Members Rick6 Posted January 28, 2009 Members Share Posted January 28, 2009 I post this only because I suspect that the talent pool here is pretty broad. After a house file, I had some stuffed animals cleaned because of protein smoke odor. They were passed around over the years to the kids in the extended family and therefore have some sentimental value. They were put in an ozone chamber, and then in a liquid CO2 chamber of some kind. They were returned with a strong odor (the guy said was ozone, but I thought ozone was too volatile to last for weeks, which it has). They were also returned with the plastic eyes etched somehow -- the cleaner said he'd seen it before from the CO2. Two questions ... 1. what is the odor 2. how can I polish the roughness (like cataracts) out of the plastic eyes. Don't laugh. I bet somebody on here knows. TIA, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mogwix Posted January 28, 2009 Members Share Posted January 28, 2009 what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted January 29, 2009 Members Share Posted January 29, 2009 The NYC railroad never had decapod steam locomotives, their terrain was water level and did not have the mountainous grades that the Pennsylvania RR did. Aw nuts, wrong forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted January 29, 2009 Members Share Posted January 29, 2009 2. how can I polish the roughness (like cataracts) out of the plastic eyes. Are the eyes removable? If so, then I suspect they can be polished to like-new condition with jewler's rouge and a buffing wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dogoth Posted January 30, 2009 Members Share Posted January 30, 2009 First of all ozone is just a gas. It is really O3 rather than O2 (the oxygen component of the air we like to breath). Yes it has an odor and yes it does dissapate quickly. I'm wondering if your animals weren't dry cleaned as well (there's some pretty exotic peroxide (I think) type chemicals used in that process). You might walk into a dry cleaning establisment and "see" if you smell the same chemicals. A liquid CO2 chamber? I would think that would freeze and severly break down the structure of any foam or batting inside the toy. How strange. Listen to Mark about the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted January 30, 2009 CMS Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 If you do some internet searching, you can find sources for new eyes. It might make more sense to remove and replace than remove and polish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rick6 Posted January 31, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 31, 2009 First of all, thanks to all who responded. I got some jeweler's rouge and will eventually have a seamstress remove the eyes. Apparently, they are "locked in" (according to the manufacturer) for safety purposes. The cleaner advertises liquid CO2 at 700psi. They weren't supposed to use it (they said they'd use ozone only). They damaged cloth, plastic and color. But, I haven't been able to figure out what the odor is. The clothing they cleaned has no odor. I'm going to bring one around to a couple of the local cleaners and see if they recognize the odor. Good tip about the eyes ... I'll be looking. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 31, 2009 Members Share Posted January 31, 2009 Here's my engineering guess... it's carbonic acid or carbonated water that's pressurized (that's how it's made) that the animals were washed in. Don't know if that's what eched the eyes but it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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