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Jim, have you ever used a respirator? Activated carbon, or activated charcoal is what's in the filters of a respirator. The carbon absorbs the VOCs, the oil and laquer vapors from the air that you pull in making it safe to breathe. Without them, there'd be many a stoned sprayman. (yeah, like there aren't now)
What you do is you make a charcoal trap and pull or force air through it , pulling the VOCs (volitile organic compounds) out of the air, and refreshing the air in the house so the homeowners can breathe that night.
Problem is, most commercially available charcoal traps only boast a 10 cfm flow rate. That's 10 cubic foot per minute. Well, turns out 10 cubic feet is about what most small bathrooms hold, which is why most bath fans run at about 10 cfm.
What I've built is basically a roof vent with a nonexplosive motor (motor out of my old Graco 395, the housing cracked) that'll move around 1500 cfm through a trap filled with activated charcoal (carbon). Problem is, this stuff is way too expensive, and just to set something up would be in the thousands of dollars on the consumer market, and would require a full carbon change at least once a month.
I think I know why you gave up on this idea Bill. Oh well, it was a good idea, just not economically feasable for what I can get by opening windows. 10 cfm aint crap, no offense meant to those who manufacture the emergency air supply canisters.
Workaholic, what I'm really looking for is granular, and cheap too, that's designed for vapor absorption. I've looked around, and it's available in 50 and 100 lbs. bags, but it's just not in my price range. I was hoping to hear about a decently (cheap) priced source if one was available.
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