How to degrade pheromones quickly..any experts?

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Anyone have any good suggestions on how to degrade pheromones or enhance its breakdown? I seem to have a lot of phero build-up on my clothes, sheets and pillows. Several washings have not significantly helped because I can still smell it. Any suggestions, chemicals or other methods?

[Watcher]

Use a bacterial breakdown agent its found in many washing detergents they can stay in fabrics for a few days, so maybe stop using for a few days ??.
If on youre body the quickest way is a anti bacterial soap and wash.

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Yes, I have stopped for several months but I think the pheros have seeped into my mattress because I can always smell it there and on me in the morning.

I always thought that bacteria helped with the breakdown. Wouldn\'t using anti-bacterial detergent counteract this breakdown?

[BassMan]

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Yes, I have stopped for several months but I think the pheros have seeped into my mattress because I can always smell it there and on me in the morning.

I always thought that bacteria helped with the breakdown. Wouldn\'t using anti-bacterial detergent counteract this breakdown?

<hr></blockquote>Once it\'s in your mattress, it\'s going to be there for a while, I suspect. Somebody was writing about pants stored in the closet for months and the pheros were still there.

Can you turn your mattess over and sleep on the other side for a (long) while?

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\"several months \"

Could it be your own natural phero you\'r smelling ?

[upsidedown]

I wonder if having the matress professionally steam cleaned would do the trick? Or, if you can even steam clean a matress like you do the carpet and futniture? I\'m assuming you could.

[MAJORSOB]

Try spraying the bed with frebreeze..this stuff works wonders for getting odors out of fabric..it should work

[Oceanborn]

just put your matress in the sun for a few hours.

\"Sanest choice in the insane world:
Beware the beast but enjoy the feast he offers\"

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I really like that quote, Oceanborn. Where is it from?

[Walter_Mitty]

UV light is probably the best (aka sun light.) If it is possible peroxide or bleach (oxidizers) will also destroy them very quickly. I supposed that Ozone (O3, very reactive) might work too, but the Sun is the cheapest/easiest to pound those chems out of existance. Good luck.

PS, if you procure a UV lamp of some kind, wear eye protection, no need to burn your retna. I can tell you that it really does hurt, a lot.

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What do dry cleaners use? I recently got my winter coat out, and after leaving it at the dry cleaners and then storing it (partly covered) in plastic in a wardroe for several months, it still had a pretty heavy smell to it due to some experimenting last winter.

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Thanks for all of your suggestions! Wish me luck : )