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[Coodude26]

Has anyone had this problem? Basically the air inside the barrel of the nerf gun smells awful for whoknowswhy. My friend's titan smells and now for some reason so does my NF. Is there any way to fix this? Maybe perfume or something?

[OfAllTheNerf]

Has anyone had this problem? Basically the air inside the barrel of the nerf gun smells awful for whoknowswhy. My friend's titan smells and now for some reason so does my NF. Is there any way to fix this? Maybe perfume or something?

Well, did you use plumbers goop?

Some of my guns that I Gooped smelled a week or two later, but it eventually went away.

I've also heard that if you use vegetable oil to lube your guns, it starts to stink. But that wouldn't make sense in the titan.

[Coodude26]

Yea, the titan isn't even opened. So I'm still dumbfounded...

[keef]

Do you and your friend shower and deodorize your guns daily?

Edited by keef, 16 July 2007 - 04:01 PM.

[LastManAlive]

Keef, this is no place for that.



My guess is that it could be some industrial lubrication that Nerf used/is using on their guns and you and your little friend left your gun somewhere where something else got in it and contaminated the lubrication to make a horrid stinch out of your gun.



This made me remember how people used to buy the stink bomb grenades from the kapowwe company and use them in airsoft. One hit my gun and it stunk for hours after that. It was horrible.

[Coodude26]

No, my friend doesn't take it in public and I don't think he's taken it out of his basement since we got it. It's not like someone put something in there. Mine could be standing water because my idiot brother put water in it and tried to shoot it. He's trying to prove me wrong by saying that "If it shoots air it can shoot water" and other crap like that. He's such a bastard at times, trying to cover up for his stupidity...

So, what, perfume, cologne...

Edited by Coodude26, 16 July 2007 - 04:12 PM.

[keef]

Soap and water, I recently read this Super Soaker thing about cleaning, so I quess try that. Not like it could hurt...

This time I'm serious,
-keef

[badger]

Soap and water, I recently read this Super Soaker thing about cleaning, so I quess try that. Not like it could hurt...

This time I'm serious,
-keef

The thing is, with a Super Soaker, you can get a solution of soap and water into the system since the ammo is water. You would just put the S&W solution into the water tank, then prime and fire the gun. With a Nerf gun, however, the system is sealed for the most part, and the introduction of soap into the system could affect the lubrication. Soap is used to cut grease and other lubricants. It is the primary ingredient that is used to eliminate oil spills in open waters. Putting soap into a Nerf gun's air tank or bladder may cause damage to it.

My suggestion is, if you had any intention of opening the gun at all, is to disassemble the air tank system, allow it to air dry, wipe it down with a dry cloth, then lubricate it and put it back together. Don't add anything to it that could possibly damage the system. Only use lubricants that are safe for a gun.

[frost vectron]

It depends what you mean by smelling awful.

I, for one, love the smell of silicone spray, motor oil, and other sweet scents of the garage.

To others, it may smell horrid. What you smell could just be industrial lubricant that may be a wonderful aroma to others. Does it smell like lubricant, or something like poop?

[TJ]

Well, I hear that Febreeze stuff gets rid of odors and odor causing bacteria. That might be worth a shot.

[The Infinite Shindig]

My question is as follows: Unless it emits a cloud of unpleasant odor, similar to someone farting, why would you care? Is it really that noticeable. Badger has the best idea. Let it air out. Then wipe all the parts down. Then re-lubricate them with something.

[watkins]

My Titan smells too. I think its just the glue or something judging by the chemical odor. Its definitely not organic. Nothing you can do about it until the glue has finished setting or something. Not that it really matters. Just dont snort the end of the barrel.

[Forsaken angel24]

Its the lube, I know it! The first time I was messing around with my Titan I dry fired into my hand. It was not dry at all. A mist came out on my hand and the mist smelled toxic but in a good way. Ever since then I have recognized that smell with new air guns.

[foamforce123]

That happens to my Titan. I think it smells more musty than chemically. I thought it was from pumping and shooting it in humid weather, like the humidity going into the Titan tank and kinda molding in there. I dunno, thats just my guess.

[watkins]

The mist isnt the lube. If Im not mistaken it is actually condensed water from the air. As the pressure in the tank increases, the temperature of said air decreases. When the cold air is released into the relatively warmer surounding air, it causes water droplets in the air to condense, much like a rain storm on the line between a cold front and warm front.

[frost vectron]

As the pressure in the tank increases, the temperature of said air decreases.

Temperature and pressure are directly proportional.

[Coodude26]

Coincidentally my mom just boughtv some febreze and now the smell is gone. Yay! Thanks guys.

[watkins]

Temperature and pressure are directly proportional.

Haha oops. Thats the kind of stupid brain fart that happens while Im typing, working on my LS, and talking to my girlfriend all at once. But the principle is the same in the other direction. Warmer internal air meets cooler surrounding air.