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Is this a legit still design?

Postby ant » Fri Aug 14, 2015 3:16 pm

Oh, I've avoided it as much as possible for many years.

For example I use sodium bicarb instead of antiperspirants. You still sweat naturally as you should, but your pits are too alkaine for the bacteria that like to live off your sweat to thrive. So you don't smell, as it is the bacteria not the sweat that causes the smell.

Stings and burns if you chafe and expose broken skin though.

Only happened once and bearable until I could clean it.
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Re: Is this a legit still design?

Postby Mash » Fri Aug 14, 2015 3:35 pm

Is that the same stuff as the rocks/crystals ?
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Re: Is this a legit still design?

Postby chill » Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:18 pm

This is getting way off track now. ;D But I have used rubbing alcohol (99% if you can get it) for decades now. Rub a couple of tsp under each arm and the bacteria are dead.

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Re: Is this a legit still design?

Postby Mash » Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:55 pm

You'll be telling me to use olive oil instead of sunscreen next ☺
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Is this a legit still design?

Postby Icefever » Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:18 pm

I've forgot what the discussion was about now...

....damn those aluminium pans..Image
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Re: Is this a legit still design?

Postby Easydrinker » Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:09 am

This thread simply grew legs and climbed from the swamp.
Someone on here,sorry mate forget your name,(John;John51?)has been using fores/heads as an antiperspirant for a while.
Just tested the PH on today's heads run,around 6.
Sodium Bicarbonate I believe is around 8.5.
Not being a chemist or biologist,I simply find it interesting that it is alkali that kills bacteria.
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Sorry mates,that was a first time and took forever.I now sort of understand why some other mods don't do proper tidy ups and shout at users instead.
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Postby Mash » Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:20 am

" put it back where you got it from" :)
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Postby Icefever » Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:49 pm

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Re: Moved posts

Postby ant » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:02 am

No,

Rocks refer to crack aka freebase cocaine

Crystal refers to methamphetamine.

I don't rub either of those in my pits.

I do have IPA (rubbing alch also screen cleaner) so I may try that as well.
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Re: Moved posts

Postby ant » Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:10 am

At 6 your heads are slightly acidic.

Ipa usually is as well. I use it in titrations and remember having to blank the ipa first with a drop or two of sodium hydroxide.

Maybe acidic works too or it is some other property such as dehydration at work. Dunno.
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Re: Moved posts

Postby Mash » Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:32 am

ant wrote:No,

Rocks refer to crack aka freebase cocaine

Crystal refers to methamphetamine.

I don't rub either of those in my pits.

I do have IPA (rubbing alch also screen cleaner) so I may try that as well.



Discovered that the crystal deodorants sticks are ammonium alum.
don't know if that is good or bad but there must be a few folks using it ... there's a lot on ebay.
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Postby Icefever » Sun Aug 16, 2015 12:11 pm

Image What????
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Re: Moved posts

Postby ant » Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:03 pm

All commercial AP, DOs are bad as far as I know. Poularity is no measure of safety either.

Sodium bicarbonate is a baking ingredient.

Also used with vinegar to make unconvincing pseudo volcanic displays to entertain kids. Presumably kids who have never heard of Sony or Microsoft.

Potassium Permanganate and glycerol produce a safe but more impressive pseudo volcanic display. Since we are already OT.
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Re: Moved posts

Postby Mash » Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:38 am

Icefever wrote:Image What????


I was on about this sort of crystal nothing to do with methamphetamine.
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