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Date: 19 Apr 2005 11:00:19
From: Bill Tuthill
Subject: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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Maybe I should ask this on Boatertalk's rafting section,
but here goes.
Are any products useful to reduce portapotty odor?
I know of powdered Clorox (causes pressure build-up)
Blue Goo (never tried it, but some rafters swear by it)
and now Odorlos/Od=F8rl=F8s, a dry powder.
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Date: 01 May 2005 14:04:42
From: Zip
Subject: Re: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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Bill,
I go to the RV store and buy the blue stuff they use for the RV toilets.
It does a very good job. You have to experiment a little to get the
dosage right but it works pretty well and is biodegradable.
s,
zip
Bill Tuthill wrote:
> Maybe I should ask this on Boatertalk's rafting section,
> but here goes.
>
> Are any products useful to reduce portapotty odor?
>
> I know of powdered Clorox (causes pressure build-up)
> Blue Goo (never tried it, but some rafters swear by it)
> and now Odorlos/Odørløs, a dry powder.
>
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Date: 24 Apr 2005 09:11:59
From: Dave Allured
Subject: Re: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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Regarding products, I couldn't say. I stopped using digestive
enzyme/bacteria products because the results of the digestion
(fermentation?) seemed to stink twice as much. The potty seems to wash
clean with a hose anyway, without the digesters.
Regarding odor minimization, I have found the single most important
trick is to convince all my potty users to never pee in the toilet.
Urine in the potty seems to degrade into a particularly foul brew.
(Ammonia?) On our large western rivers, the gov't-sanctioned protocol
is to urinate in the river anyway, so my request is in accord. HTH.
--Dave
Bill Tuthill wrote:
>
> Maybe I should ask this on Boatertalk's rafting section,
> but here goes.
>
> Are any products useful to reduce portapotty odor?
>
> I know of powdered Clorox (causes pressure build-up)
> Blue Goo (never tried it, but some rafters swear by it)
> and now Odorlos/Odørløs, a dry powder.
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Date: 20 Apr 2005 13:18:58
From: Kent Fletcher
Subject: Re: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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Many of the rafting supply stores sell a product call Knockout that is
made for this purpose. It is a liquid and you put in a very small
amount. It is a concentrated deodorant, and has worked pretty well on
our week long trips. It is fairly expensive, but lasts a long time
since you only use a little splash at a time.
Bill Tuthill wrote:
> Maybe I should ask this on Boatertalk's rafting section,
> but here goes.
>
> Are any products useful to reduce portapotty odor?
>
> I know of powdered Clorox (causes pressure build-up)
> Blue Goo (never tried it, but some rafters swear by it)
> and now Odorlos/Odørløs, a dry powder.
>
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Date: 21 Apr 2005 10:47:06
From: Bill Tuthill
Subject: Re: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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Kent Fletcher <wkf@pmt.org > wrote:
> Many of the rafting supply stores sell a product call Knockout that is
> made for this purpose. It is a liquid and you put in a very small
> amount. It is a concentrated deodorant, and has worked pretty well on
> our week long trips. It is fairly expensive, but lasts a long time
> since you only use a little splash at a time.
Found it, thanks. NRS used to sell it but apparently gave up doing so.
http://www.greatoutdoors.com/nrs/showerstoilets/knockouttoilettreatment.html
The Odorlos is less expensive, and a dry powder (liquids are difficult
to carry on kayak trips) so I'm going to try it out on our next trip.
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Date: 23 Apr 2005 02:30:34
From: Bob Noble
Subject: Re: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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Hey Bill,
Here's what they did in old outhouses.
In the outhouse, you'd find a box or bag of fireplace ash, with a cup in it.
After doing your thing, one would scoop a small amount of ash down the hole
to keep the smell down.
I tried this in my uncles old mining claim outhouse and it worked quite
well.
I admit, I had to ask my uncle what the ash was for in the outhouse the
first time.
The price is right, especially if you have a camp fire.
--
Bob Noble
www.sonic.net/bnoble
"Bill Tuthill" <can@spam.co > wrote in message news:4267e719@news.meer.net...
> Kent Fletcher <wkf@pmt.org> wrote:
>> Many of the rafting supply stores sell a product call Knockout that is
>> made for this purpose. It is a liquid and you put in a very small
>> amount. It is a concentrated deodorant, and has worked pretty well on
>> our week long trips. It is fairly expensive, but lasts a long time
>> since you only use a little splash at a time.
>
> Found it, thanks. NRS used to sell it but apparently gave up doing so.
> http://www.greatoutdoors.com/nrs/showerstoilets/knockouttoilettreatment.html
>
> The Odorlos is less expensive, and a dry powder (liquids are difficult
> to carry on kayak trips) so I'm going to try it out on our next trip.
>
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Date: 19 Apr 2005 23:40:19
From: Dan Valleskey
Subject: Re: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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What about the stuff they add to an RV's holding tank? Not sure what
it is, deep blue in color, if that helps. Coleman sells it, or most
RV stores have something like it.
Formaldahide maybe?
-Dan V.
On 19 Apr 2005 11:00:19 -0700, Bill Tuthill <can@spam.co > wrote:
>Maybe I should ask this on Boatertalk's rafting section,
>but here goes.
>
>Are any products useful to reduce portapotty odor?
>
>I know of powdered Clorox (causes pressure build-up)
>Blue Goo (never tried it, but some rafters swear by it)
>and now Odorlos/Odørløs, a dry powder.
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Date: 20 Apr 2005 09:54:07
From: Bill Tuthill
Subject: Re: rafting toilet - odor minimization
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Dan Valleskey <valleskey at comcast dot net > wrote:
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> What about the stuff they add to an RV's holding tank? Not sure what
> it is, deep blue in color, if that helps. Coleman sells it, or most
> RV stores have something like it.=20=20=20
That sounds like Blue Goo. It works but promoted sloshing-around.
Whereas Odorlos (Od=F8rl=F8s) is a dry powder.
Google brings up lots of hits for it, so I'll investigate.
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