How Do you Use Kitty Litter to control oder? Is it even possible?

[kdspecial]

I have read some posts of poeple making home made carbon filters. they look pretty awsome. however I usually find a post undernieth witha person saying I just use kitty liter its easier to get and works fine.

I have searched the forums For kitty litter and nothing reallys comes up on how it is actully used As opposed to a carbon filter.

Can somone help me out here? Does it work like a carbon filter or is it a item used in making a carbon filter as opposed to using Carbon Fibre.

Any help is greatly appreciated

kd_special

kdspecial Reviewed by kdspecial on 07-27-2006. How Do you Use Kitty Litter to control oder? Is it even possible? I have read some posts of poeple making home made carbon filters. they look pretty awsome. however I usually find a post undernieth witha person saying I just use kitty liter its easier to get and works fine. I have searched the forums For kitty litter and nothing reallys comes up on how it is actully used As opposed to a carbon filter. Can somone help me out here? Does it work like a carbon filter or is it a item used in making a carbon filter as opposed to using Carbon Fibre. Any Rating: 5

[Tokudai]

I think that was my post...


If you know how a carbon filter is constructed and works - just substitute the crystal type kitty litter for the carbon. It is way cheaper, and on my small scale setup, works as good as, or better than carbon. I use Fresh Step Crystals. (lol sounds like a commercial)

And the carbon in a carbon filter is Activated Charcoal - like is used in fish filters. Its granulated small pieces of (usually) burnt coconut husk.

Carbon Fiber is a fiberglass-like material that is stronger and weighs less. Im sure you may have seen a hood or a wing on a car thats made of Carbon Fiber - Kind of a black/brown 3-D type material

Carbon Fiber


Activated carbon/charcoal

[kdspecial]

Thanks for the Clearup. I have a small box with 2 chambers. Its 30 x 17 x 60/ I want to find a cheep way to eliminate some smell. Is my bets and easyiest solution to find some Carbon filter in a screen for mat and place it Over My OUtake Fans? Or should I take the longer route and build a carbon filter like the do it yourself one that is posted.

kd_special

[Tokudai]

The carbon filter screens will help a little, but most likely they will reduce the flow-through of the fans you have. Plus with such a small surface area they will need to be replaced frequently.

The DIY canister/scrubber type has always worked great for me and they are cheap, reusable, and you can vary the size to allow more flow/surface area, as well as fit it in your space.

Sounds like your cabinet is almost identical to my veg cab (14x27x60). I use a 110cfm bathroom fart fan that blows into an 18" homemade scrubber filled w/kitty litter.

[slowthestone]

nylons full of arm and hammer...or arm and hammer mixed in with the cat litter...or just use arm and hammer litter.

I'm torn on the smell issue. I only notice it when I go into the area...even then it essentially only smells 'green' to me. No doubt I'm desensitized by now and would essentially be putting in a scrubber for something I'm no longer detecting.

When ever someone comes over...I open up a jar of coffee...light a cigarette...some times I'll put out some chopped onion too. Several people have been here now. From service/delivery guys, friends, even a homicide cop friend of mine...no one has yet to make an odd face when walking into the place.

Still though...I'm thinking the thing for me to do is fashion my own scrubber...cut a hole in the wall for exhaust...and put the scrubber right in between two walls with the outflow dispersed up into the attic.

Makes me wonder though about if I'd have to have a fan running 24/7...or what sort of thing will happen with all that air circulating around when doors in and out of the place are opened and closed.