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Offline cudabob496

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Garage Cancer Prevention
« on: December 31, 2017 - 02:14:10 AM »
If you're in a garage this winter with all kinds of nasty
chemical smells destroying your body, you can do this, though there
are many other ways to do it. I put 10 pounds of activated charcoal ($22 from Amazon)
at the bottom of a 30 gallon Walmart plastic container. The container is
open on the sides. I put a 20 inch box fan on top of the container, on low
speed, and have it blow on the charcoal. It immediately starts purifying the air.
I have it in my house now, and it has removed all smells. You can stir up the charcoal
once in a while, and totally rejuvenate it in your oven every months or so. This is the same charcoal
in the filters you wear when painting, except you can purify a whole room. I'll try to post
a picture later. Basically any design will work, as long as you have air moving over the activated
charcoal. Sides of container don't have to be open. This container is just one I had laying around.
The charcoal has minimal dust. Can use them in home too for stinky rooms, like a teenagers!
« Last Edit: December 31, 2017 - 02:52:38 AM by cudabob496 »
72 Cuda, owned 25 years. 496, with ported Stage VI heads, .625 in solid roller, 254/258 at .050, 3500 stall, 3.91 rear. 850 Holley DP, Reverse manual valve body.

1999 Trans Am, LS1, heads, cam, headers, stall, etc! Love to surprise the rice rockets with this one. They seem so confident, then it's "what the heck just happened?"

2011 Kawasaki Z1000




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72 Cuda, owned 25 years. 496, with ported Stage VI heads, .625 in solid roller, 254/258 at .050, 3500 stall, 3.91 rear. 850 Holley DP, Reverse manual valve body.

1999 Trans Am, LS1, heads, cam, headers, stall, etc! Love to surprise the rice rockets with this one. They seem so confident, then it's "what the heck just happened?"

2011 Kawasaki Z1000

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Re: Garage Cancer Prevention
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2018 - 03:48:30 PM »
Ivolved in a refinery systems control building build years ago. Charcoal was what they used for air purification. That control building was designed to be able to operate under extreme conditions as if the entire facility was blowing up all around it.
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Re: Garage Cancer Prevention
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2018 - 03:51:06 PM »
Personally my preference would be to draw the air through a wall/layer of charcoal.
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Re: Garage Cancer Prevention
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2018 - 06:23:21 PM »
Ivolved in a refinery systems control building build years ago. Charcoal was what they used for air purification. That control building was designed to be able to operate under extreme conditions as if the entire facility was blowing up all around it.

but will it work in a teenagers room?
72 Cuda, owned 25 years. 496, with ported Stage VI heads, .625 in solid roller, 254/258 at .050, 3500 stall, 3.91 rear. 850 Holley DP, Reverse manual valve body.

1999 Trans Am, LS1, heads, cam, headers, stall, etc! Love to surprise the rice rockets with this one. They seem so confident, then it's "what the heck just happened?"

2011 Kawasaki Z1000

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Re: Garage Cancer Prevention
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2018 - 11:04:13 PM »
but will it work in a teenagers room?
No, you couldn't get a system big enough unless you went up into attic. Just get a respirator and full body suit!
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Re: Garage Cancer Prevention
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2018 - 12:41:50 AM »
No, you couldn't get a system big enough unless you went up into attic. Just get a respirator and full body suit!

Ya, my teen was a basketball player. I don't think he ever discovered soap!
72 Cuda, owned 25 years. 496, with ported Stage VI heads, .625 in solid roller, 254/258 at .050, 3500 stall, 3.91 rear. 850 Holley DP, Reverse manual valve body.

1999 Trans Am, LS1, heads, cam, headers, stall, etc! Love to surprise the rice rockets with this one. They seem so confident, then it's "what the heck just happened?"

2011 Kawasaki Z1000

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Re: Garage Cancer Prevention
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2018 - 09:16:36 PM »
put one of these in my garage today, its a 20ft by 22ft. In 6 hours,
I actually smell nothing. And I've got about every normal chemical you could
have in a garage, paints, fertilizers, pesticides, petroleum products, etc.
72 Cuda, owned 25 years. 496, with ported Stage VI heads, .625 in solid roller, 254/258 at .050, 3500 stall, 3.91 rear. 850 Holley DP, Reverse manual valve body.

1999 Trans Am, LS1, heads, cam, headers, stall, etc! Love to surprise the rice rockets with this one. They seem so confident, then it's "what the heck just happened?"

2011 Kawasaki Z1000