Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:19:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Dowell <moodooguru-AT-sbcglobal.net>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] smelly hand puppets


Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'm going to try the 50% vodka / 50% water spray suggestion first. I will air out the puppets so the vodka smell doesn't linger.

In answer to your question, Mathieu, the vodka I bought smells very much like rubbing alcohol. 

Thanks,
Michael Dowell
Moodoo Puppets
http://www.moodoopuppets.com


--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:

> From: Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] smelly hand puppets
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:41 AM
> I have a question that may seem strange:
> 
> What does Vodka smell like?
> I don't drink alcohol, and I don't recall smelling
> Vodka specifically 
> either.
> 
> If it does have a smell, will some of it stay in the
> treated puppet?
> 
> I wonder, does the smell-busting action come from the high
> alcohol 
> percentage, or from the whole chemistry of what it is made
> of?
> 
> If the alcohol is the only active ingredient, then maybe we
> could use high 
> percentage alcohol.
> Some of us already use it as a solvent (for diluting
> pigments when mixing 
> paint, to smooth oil-based clays) or a cleaner.
> 
> 
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