Funky Ammo Can Smell

[+GallifreyStands]

So I just bought 2 ammo cans, and when I opened them up I got a nice whiff of FUNK! Now these are the first ammo cans that I've bought myself.....how do I get rid of that rather offensive smell? Or do I just leave it open and let it air out? Thanx!!!

[+sbell111]

Just give it a quick alcohol wipe. It won't complete resolve that ammo can smell, but it should get rid of any mildewiness.

 

 

I love the smell of ammo cans in the morning.

Edited September 8, 2008 by sbell111

[+Prime Suspect]

So I just bought 2 ammo cans, and when I opened them up I got a nice whiff of FUNK! Now these are the first ammo cans that I've bought myself.....how do I get rid of that rather offensive smell? Or do I just leave it open and let it air out? Thanx!!!

Leave 'em open an while. You might also hit them with a spray of Lysol or Febreze.

[+GallifreyStands]

Thanks!!!! (and look for 2 new caches soon!)

[+sbell111]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Don't do this!!!)

[knowschad]

I love the smell of ammocans in the morning. It smells like.. victory!!

[stryder717]

what is this FUNK smell like, mold, urine, poop, gunpowder? you could just put some potpourri in the bottom of it.

[+Tresco]

I like the funky ammo can smell.

[+MountainRacer]

You don't get that smell with MKHs, but then again... MKHs don't surf.

 

[+BlueDeuce]

So I just bought 2 ammo cans, and when I opened them up I got a nice whiff of FUNK! Now these are the first ammo cans that I've bought myself.....how do I get rid of that rather offensive smell? Or do I just leave it open and let it air out? Thanx!!!

Leave 'em open an while. You might also hit them with a spray of Lysol or Febreze.

 

Nah, WD40 is the best air freshener.

[+Kit Fox]

In four and half years of geocaching, i've yet to have the desire to "sniff my ammo cans."

 

The smell is most likely the rubber seal. As for using Febreze, probably a bad idea (especially the fruity smells) this may encourage a bear to remove the ammo can from its hiding spot, for a closer look.

[jholly]

You don't get that smell with MKHs, but then again... MKHs don't surf.

 

Now is that Mary Katharine Ham or Mary Kay Hopkins?

 

Jim

Edited September 8, 2008 by jholly

[bogleman]

mmmmm the funk smell of an ammo can. As you can see several actually enjoy the smell of a funky ammo can over anything else and actually look forward to opening the ammo can just for a whiff, like smelling baking bread, pumpkin pie, coffee.

 

The clank of opening the ammo can, the anticipation of what MAY be inside and then the musty aroma wafting upwards............

[+GallifreyStands]

In four and half years of geocaching, i've yet to have the desire to "sniff my ammo cans."

 

The smell is most likely the rubber seal. As for using Febreze, probably a bad idea (especially the fruity smells) this may encourage a bear to remove the ammo can from its hiding spot, for a closer look.

 

Good thinking!!!! (although not many bears in Dallas TX!)

[Dinoprophet]

They should bottle the stuff. Ge-eau-cache

[+Tresco]

You don't get that smell with MKHs, but then again... MKHs don't surf.

 

Now is that Mary Katharine Ham or Mary Kay Hopkins?

 

Jim

 

Mary Katarine Ham is a hearkbreaking babe.

[+ATeamNewbies]

You don't get that smell with MKHs, but then again... MKHs don't surf.

 

Now is that Mary Katharine Ham or Mary Kay Hopkins?

 

Jim

 

Mary Katarine Ham is a hearkbreaking babe.

 

Our team just got an ammo can and I swear it is coated on the inside with Desert Storm Sand, very stinky, but I think it just adds to the experience, we'll wipe it out a little and load it up soon.

[+briansnat]

So I just bought 2 ammo cans, and when I opened them up I got a nice whiff of FUNK! Now these are the first ammo cans that I've bought myself.....how do I get rid of that rather offensive smell? Or do I just leave it open and let it air out? Thanx!!!

 

That "funk" is like the smell of bacon, eggs and coffee cooking for breakfast to us geocachers. Sometimes I go into my basement and open up a few ammo cans and inhale deeply. Ahhhhhhh!

[+LEGO]

Consider yourself lucky. I just brought a couple of cans home from my local surplus shop, with nary a whiff of funk to sniff. I'm gonna have to put something funky in there myself and leave them in the garage for a while to get anything like what you got gratis! Man, don't let anyone else know where you are getting your supply!

[+blb9556]

I found an ammo box from an archives listing. It was sitting outside for 7 years. The hinges were coveredvin vassoline and mud. I cleaned it out at home and for the next week my hands smelled like it. Yuck! Even after washing my hands many times. But I got a free ammo box!

[+The Ravens]

In four and half years of geocaching, i've yet to have the desire to "sniff my ammo cans."

