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Copper Ions (1) Copper Scrubbers

2024年9月2日 12:05

While looking at Twitter (I have no intention of calling it X for now), I found a tweet saying that copper scrubbers are good.
Apparently, the power of copper removes dirt, eliminates odors, is economical, and is full of benefits.
It seems to have been a hot topic in some circles for a while now.

I thought, wouldn't a ten-yen coin work if it's copper? But a ten-yen coin isn't pure copper. It seems to contain bronze, which is 95% copper, 3-4% zinc, and 1-2% tin. It seems useful for removing odors from shoes, but maybe it's not great for things like washing clothes?

So I wanted something made of pure copper. I thought, maybe the scrubber I mentioned earlier is the way to go, so I went out to look for one.

However, you hardly ever see copper scrubbers these days. I saw silver metal scrubbers at the home improvement store, but no copper ones. I heard they are sometimes sold at places like Seria or other 100-yen shops, though.
They were sold on Amazon, so I decided to click 'buy'.

After waiting two days, it arrived at my house, so I opened it up.

It costs a little under 150 yen per piece. If you can find them at a 100-yen shop, it looks like you can buy them for 100 yen each.

Speaking of places in the house that have odors, the refrigerator comes to mind. Using activated carbon helps a little, but...

The deodorizers commonly sold in stores. The effect is so-so. If you put something with a strong smell inside, it reduces it, but it doesn't reach the level of eliminating it.

↓ It seems there are things like this too, but they aren't cheap, so I rejected that idea.

Our refrigerator is about 500 liters in size, and I placed it on the top shelf of the refrigerator compartment.

Inside the refrigerator, there are plenty of smells leaking out from the gaps in the lids of miso, pickling liquid, seasonings, and so on.

After about 3 hours, I checked on it... it was surprisingly odorless. I'm an average person, not a perfumer, so my nose isn't particularly good, but even I could tell. Where did that stink go? That musty smell, that soul-crushing smell—it was there, wasn't it? Huh? Why? Is this really the power of a copper scrubber??

Furthermore, I'll conduct another verification.
I want to try doing laundry without detergent. I'll put the copper scrubber in a laundry net and put it in the washing machine with the laundry.

I thought that if I was going to verify this, I would need laundry that was properly smelly, so I used laundry that had become very sweaty after my husband and daughter went out to play.
And then...

It's surprisingly odorless. Naturally, it doesn't have that typical detergent scent you get when using soap. It also doesn't have the smell of tap water that you get when washing with just water. I don't know what it is, so I can't really describe it, but it was just incredibly fresh. There's no metallic smell either. Only a faint, fresh scent, the source of which I can't identify, was drifting in the air. Moreover, there's no sign of any dirt or residue left behind. Both the odors and the dirt have vanished.

Wait, are you kidding me? My husband's age-related body odor and greasy male scent are off the charts. He always smells when he comes home, and the smell lingers wherever he walks. It's not so much a chemical smell like from someone who got vaccinated, but more like a beastly stench that's always scattered everywhere, which drives me crazy.
The smell often transfers to my laundry and my daughter's, and I've gone through so much trouble to try and prevent that even a little bit. But now, it's gone. Copper is amazing.

Apparently, the 'copper ions' that are generated when it reacts with moisture provide a deodorizing effect.
This is wonderful.

But wait, isn't this different from its intended use? It's a scrubber, so it's meant for scrubbing away dirt, right? I suddenly wondered that, so I tried scrubbing the kitchen sink with it.
To my surprise, it became incredibly clean as well. Without using any detergent, the sticky, slimy mess became smooth and shiny in an instant. I see, so we didn't need detergents in this world after all...!

It seems like it would be better to outfit the kitchen area with these kinds of copper goods to avoid using unnecessary detergent.

Copper is said to have antibacterial properties even against the terrifying coronavirus, which is so scary that it's 'indistinguishable from a cold' 🤣🤣🤣

It seems like it's time to replace the copper scrubber when it starts to darken, but from my experience, it seems like it will last a long time. With this, I can reduce the amount of dish soap and laundry detergent I buy. It's easier to use than baking soda, too. Give the copper scrubber a try.