My cab and amp stink, how can i remove it?

[BobKos]

Marijuana growing has spurned the refined development of ozone based odor killing machines. They've been around for a while, but the technology and capacities have grown along with the growing crowd's needs. It works pretty good. I have a couple 'ozone tubes' I bought for use in used cars. The trick to odor eradication is to try to remove the offending material - turds, food, etc. THEN - use a bacteria killer whether it is ozone, detergent, UV sunlight (which DOES work great) or other deodorizer. The bacteria are what make the odors. If you put your cab in a closed room with an ozone machine, it will clear up pretty quick.

 

[BlueAliceOasis]

How though?

 

[craigie]

Marijuana growing has spurned the refined development of ozone based odor killing machines. They've been around for a while, but the technology and capacities have grown along with the growing crowd's needs. It works pretty good. I have a couple 'ozone tubes' I bought for use in used cars. The trick to odor eradication is to try to remove the offending material - turds, food, etc. THEN - use a bacteria killer whether it is ozone, detergent, UV sunlight (which DOES work great) or other deodorizer. The bacteria are what make the odors. If you put your cab in a closed room with an ozone machine, it will clear up pretty quick.

Well I wouldn’t put an ozone machine in a room of your house because ozone is toxic. The oxidation is not just harmful to bacteria and Mold. I just used it today and put it in the garage and had the windows open in my house just to make sure any stray gas dissipated.

 

[ChrisBee]

Well I wouldn’t put an ozone machine in a room of your house because ozone is toxic. The oxidation is not just harmful to bacteria and Mold. I just used it today and put it in the garage and had the windows open in my house just to make sure any stray gas dissipated.

Ozone is unstable and rapidly breaks down into O2 - Oxygen molecules - so the only precaution then is to avoid naked flames or flammable vapour which could make an explosive mixture.

 

[agedhorse]

Ozone is quite an irritant

 

[hogman22]

I have purchased used gear in the past only to find it smells when I received it. I have tried just about everything. All the chemicals do is make it smell worse. I found that leaving it outside will eventually get rid of the problem. Depending on how bad it is, it can take a long time.

 

[seamonkey]

coroners on tv and in movies put some kind of balm under their nose.

 

[BadExample]

A respirator with charcoal filters should work and like Johnny Bench says about Blue Emu, you won't stink.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

Hello! I bought an amp and cab, second hand, but it stinks, if you know what I mean.
So how can i remove those nasty odors from them? Its disgusting to play when i remember my grandmother´s wardrobe while im on it.

OK, I think I've answered this before. They have these things called ozone generators. Put that cab in a closed room and pipe in the ozone. Do not, I repeat DO NOT, do this where you live, do it in a remote location. I'll give you an example. I purchased a house where the previous owners were smokers, and I mean smokers, like even the pets smoked. I ran this thing overnight (it was an industrial model) and stayed somewhere else, and the next day I had to hold my breath, go in and open all the windows and get the hell out. Eight hours later, smells were gone, all kinds of dead insects laying all over who knows what else. It sounds gross but it works. Just don't breathe that stuff. Nothing survives ozone.

 

[DeliriumTremens]

I once worked at a mortuary and we had rats and they died in the walls causing a rotting smell, which as you can imagine is not good for business at a mortuary. We used ozone generators to remove the smell.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

I once worked at a mortuary and we had rats and they died in the walls causing a rotting smell, which as you can imagine is not good for business at a mortuary. We used ozone generators to remove the smell.

You just have to be careful.

 

[DeliriumTremens]

You just have to be careful.

Exactly. Most of our guests weren't going to be affected by the toxic affects but the staff were very careful not to be around the machines until we had aired out the areas. It really worked though.

 

[snarebear]

Spray it with some cheap perfume and list it on Feebay. No return of course.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

Exactly. Most of our guests weren't going to be affected by the toxic affects but the staff were very careful not to be around the machines until we had aired out the areas. It really worked though.

It's serious stuff.

 

[IguanaFish]

Well, Thank you for all of the advice! In the end I opened the bass head, it wasn´t a bad idea after all.
Then, a new cloth, a can of pledge wood cleaner, a can of compressed air and voila! It just needed to have some air on it in the end.
The cab was a piece of cake, the same method, pledge and cloth, but it only needed to be cleaned from the outside, so, problem solved!

 

[craigie]

OK, I think I've answered this before. They have these things called ozone generators. Put that cab in a closed room and pipe in the ozone. Do not, I repeat DO NOT, do this where you live, do it in a remote location. I'll give you an example. I purchased a house where the previous owners were smokers, and I mean smokers, like even the pets smoked. I ran this thing overnight (it was an industrial model) and stayed somewhere else, and the next day I had to hold my breath, go in and open all the windows and get the hell out. Eight hours later, smells were gone, all kinds of dead insects laying all over who knows what else. It sounds gross but it works. Just don't breathe that stuff. Nothing survives ozone.

Even the pets smoked! Classic!
Could be those insects died of second hand smoke too. The ozone just pushed them over the edge.

 

[agedhorse]

Well, Thank you for all of the advice! In the end I opened the bass head, it wasn´t a bad idea after all.
Then, a new cloth, a can of pledge wood cleaner, a can of compressed air and voila! It just needed to have some air on it in the end.
The cab was a piece of cake, the same method, pledge and cloth, but it only needed to be cleaned from the outside, so, problem solved!

Pledge inside the amp???

 

[craigie]

I once worked at a mortuary and we had rats and they died in the walls causing a rotting smell, which as you can imagine is not good for business at a mortuary. We used ozone generators to remove the smell.

Oh man! You had rotting rat carcasses in the walls?? Not to mention the rat dung! That stuff is nasty. After school job?
Here, scoop out his innards....

 

[craigie]

Pledge inside the amp???

Maybe the amp is an old Leslie cabinet they used in a church.

 

[Stumbo]

Pledge inside the amp???

Maybe just compressed air inside the amp?