 

The smell is most likely the rubber seal. As for using Febreze, probably a bad idea (especially the fruity smells) this may encourage a bear to remove the ammo can from its hiding spot, for a closer look.

 

Good thinking!!!! (although not many bears in Dallas TX!)

 

NICE one!

[+team moxiepup]

You could try washing it out with something that absorbs odors, yet itself is inert/ fragrance free. Perhaps a solution of water and baking soda or carbon made for aquarium filters would work. Not sure if it would work or not, but it is worth a try. Just be sure to dry the can well after before you shut it to avoid rust.

[bogleman]

run it through the dishwasher, wont matter once it's out in the wild for a few months - the funk comes back

[+Star*Hopper]

Wipe down the interior with some white vinegar on a couple of paper towels, & leave open to air out in sunlight for a day or so.

 

I had some containers with 'da funk'....I took to dropping a couple of incense cones inside & sealing 'er up. Works nicely - imagine opening a cache & gettin' a whaff of Patchouli or Sandlewood. Plus tends to overcome any scent of mildew that cardboard/paper packaging (for new swag) might pick up from moisture. And if someone wants to take the cones for swag, so much the better!

~*

[+gof1]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

[+GallifreyStands]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

[+markandsandy]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Is that 50/50 by volume, weight, or count?

[+WRITE SHOP ROBERT]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Is that 50/50 by volume, weight, or count?

Don't forget that you have to leave it in a spot where it can get at least 8 hours sunlight daily, or it won't germinate, or am I confusing that with Gerbil Rot?

[+Snoogans]

I like the funky ammo can smell.

 

Me too. It reminds me of my 9th grade girlfriend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get your minds outta the gutter. She had braces. You KNOW! Alllll those little rubber bands.

Edited September 9, 2008 by Snoogans

[+Snoogans]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Nope, you're both wrong.

 

One little puppy closed up and left in the sun will give that ammo can an entirely NEW smell.

 

[+Star*Hopper]

Aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! If I find him can I keep him please please can I huh can I huh can I huh and c'n I name him Swag?

~*

[+Snoogans]

Aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! If I find him can I keep him please please can I huh can I huh can I huh and c'n I name him Swag?

~*

 

No but you can have my 9th grade GF if you can find her. It has been 25 years. I'm pretty sure the smell has disapated.

[+GallifreyStands]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Nope, you're both wrong.

 

One little puppy closed up and left in the sun will give that ammo can an entirely NEW smell.

 

 

OMG ITS MY PUPPY!.....o wait, we've been over this! (we have identical dogs!)

[+sbell111]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Nope, you're both wrong.

 

One little puppy closed up and left in the sun will give that ammo can an entirely NEW smell.

 

 

OMG ITS MY PUPPY!.....o wait, we've been over this! (we have identical dogs!)

Sure they're not fraternal?

[+GallifreyStands]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Nope, you're both wrong.

 

One little puppy closed up and left in the sun will give that ammo can an entirely NEW smell.

 

 

OMG ITS MY PUPPY!.....o wait, we've been over this! (we have identical dogs!)

Sure they're not fraternal?

 

Well I've 1) never seen another dog like this

and 2) Mine was born in Dallas TX....Dont know how far from "The armpit of the universe" we are!!!

 

SO maybe, maybe not!!

Edited September 9, 2008 by nycdancerboi

[+sbell111]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Nope, you're both wrong.

 

One little puppy closed up and left in the sun will give that ammo can an entirely NEW smell.

 

 

OMG ITS MY PUPPY!.....o wait, we've been over this! (we have identical dogs!)

Sure they're not fraternal?

 

Well I've 1) never seen another dog like this

and 2) Mine was born in Dallas TX....Dont know how far from "The armpit of the universe" we are!!!

 

SO maybe, maybe not!!

Around 250 miles, I think.

[+GallifreyStands]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Nope, you're both wrong.

 

One little puppy closed up and left in the sun will give that ammo can an entirely NEW smell.

 

 

OMG ITS MY PUPPY!.....o wait, we've been over this! (we have identical dogs!)

Sure they're not fraternal?

 

Well I've 1) never seen another dog like this

and 2) Mine was born in Dallas TX....Dont know how far from "The armpit of the universe" we are!!!

 

SO maybe, maybe not!!

Around 250 miles, I think.

Ick, then I can't imagine what the ammo cans smell like THERE!

[+Kit Fox]

In four and half years of geocaching, i've yet to have the desire to "sniff my ammo cans."

 

The smell is most likely the rubber seal. As for using Febreze, probably a bad idea (especially the fruity smells) this may encourage a bear to remove the ammo can from its hiding spot, for a closer look.

 

Good thinking!!!! (although not many bears in Dallas TX!)

 

NICE one!

 

Lame One!

