The smell of fish is something that lingers in the fishing boat, in the kitchen, the pots and pans, in your car, on your hands, in your clothes and anywhere else that is touched by the fish.
It is not a pleasant smell for most people. I know there are those that say they grew up thinking that fish was supposed to smell like fish, but most find the lingering odor after the fish is long eaten to be unpleasant.
There are many home type remedies that are professed to work. Let me list some here for you to try.
1.) Wash or clean with a solution of vinegar and water.
2.) Wash or clean with a solution of bleach and water.
3.) If it is your refrigerator or freezer, empty it and turn it off. Place a container of boiling hot water with a sliced lemon in it. Leave for about an hour. Then make sure all the smelly ice is out of the freezer area and wipe down the walls and shelves with lemon water. Wipe each item thoroughly before replacing in the refrigerator or freezer.
4.) For the refrigerator or freezer, purchase vanilla-scented fridge deodorizer. It is supposed to kill the bacteria so it will put a stop to the odor for good, not just cover it up. Can be found in a good hardware store or supermarket.
5.) For a container, pots and pans or freezer, cut two potatoes and sprinkle some common table salt on it and place in the container for a couple of hours. Then wash thoroughly.
6.) Wash items with baking soda solution. 1-2 tablespoons of baking soda to 1 quart of water. Keep baking soda in the refrigerator or freezer where you normally store fish.
7.) For pots and pans try brewing some tea for 10-15 minutes. Discard and wash.
8.) For hands, etc. rubs hands with salt and then wash with a lemon scented soap or mild lemon detergent. Liberal use of nail brush at this time will also help.
9.) For clothes, give them a good soak in NappiSan or any other nappy/diaper soaker.
10.) For the fishing boat, body, clothes and children try “Simple Green”. Usually can be found at your local supermarket.
11.) “Simple Green” can also be carried along on your fishing trip to clean the smell and residue of insect repellent and sunscreen from your flies or leaders.
12.) This one might take a while but is recommended as having worked. If you have had an ice chest leak in the car try covering with newspaper. This can also be used for the freezer problem. It takes a while for the newspaper to absorb the odor but it seems to do so.
13.) While cooking to reduce the fish smell in the area try heating a little bit of olive oil in a pan and adding cinnamon to it. The fish smell will give way to the sweet cinnamon smell.
14.) If you want to get rid of the fish smell before you cook it, soak the raw fish in a little bit of vinegar and a lot of water. Is should not affect the flavor in any way.
15.) For the microwave try soaking a wet dish towel with a squirt of dish detergent on it and then place it in the center of the microwave and run the microwave on high for a few minutes. The scented stem will clean it. Then let air for a few minutes.
Then there are also some commercial solutions. Here are a few you might want to try:
1.) Zielonka Smell Buster – made in Germany out of special high-grade stainless steel. The Smell Buster is supposed to neutralize odors as soon as it comes into contact with air and water, leaving it fresh and clean. Try an internet search to find it.
2.) Several companies manufacture a liquid concentrate which sells for about $3.00 for 1/4 to 1/2 ounce. A couple drops are put on a piece of cotton and placed in the area to absorb odors, in the cabinet or in a room.
A couple of brand names are: “Odor-Away” by Wrap-on Co., available at hardware and hospital supply stores and “Clean-Air” found at some appliance repair shops.
Hospital supply stores carry Dow Chemical Hospital Disinfectant and Deodorant Spray. Spray into cabinet and quickly shut the door.
Hope some of these solutions will work for you to get rid of the fish smell wherever it is a problem for you.
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There are specialty schools available that offer nothing but training for machinists on CNC machines; however, many times machinists can be trained through high school programs, trade schools, vocational schools or community colleges. CNC machinists can also be trained as an apprentice and through on the job training.
CNC machinist’s schools offer their students training on a variety of different CNC machines. Not only will the students learn about different machines and how to operate them, the basics of CNC machines will be taught.
To completely understand how the CNC machines work, one must understand the type of technology that they are designed upon. The machines work on different axes and these axes is what allows them to be as precise and intricate as some of the CNC machines can be. Some machines can perform to an accuracy level of 20 millionths and students must understand how this is possible.
The robotic technology can be difficult to learn and not all people can understand this type of technology and the theory behind it. It is necessary that the educated machinists come from an educational background that is strong, even in the high school level. Mathematics is a strong part of the theory that is associated with the CNC machines. Subjects like geometry and decimals are very important with this technology.
