of panty hose, and some carbon from the pet store yesterday. The house smelled strong before. I hooked it up to an inexpensive inline fan from Lowe's. My wife walked in 20 minutes after hooking it up. ZERO SMELL.

It cost about $80. Most of that was for the fan and ducting. The air cooled light is now air cooled as well :)

My design was based on this: https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/388044-unofficial-dry-vac-carbon-filter.html
 

Al Dente

Member
Lol @ the deoderant thing. I quit using it years ago and not for lack of BO. I use Desetin, yes the diaper rash cream, instead. Put it on every 4 days after shower and it controls odor better than any deodorant I've ever used and a $5 tube lasts about a year. It smells a little odd when you first put it on (like a freshly changed baby) but works so well it's worth it.
 

haole420

Active Member
after having built my own scrubber, i purchased a solid hydrofarm scrubber for $15 more. it weighs about 2X or 3X more, probably has 2X to 3X as much carbon as my DIY one. now using my DIY scrubber on the tail end of my exhaust as a backup for when my hydrofarm scrubber gets used up. plan to change it after every harvest. still finish up veg and mostly a strong turpentine smell for now.
 

xxRolandxx

Active Member
Hey guys my friend has an urgent problem and was hoping some good minds would help. His problem is this: his exhaust fans are not strong enough to run a carbon filter (tried and heat became a major issue) and his room is beginning to really stink. This is not a real problem in his place as his wife is on board with the grow op, however he is worried about neighbors and such. He was thinking of getting an ionic type air purifier but read mixed results and wanted to get some good advice before spending money on it. Unfortunately the budget is not there for larger fans to push a carbon filter (currently both fans are 150cfm) so does anyone have any good advice for cheap odor control? Any and all advice is welcome.
 

skunkd0c

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i have never tried the uv ozone gens mainly because of price, i dont want to buy one and find out its useless

but i do have a corona discharge type ozone machine they are cheaper and normaly give a much higher ozone output and you can buy them for next to nothing on ebay
99% of these devices from my own research seem to originate from china

many of the hydro stores now sell these same models rebranded for 10x the price with some uk or usa sticker on them
the model i have is GL-3189 600mg/hur
i have mixed feelings about it to be honest, ozone is not healthy for humans so its not good to use these things all the time
i have read they are not good to the plants and can burn them .. i have run my machine next to the plants i havent found any problems with plant health and ozone, i would be more worried about my own health and ozone
i would say overall the ozone deffently works and it works well, BUT it doesnt last, it needs to constantly be running to have its effect
it fills the room very quickly with a kind of bleech/gas smell, reminds me of a public swiming pool clorine smell .. i have read in some places you shouldnt be able to smell it .. so i looked into this again and found, you should smell the ozone if you cant smell the ozone from your ozone machine, its not making any ozone lol

i tend to use the machine now more to "clean the air" than to get rid of smells its good to run it as it can help to kill spores and other nastys that can cause molds n mildew n such
 

0011StealTH

Active Member
Drill holes to a empty paint plastic bucket buy a round fan that fits inthe hole of the bucket
Then just add a bit of ona inside the bucket turn the fan just smell the ona lol.
Check my post out
 

Al Dente

Member
My ionizer finally showed up a few days after I switched to 12/12 and it's making a huge difference in the odor. Currently have 12 females 2 weeks into flower in a small bathroom. We'll see how it works as flowering progresses, but so far so good.
 

King Dingaling

Well-Known Member
i got an activated charcoal filter now but i dont think it helps that much too keep the smell away. i have been looking into the ona gel, think i will buy the ona gel soon and give it a shot.
 

steampick

Active Member
Just an update on that gonzo stuff. After searching everywhere, I found the equivalent of gonzo here in Canada. It is called envirozorb, and it is the same stuff as gonzo. Here is the company's summary:

Envirozorb odor control products is a naturally occurring mineral formed
through volcanic activity millions of years ago. The minerals are molecular
sponges with large internal cavities where molecules can be adsorbed. The
ability of these molecular sponges to attract and sort molecules is also
affected by the electrical charge or polarity of the molecules being sorted.
Odors have positive charges – Envirozorb products have negative charges. And
the good news is – opposites attract! What it also means is that when a
stronger attraction (sunlight or fresh air) are introduced the attraction is
reversed and the odor molecules are released. This allows for our production of
consistent and highly effective products that can be used over and over again.

Anyway, just in case people are thinking that this stuff, and this stuff alone, will wipe out cannabis odours, well, think again. I have four bricks of envirozorb in my walk-in closet where I'm currently growing 4 Super Lemon Haze. The plants only vegged 3-weeks, so they aren't big. They are in week 7 of flower, and there is no way that stuff would be enough. I have two 80 cfm fans venting into the attic (w/carbon filters), and I can still get a whiff of the pot in my house every now and then. Without the two fans and just the envirozorb it would be over-powering (yes, I tried it with just the envirozorb and it took about a 1/2 hour for the bedroom off the walk-in closet to stink badly).
 

kush groove

Active Member
Just an update on that gonzo stuff. After searching everywhere, I found the equivalent of gonzo here in Canada. It is called envirozorb, and it is the same stuff as gonzo. Here is the company's summary:

Envirozorb odor control products is a naturally occurring mineral formed
through volcanic activity millions of years ago. The minerals are molecular
sponges with large internal cavities where molecules can be adsorbed. The
ability of these molecular sponges to attract and sort molecules is also
affected by the electrical charge or polarity of the molecules being sorted.
Odors have positive charges – Envirozorb products have negative charges. And
the good news is – opposites attract! What it also means is that when a
stronger attraction (sunlight or fresh air) are introduced the attraction is
reversed and the odor molecules are released. This allows for our production of
consistent and highly effective products that can be used over and over again.

Anyway, just in case people are thinking that this stuff, and this stuff alone, will wipe out cannabis odours, well, think again. I have four bricks of envirozorb in my walk-in closet where I'm currently growing 4 Super Lemon Haze. The plants only vegged 3-weeks, so they aren't big. They are in week 7 of flower, and there is no way that stuff would be enough. I have two 80 cfm fans venting into the attic (w/carbon filters), and I can still get a whiff of the pot in my house every now and then. Without the two fans and just the envirozorb it would be over-powering (yes, I tried it with just the envirozorb and it took about a 1/2 hour for the bedroom off the walk-in closet to stink badly).
sorry to hear that....they definitely worked 100% percent for me on my last grow with only 2 plants...i vegged, flowered, and dried with the gonzo only and had no odor problems.....i got six plants going this time so if the gonzo fails to the do job ill be sure to let you guys know
 

steampick

Active Member
cool. I'd have a plan B all ready to go. I really wanted that stuff to work, but it definitely did not work anywhere near well enough. There are no magic beans, I guess.
 
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