 

I was referring to spraying ammo cans (with Febreze) in general not "strictly in Dallas." Most of the ammo cans I find and hide, are in bear country. The intent was to warn potential ammo can users who might not think of the implications of scented items, and the attraction to animals. It must of been important enough of a subject to be written in the cache hiding guidelines.

Edited September 9, 2008 by Kit Fox

[+GallifreyStands]

In four and half years of geocaching, i've yet to have the desire to "sniff my ammo cans."

 

The smell is most likely the rubber seal. As for using Febreze, probably a bad idea (especially the fruity smells) this may encourage a bear to remove the ammo can from its hiding spot, for a closer look.

 

Good thinking!!!! (although not many bears in Dallas TX!)

 

NICE one!

 

Lame One!

 

I was referring to spraying ammo cans (with Febreze) in general not "strictly in Dallas." Most of the ammo cans I find and hide, are in bear country. The intent was to warn potential ammo can users who might not think of the implications of scented items, and the attraction to animals. It must of been important enough of a subject to be written in the cache hiding guidelines.

 

I know! just havin fun with it! didnt mean to upset you!

[+Snoogans]

Fill one up with mothballs and then just close it up for a few weeks.

 

Done properly you need to use a 50/50 mix of mothballs and hamsters.

 

Nope, you're both wrong.

 

One little puppy closed up and left in the sun will give that ammo can an entirely NEW smell.

 

 

OMG ITS MY PUPPY!.....o wait, we've been over this! (we have identical dogs!)

Sure they're not fraternal?

 

Well I've 1) never seen another dog like this

and 2) Mine was born in Dallas TX....Dont know how far from "The armpit of the universe" we are!!!

 

SO maybe, maybe not!!

Around 250 miles, I think.

 

Closer to 300.

 

Cujo is a Deerhead Chihuahua. It's a lesser known breed, but have better personalities than Appleheads, IMO.

[+hairball45]

I've never noticed bad smells from ammo cans, but if I did I'd try my solution for bad smelling refrigerators in camping trailers. I've had a couple where the fridge died while I was gone home for the week. (Camper's in a campground set up seasonal). Even the one that had had fish in it came clean with bleach water, vinegar, and the secret. Stuff it with newspaper wadded up into balls, close it up and leave it for a few days. The stink somehow leaves the fridge and goes into the paper. Of course we had to use an ice chest that week, but big deal. We also pack the fridge with paper in the fall when we go away for the winter and it smells as sweet as a new one in the spring. Might work for ammo cans too.

[+GallifreyStands]

I've never noticed bad smells from ammo cans, but if I did I'd try my solution for bad smelling refrigerators in camping trailers. I've had a couple where the fridge died while I was gone home for the week. (Camper's in a campground set up seasonal). Even the one that had had fish in it came clean with bleach water, vinegar, and the secret. Stuff it with newspaper wadded up into balls, close it up and leave it for a few days. The stink somehow leaves the fridge and goes into the paper. Of course we had to use an ice chest that week, but big deal. We also pack the fridge with paper in the fall when we go away for the winter and it smells as sweet as a new one in the spring. Might work for ammo cans too.

 

HMM....I've never heard of that!!!!!! I wonder why that is?

[+GallifreyStands]

Okay so back on topic.... One ammo can i'm doing the newspaper trick, and the other lysol.... we'll see which one works best!!!

[stryder717]

this is one of the funniest threads i have read so far. i think i may have lol'ed.

[+GallifreyStands]

this is one of the funniest threads i have read so far. i think i may have lol'ed.

 

what? deodorizing hamsters and newspaper isnt supposed 2 be funny!!!

[+GallifreyStands]

oops..... meant to add Gerbils too!

[+brainandbraun]

Sorry, my fault. I like to use ammo cans as shoes.

[Clan Riffster]

Off topic a bit, but to address the earlier refrigerator funk: One of my other hobbies is recreational shrimp harvesting. This has often led to severly stinky coolers. The best cure I've found for this is a rubber glove, a sponge and pure, (real), vanille extract. Don the glove, grab the sponge and pour the vanilla on it. Then just wipe out the cooler. When you're done, leave the lid cracked open. I've also used this method to rescue freezers and refridgerators. Note: I don't recommend this solution for ammo cans, due to critter concerns.

[+Star*Hopper]

I took a bag of recently acquired acquisitions out back a li'l earlier.....grabbed my camo paints & spent a couple minutes rattlin' them steel balls around, real good. Took the first 'acquisition' out of the bag - opened it up ........ Lock-n-Lock funk!

 

~*

[+GallifreyStands]

I took a bag of recently acquired acquisitions out back a li'l earlier.....grabbed my camo paints & spent a couple minutes rattlin' them steel balls around, real good. Took the first 'acquisition' out of the bag - opened it up ........ Lock-n-Lock funk!

 

~*

 

This is just a funky smelling sport huh?