Season begins in a couple weeks and I just finished washing and carbonizing ALL my clothes. Bought some TRUCARBON early last year on closeout for $4 a bottle and tried carbonizing my non-scentlok clothes. Long story short - I'm sold. For those that don't want to spend big bucks on Scentlok/Scent Blocker, you can create your own for pennies. Take your hunting clothes and do this:
1. Wash clothes in unscented detergent and hang out to dry.
2. Take a container and fill with approx. 3-5 gallons water (dependant on how many clothes you have).
3. Add capful of unscented detergent
4. Add TRUCARBON powder (or they sell H2O pellets) until water turns pretty dark.
5. Take you dried and washed clothes and dip into solution. Wring out the excess water and rehang to dry.
6. Keep the remaining carbon water to spray on later if needed.
By being dry, the clothes will pull the carbon into the fibers just like if you fell in a dirty mudhole. The only downside is if you have to wash your clothes after hunting, then you have to start this process over.
I only wash my clothes if they are bloody/muddy. After I've worn my clothes a few times, I spray them liberally with scentkiller (I use the homemade stuff) then throw them into the dryer for about 30 minutes.
I got tired of the carbon spray stopping up a regular spray bottle so I went to Lowe's and got a couple of hand pumps for $10 each. One I keep Carbon spray in and the other scentkiller. It's great not having your hands cramp up spraying everything down.
If you can't get TRUCARBON, then go to Wal-Mart or and pet shop and get the activated carbon for fish tanks. You'll have to crush it into a fine powder but a little bit of powder goes a long way. If you don't believe in using carbon as a scent suppressant, then I'm sorry. I used to be skeptacle until I started using it 9-years ago. I won't go into the woods without it. You must remember the most important thing, EVERYTHING that you take in the woods must be scent free or covered in scent killer. Just having your jacket carbonized doesn't cover up the Big Mac on your shirt and pants.
Peace!!
1. Wash clothes in unscented detergent and hang out to dry.
2. Take a container and fill with approx. 3-5 gallons water (dependant on how many clothes you have).
3. Add capful of unscented detergent
4. Add TRUCARBON powder (or they sell H2O pellets) until water turns pretty dark.
5. Take you dried and washed clothes and dip into solution. Wring out the excess water and rehang to dry.
6. Keep the remaining carbon water to spray on later if needed.
By being dry, the clothes will pull the carbon into the fibers just like if you fell in a dirty mudhole. The only downside is if you have to wash your clothes after hunting, then you have to start this process over.
I only wash my clothes if they are bloody/muddy. After I've worn my clothes a few times, I spray them liberally with scentkiller (I use the homemade stuff) then throw them into the dryer for about 30 minutes.
I got tired of the carbon spray stopping up a regular spray bottle so I went to Lowe's and got a couple of hand pumps for $10 each. One I keep Carbon spray in and the other scentkiller. It's great not having your hands cramp up spraying everything down.
If you can't get TRUCARBON, then go to Wal-Mart or and pet shop and get the activated carbon for fish tanks. You'll have to crush it into a fine powder but a little bit of powder goes a long way. If you don't believe in using carbon as a scent suppressant, then I'm sorry. I used to be skeptacle until I started using it 9-years ago. I won't go into the woods without it. You must remember the most important thing, EVERYTHING that you take in the woods must be scent free or covered in scent killer. Just having your jacket carbonized doesn't cover up the Big Mac on your shirt and pants.
Peace!!
