Bizarre Issue; PPT Guns Covered in Cologne! Researching Ideas to Fix.

[Plenty_Pack_556]

All of my PPTs have been in-person, in California. Sadly, this is the second item that REEEEEEEKS of cologne. Great people so far for the most part, but Jesus I could never wear so much cologne that my whole gun smelled like it was dipped in Paco Rabanne. I mean, it smells like a frickin' nightclub. Gross.

But yeah, the coffee beans are WORKING to neutralize the odors. I think fresh-ground beans would work even better, in a little dish or cup inside a closed container. I'm using older grounds now to subdue the STANK on the AO1 case...which reeks of some guy's cologne. I'm like a territorial cat, lol.

Thats what my bipod smells like. And it was like dunked in it. My item came from Oregon, pretty close to CA. Wonder if my item was ever in possession of your seller.

 

[WojtekWeaponry]

--UPDATE--

Well, I've tried UV light, multiple cleanings, some super odorous Hoppe's No. 9, volcanic rocks (not sure if they're even legit), and coffee beans as suggested by @WojtekWeaponry here on the forum. I have the cologne-infused soft case on the outside picnic table (that the gun was in for PPT), but I still smell the cologne despite sunlight/UV bombardment. I should just toss it out. This cologne is like a plague...and it gets on ME and then it gets on anything I touch. I'd be horrified if my car took on that scent.

So far, the coffee beans have worked the best! They've mostly neutralized the sickly-sweet and cloying cologne. The only hitch is my brain still thinks I smell it, but I don't think I do. I will keep testing so I can give my nose and brain a break, as my brain will 'replay' this scent, torturing me a bit like a bad song that won't stop playing in your head. The girlfriend confirmed the neutralized cologne.

Now I need to know the SCIENCE behind it! Thanks everyone, and thanks Nathan at Wojtek!

Huzzah!

I don’t know the science behind it but coffee is used by perfumeries to act as a neutralizer between sniffs.

 

[WojtekWeaponry]

What state did you buy the guns from or are any of them modern rifles?

I bought a used vltor modpod off ebay, and holy hell the bipod reeks of cologne. I would return it, but I haven't seen a 2nd hand of this item at a great price in a long time.

I need to dunk it in something, but not trying to get it in places I can't dry off.

That’s what immersing in oil is for

 

[Plenty_Pack_556]

That’s what immersing in oil is for

Guess its time to use the remaining ballistol i have. Been trying to use it up fast as the smell is horrendous, but still better than the cologne.

 

[Wolkenflieger]

Guess its time to use the remaining ballistol i have. Been trying to use it up fast as the smell is horrendous, but still better than the cologne.

LOL, that's how I felt about Hoppe's No. 9 which I have double contained like it's nuclear material, and it's still better than the friggin' cologne!

 

[Wolkenflieger]

Huzzah!

I don’t know the science behind it but coffee is used by perfumeries to act as a neutralizer between sniffs.

After reading a whole lot about the neutralizing effect of coffee beans and grounds, I came across that little factoid too. Smelling one's own skin is also a good way to "reset" the olfactory sense between samples, but that does no good with cologne in cloying copious quantities.

I'll finally be able to put some rounds through these perfumed gats and hopefully make them smell like guns again instead of a nightclub.

Meanwhile, the coffee beans are working their magic, as if I needed more reasons to love coffee!

 

[Wolkenflieger]

Thats what my bipod smells like. And it was like dunked in it. My item came from Oregon, pretty close to CA. Wonder if my item was ever in possession of your seller.

Very unlikely the same person, and this is my second PPT where some item reeked of another man's cologne. Two separate individuals. The same has happened with DoorDash and Instacart orders too. There's no accounting for taste or judgement when it comes to absurd quantities of cologne or perfume.

Chefs are renowned for banning cologne and perfume from their kitchens and dining areas for very good reason.