For making a DIY scrubber. In my opinion, this has the absolute best chance of high success. Why? Because in industrial, medical, pharmaceutical applications, they use carbon. Enormously effective at bonding to organic odors, and that's all we're dealing with here.

The DIY tutorials are describing great rigs. They should work fine. The problem is the correct carbon. Specifically the right carbon particle size.

We are looking to scrub air, not water. Therefore we need a larger particle size. Pet stores, etc all have smaller granules in the 8x10 range. We need larger particles in the 4x10 range. This is based on standard screen size measurements.

Too small a particle and it just packs into a cake, not allowing air to access it (diffuse).

There's a lot of activated carbon on ebay. All too small for air filtration. The good looking air scrubbers are also made from the same small particle acticated carbon.

I can get a 55 lb bag of the right stuff, but what the hell would I do after I take 5 lbs for me.

So I'm hoping someone has found the right size stuff at some point.

Thanks
Projman Reviewed by Projman on . Source for Activated Carbon? For making a DIY scrubber. In my opinion, this has the absolute best chance of high success. Why? Because in industrial, medical, pharmaceutical applications, they use carbon. Enormously effective at bonding to organic odors, and that's all we're dealing with here. The DIY tutorials are describing great rigs. They should work fine. The problem is the correct carbon. Specifically the right carbon particle size. We are looking to scrub air, not water. Therefore we need a larger particle Rating: 5