How nice it is to get into a car whose interior, instead of the pungent smell of smoke, smells like citrus or your favorite perfume fragrance. But not all air fresheners offered in stores do their job. Many of them "do not survive" until the end of the week. To get a truly effective and inexpensive flavor, you need to do it yourself.
What are car air fresheners
All car air fresheners are divided into two large groups:
What is the difference between them? The former neutralize
odors in the vehicle interior, while the latter fill it with a pleasant aroma.
Types of Fillers in Fresheners
Depending on the filling, air fresheners in the car are of several types.
- Cardboard flavors are the cheapest on the market. Such an air freshener in a car looks like a piece of cardboard soaked with a special substance, cut out in the shape of some kind of figure, more often a Christmas tree. The useful life of such a flavor is 2 weeks.
- Liquid fresheners look like small perfumes poured into a glass or plastic container. It has small openings on the lid through which the aromatic liquid evaporates outward, filling the car's interior with a pleasant smell. Such fresheners are attached to the ventilation grill in the car.
- Solid flavors are by far the most expensive and less sought after. Outwardly, they look like small briquettes or plastic boxes filled with granules. The service life of such a flavor is 6 months or more.
- Helium fresheners are long-lasting, emit aroma more intensively in comparison with liquid fragrances. But they have one serious drawback: at low temperatures, the gel freezes, and also freezes and deteriorates.
- Natural flavors are made in the form of bags filled with herbs, coffee beans or other natural ingredients. Another form of such fresheners is wooden figures impregnated with a special composition.
Good car air freshener: reviews
Despite the wide range of flavors in stores, finding a decent one will not be easy. Other motorists will tell you how to choose an air freshener in the car, which one is better to buy. Most of them use helium flavors, because the smell in them evaporates more intensively than in others, and besides, they last for a long time.
Other car enthusiasts prefer natural fresheners, inside which are coffee grains or other natural materials. Their main advantage is that they emit a natural aroma, rather than smelling like "chemistry."
These two types of fillers are most often used by car owners in their cars.
Car Fragrance Tips
Sometimes after buying another air freshener for a car, it turns out that it does not smell at all, or not as intense as indicated on the package. What can be recommended in this case? First of all, the fragrance needs to be printed out without leaving the cash desk, so that in the absence of smell, issue a waiver of the goods. So you can avoid buying a "pig in a poke."
Which freshener to choose from the range offered by the store depends on personal preferences and financial capabilities. To date, the most inexpensive is a cardboard flavor. A good car air freshener will cost more. But he will last at least nine months.
How to make a car air freshener yourself
Of the simple products that are in every kitchen, you can make a good flavor for the car. For this you will need: a small jar with a lid (the container left over from the old flavoring is also suitable), essential oil, baking soda, foil and a toothpick.
The sequence for making the freshener is as follows:
1) Make holes in the lid of the jar. To do this, you can use a nail or knife. It all depends on whether the metal cover or plastic. If the jar is used from the old flavor, then you will not have to do anything at this stage, since it already has all the necessary holes.
2) Pour soda - about half a can. Smooth it so that it lies evenly.
3) On top of soda drip 25 drops of essential oil and pull on a jar of foil. Flatten by putting on the foil lid from the can.
4) In the foil, with the help of a toothpick, make holes through which the aroma will evaporate. Close the jar with a lid. Air freshener in the car is ready!
5) The old flavor should already have a special mount for the car. If the jar is new, then fix it in the machine using double-sided tape, which is glued to the bottom of the can.
Initially, the aroma can be very saturated, depending on the number of drops of essential oil and the intensity of the smell itself. After a while, it may seem that the freshener is no longer fulfilling its function. In this case, you need to open the jar and add a few drops of essential oil, that is, update the filler.
DIY helium flavor
Helium fragrances for a car are considered one of the most effective, but they are quite expensive, and the smell disappears after 30 days. Therefore, for those who want to save money, it is proposed to make an air freshener in the car with their own hands.
To make a helium flavor you will need: a bag of gelatin (10 g), glycerin, essential oil, a jar for filler, a container for mixing ingredients, water. Then everything is very simple.
Gelatin is soluble in water, according to the instructions on the bag. After it swells, you need to add a teaspoon of glycerin and 7 drops of any essential oil. Now all the ingredients need to be mixed and you can fill the prepared jar with the resulting mass. By the way, in this case, the capacity from the already used flavor is perfect.
Coffee machine freshener
Such a freshener is easy to make . You’ll have to make a minimum of time, and the result will be an excellent odor neutralizer and flavor - two in one. Especially like the new freshener for the coffee machine, because coffee beans will be used as a filler . Everyone knows that they perfectly absorb odor. Often, a jar of grains of the hostess is put in the refrigerator to neutralize the unpleasant aroma in it.
To make an air freshener in the car with your own hands, you will need a small bag with strings of size 5 x 7 centimeters and whole coffee beans. You can take any fabric for tailoring, but it is better if it is burlap, or a thin chintz is suitable. It is important not to forget to make the ties. By the way, you can hang a bag in the car on them. And then you need to pour coffee beans into it. Now it remains only to tighten the bag - and the air freshener is ready. It neutralizes unpleasant odors and gives the car's interior a light aroma of coffee.