Students will also learn how the software programs work in relation to the CNC machines themselves. The computer software program is what tells the machine what to do and if it is written wrong, the final product will not be what is desired. One must understand the language of the code that the program should be written in, how to write the code to tell the different axes what to do and so on. Student’s will be explained this process because as an operator, they may be required to fix “glitches” in the code and get the machine back up and running like it should.
Students will also learn how to service the machines. Proper maintenance is a definite required aspect with the CNC machines. Failure to maintain these machines properly will affect their precision and accuracy levels. New machines will usually come with service contracts; however, daily maintenance and upkeep will still be required.
There is so much to learn about these machines. There is such a variety of the CNC machines that learning how to run each and every one may be impossible; however, the basics are the same with every one of them. Students will learn the basics to help get them started in the industry. Most of the time, one will start out as an entry level operator and through time and experience, they will gradually work their way up to the more experienced operator levels and with this comes more responsibility.
To find a CNC machinist school, perform a search on the internet or contact your local college and the guidance counselors will probably be able to help you locate the one that is right for you.
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History of the curling iron. Is there such a thing or is the curling iron just a modern invention? Each generation is the same. We think we have invented something new when perhaps all we have done is to modify “old inventions” by applying modern technology. Let us begin to investigate the history of the curling iron or, as it is also known, the curling tong.
Let us begin with the definition of a curling iron. It is a tool, a cylindrical metal appliance, used to change the structure of the hair by applying heat to a lock of hair that has been curled around it. It is natural to think with a modern mind and assume that the heat is generated by electricity. However, the curling iron goes way back before the introduction of electricity.
We only have to look at carvings from the ancient world to see that people cared about the style of their hair and that a popular style involved creating curls. Babylonian and Assyrian men dyed their hair and square beards black and crimped and curled them with curling irons. Persian nobles also curled their hair and beards, quite often staining them.
Egyptian nobles, men and women, cropped their hair close but later, for coolness and cleanliness in their hot climate, shaved their heads. On ceremonial occasions, for protection from the sun, they wore wigs. The wigs would be short and curly or long and full of curls or braids. The Science Museum has an example of curling tongs used by rich Egyptians to prepare their wigs.
In classical Greece it is known that the upper classes used curling irons.
Through time there have been many methods devised to curl hair and to keep the curl in place. For example, in 1906 Charles L. Nessler, a German hairdresser working in London, applied a borax paste and curled hair with an iron to produce the first permanent waves. This costly process took twelve hours. Eight years later, Eugene Sutter adapted the method by creating a dryer containing twenty heaters to do the job of waving more efficiently. Sutter was followed by Gaston Boudou, who modified Sutter’s dryer and invented an automatic roller. By 1920, Rambaud, a Paris beautician, had perfected a system of curling and drying permed hair for softer, looser curls by using an electric hot-air dryer, an innovation of the period made by the Racine Universal Motor Company of Racine, Wisconsin. A significant breakthrough came in 1945, when French chemist Eugene Schueller of L’Oréal laboratories combined the action of thioglycolic acid with hydrogen peroxide to produce the first cold permanent wave, which was cheaper and faster than the earlier hot processes. To control the amount of curl, varying diameter of rods were used for rolling. Technology to hold hair in place was advanced in 1960 when L’Oréal laboratories introduced a polymer hair spray to serve as an invisible net.
The curling iron has remained a favoured tool in spite of all the chemical inventions. We have moved on from the metal rods heated by insertion into hot coals or heating on gas or electric stoves. With no control of the heat of the iron there must have been many cases of singed hair, not to mention burnt fingers and scalps! Modern day styles demand more control and flexibility of hair style with hair looking loose rather than “glued into place”. Electrically heated and electronically controlled irons and tongs are now available. The barrels come in varying sizes enabling a tight curl or loose falling curl finish. Some have a smooth easy-glide ceramic barrel to create a super smooth finish and you can also purchase drop curl hair tongs with a cone shaped tong to create loose, tumbling waves and tousled curls. The fluctuation in hair styles from curly to straight and back again means manufacturers will continue to dream up new innovations to attract both professional hair stylists and the consumer.
So who “invented” the curling iron? Inevitably you find many references to “invented” and “patented by” or “introduced by”. The original inventor is lost in the mists of time but examples of the previous sentence are:
In1866, Hiram Maxim, who designed the machine gun bearing his name, applied for and obtained the first of many patents at age 26 for a hair-curling iron.
Four years later in 1890 two Frenchmen, Maurice Lentheric and Marcel Grateau, used hot-air drying and heated curling tongs to make deep, long-lasting Marcel waves.
