fvasek Loc: Abingdon, Maryland

OK folks, can somebody explain this to me. My wife and I had this large plastic container we used to keep dry dog food in. When our dog decided she did not want dry food any more, we decided to repurpose the container. Problem was, after washing it four or five times in hot soapy water an odor remained. An odor that my wife described as smelling like a "HORSES BUTT". Now comes the weird part. She asked me if I would use my air compressor to blow air into the container. I looked at her as if she was crazy. She then continued to tell me that she once gave a large pickle jar to her boss that he wanted to store crackers in. She said she washed it several times but the pickle odor remained. After giving the jar to her boss he also washed that jar several times and couldn't get the pickle odor out. She then went on to tell me that for some unknown reason he decided to blow air into the jar from his air compressor and the odor disappeared. So just to pacify her I went into the garage and blew air from my compressor into the container for about 30 seconds. I was shocked to find that the container no longer had the "HORSES BUTT" odor. In fact it had no odor at all. Could someone please explain to me how this is possible?

mwalsh Loc: Houston

No, but I can explain why your dog decided it did not like the dry food ...

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

How big a compressor?

Jahawk Loc: Rhode Island

:lol: :lol: :thumbup:

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

:lol: :lol:

Bobbee

Not answer to your question but two things get smalls out. Put newspaper in it for a period of time or try washing it out with vinegar.

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

Bobbee - White vinegar is better than malt, in my opinion. Use it for cleaning loads of things, inc. car windscreens.

Bobbee

We keep White, Apple and Wine Vinegar in my house. The White is for the cabbage soup, the apple is for Pulled pork and the wine is for my German Spec Salad. I should have said White, Thanks!!! We don't use Malt, I see that on tables at restaurants for Fries. Never got into that. Actually being very diabetic, I shy away from anything potato, my love is GOOD coleslaw. Then we are back at vinegar again, aren't we??????

SENSORLOUPE

yum!! cabbage soup? do you give out that recipe? (by any chance)
mine is not that good ----ha!

Bobbee

I will ask my wife to write it down, my father taught her before he left for the kitchen in the sky. She made it for him one day after the education and he said very good. Our whole family loves it. It is usually a winter soup. She made it 3 days ago. YUM!!!!!!!!!!

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

If you wash out a container with soapy water, rinse, and then fill with fresh water and add 1 tsp. of Vanilla (real Vanilla) and let it set for a day or two, the odor will be gone. I do this for plastic milk bottles that I want to use to store water for when we lose power.

brittainsas1 Loc: Laytonsville, Md.

I would very much like to know how your wife knows what a horse's butt smells like..............

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Oops, brittainsas1, beat me to it. Same statement from me, though.

I'd be more interested in read about how your wife knows what a horse's butt smells like.
--Bob

mwalsh Loc: Houston

For my wife, it would from experience ... all those years of being married to one.

brittainsas1 Loc: Laytonsville, Md.

MWalsh wrote: For my wife, it would from experience ... all those years of being married to one.

Well.....I certainly think that you must have a "stable" relationship !