 | Jeff Chester
is president and owner of ACT Inc. Advance Catastrophe Technologies Incorporated. Jeff has written training materials and procedures pertaining to the many facets of restoration including mold, fire, water, and smoke damage. Jeff is a member of The Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration, Inc., The National Institute of Disaster Restoration, The Mechanical Systems Hygiene Institute and The Water Loss Institute. Jeff can be contacted at his office at (316) 262-9992 or you can e-mail him at act@actcat.com |
Carpet Cleaning & Restoration
2002-06-01 15:05:00
Skunk gone... smell isn’t
Question: We apparently had a mother skunk and her babies as residents below our porch. My husband discovered them two weeks ago and was sprayed by the mother skunk. What can be done to get rid of the smell?
Answer: Skunk odor is not an uncommon problem, especially for folks residing in the country. Restorers often are called to provide relief from skunk emissions, and have tried to deal with the problem in various ways: ozone, tomato juice, acetic acid and assorted perfumes, none of which really does the job. So for most situations, the remedy has been to get over it, an economical, if time consuming procedure. A chemist by the name of Paul Krebaum had been doing research on Thiols, a particularly smelly category of chemical. He applied his analytic powers to skunk emissions and came up with a formulation that neutralized the odor with great success. In an act of generosity, he bestowed the formula on mankind by way of the Chemical and Engineering News. Here is his recipe: I quart 3 percent hydrogen peroxide, 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 teaspoon liquid soap. Apply the mixture in saturation quantities under the slab, using a pump sprayer. The skunk's fragrance should disappear before nightfall.