The Straightening comb however, is actually credited as first being invented by the late 19th century French hairdresser, Marcel Grateau, who also, invented the curling iron, the permanent wave and later the Gillette safety razor which became popular in Germany after World War I.
In related developments, Rene Lelievre and Roger Lemoine invented an electric curling iron in 1959.
The pressing/curling iron was patented by Theora Stephens on October 21, 1980.
In August 1987 the Wahl Clipper Corporation introduced to the professional market the ZeeCurl. This flat-barrel curling iron gave stylists a tool to create new hairstyles with Z-shaped curls, adding texture and body to all types of hair. In 1988, FrenZee, the consumer version, was added.
There is little doubt that fashion will demand and dictate new innovations to ensure continuation of the history of the curling iron.
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Electric toothbrush, made by Braun.
An electric toothbrush is a toothbrush that uses electric power to move the brush head, normally in an oscillating pattern, though electric toothbrushes are sometimes called ‘rotary’ toothbrushes.
History
Dr. Scott’s ‘electric’ toothbrush
In the late 1800s in the USA, a man named Dr. George A. Scott claimed to invent an “electric” toothbrush. However, unlike actual electronically-powered bristle brushes, Dr. Scott’s brush did not move on its own, and was not actually electrical at all. Like Dr. Scott’s other “electric brush” products, the device merely contained a magnet in the handle. The magnetic field was claimed to provide health benefits.
Evolution of the modern toothbrush
The first successful electric toothbrush, the Broxodent, was conceived in Switzerland in 1954 by Dr. Philippe-Guy Woog. Woog’s electric toothbrushes were originally manufactured in Switzerland (later in France) for Broxo S.A. The first clinical study showing its superiority over manual brushing was published by Pr. Arthur Jean Held in Geneva in 1956. Electric toothbrushes were initially created for patients with limited motor skills, as well as orthodontic patients (such as those with braces). Claims have been made that these are more effective than manual toothbrushes, as it leaves less room for patients to brush incorrectly.
The Broxo Electric Toothbrush was introduced in the USA by E. R. Squibb and Sons Pharmaceuticals at the centennial of the American Dental Association in 1959. After introduction, it was marketed in the USA by Squibb under the names Broxo-Dent? or Broxodent?. In the 1980’s, Squibb transferred distribution of the Broxodent line to the Somerset Labs division of Bristol Myers/Squibb.
While the Broxodent may have been the first electric toothbrush and a superior product, the electric toothbrush that caught the public’s attention in USA was the General Electric Automatic Toothbrush introduced in the early 1960’s. Similar to the Broxodent in function, it differed in one major aspect: the cordless hand piece relied on rechargeable NiCad batteries for power, while the Broxodent hand piece was designed to plug into a standard wall outlet and run on AC line voltage. Broxodent USA models were designed for 110v 60hz AC power; other models were available for European power standards.
This difference in power source was significant for several reasons. In the case of the GE unit, the hand piece was portable but it was also rather bulky – about the size of a two D-cell flashlight handle. NiCad batteries of this period left much to be desired: they suffered from memory and lazy battery effects. The GE Automatic Toothbrush came with a charging stand which held the hand piece upright – most units spent their life sitting in the charger which is not the best way to get maximum service life from a NiCad battery. Early NiCad batteries did not hold much power (not as much power as a comparable alkaline batteries, for example) and it was not uncommon for the GE Automatic toothbrush to run out of power before tooth brushing was complete – particularly if several members of the family used the same hand piece within a short time space. Finally, early NiCad batteries tended to have a short lifespan. The batteries were sealed inside the GE hand piece and the whole unit was frequently discarded when the batteries failed. The GE Automatic Toothbrush was less expensive than the Broxodent which may have contributed to its disposable characteristic. Despite the shortcomings of the GE Automatic Toothbrush, the public was hooked on electric toothbrushing.
In contrast, the Broxodent hand piece was slim and remarkably compact – even by today’s standards. Since it was powered by AC line voltage, it never grew tired or slowed down, although it could grow warm after extended use. Early Broxodent models came with a straight power cord – later units with a coiled cord. All Broxodent cords had a small molded strain relief where the cord entered the hand piece, but this was still the likely place for a cord to fail. Since the Broxodent hand pieces were sealed, a cord failure was not repairable and the expensive hand piece had to be discarded. That said, it was not unusual for a Broxodent hand piece to last for 20 years or longer and failures were rare.
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