zombie smell factor

[yarri]

The issue with something like say... a bleach bomb, yes it would probably overwhelm the senses of the zombies but you'd also be tearing up the lungs of the person using it. I know that I personally can not inhale bleach fumes without them messing with my ability to breathe for hours after the fact.

Only if you delivered it up close. Wouldn't lobbing one from a distance eliminate that problem?

[wooly]

Nice idea. Quart of bleach in a glass jar, toss it like a grenade.

Still, usefulness would be limited to indoors as the vapor would disperse pretty quickly outside.

[Eviebae]

I know that I personally can not inhale bleach fumes without them messing with my ability to breathe for hours after the fact.

Good point! I once got a bit of a chemical burn in my eyes from tie dying some black tee shirts with bleach.

I guess they'd need gas masks or some such. I know that with mace, or pepper spray, if the wind is blowing towards you as you spray, you can end up dosing yourself. That would be. very. bad.

Anything that affects them will probably affect humans. So, what ever gets done, the humans have to do it safely. Makes me wonder with all the mutation going on, why none of them is getting cancer.

I say experimentation is in order. How could you experiment with the least amount of risk?

[Teethingbiscuit]

Bleach is going to be a bit of a commodity. Don't waste it or you'll be boiling everything. May anyway. Bleach evaporates so don't use it in HOT water, I think that may be part of your problem Mascaria, but I hear stories like swimmers' lung from breathing in chlorine at the pool.
I am a Water superintendent for the town I work for, so I know a bit about chlorine, not necessarily how to make it but use, dangers and applications.

I like the though of experimenting on them. Even something simple like a sweat bottle sprayer that squirts a passing zombie. Will he/she eat itself, or would others attack it?
Something to sink your Teeth into

[Eviebae]

I like the thought of experimenting on them. Even something simple like a sweat bottle sprayer that squirts a passing zombie. Will he/she eat itself, or would others attack it?
Something to sink your Teeth into

That's a really good idea! You could concentrate the spray. They can eat each other we've learned.

That's true about bleach. How long before bleach goes bad?

*I just realized the zombies must already be able to differentiate their smell from humans because they can pick them out even over their own smell. So, it might not work unless you really saturated them.

I was thinking about this. Ideally, you'd want to set it up remotely and use a video camera or maybe a really good rifle scope.

[Onslaught]

Nikvoodoo just gave me an idea! What if you use smoke, its strong and it could easily overpower their senses, low visibility, fills noses with the smell, and where theres smoke theres fire, it could be used as offensive and defensive.

[Wicked Sid]

Nikvoodoo just gave me an idea! What if you use smoke, its strong and it could easily overpower their senses, low visibility, fills noses with the smell, and where theres smoke theres fire, it could be used as offensive and defensive.

So you just transport smoke, ergo fire, everywhere? You're not always going to have time to light something on fire.

[Onslaught]

So you just transport smoke, ergo fire, everywhere? You're not always going to have time to light something on fire.

You're right... although, it could work if you were holding out somewhere say a convenience store with roof access.
Guess its not so much offensive as I thought...

[nikvoodoo]

Your best bet to make smoke work to your advantage would be to fabricate a smoke bomb of some kind. But unless you know what you're doing, it's going to take a very long time to figure out a recipe that works. And it might cost you a couple fingers while you're trying.

Not to mention smoke bombs in general are used as a visual barrier and cause confusion. In order to shield your smell, you'd probably have to combine it with tear gas or something similar to attack the zombies olfactory system.

[Eviebae]

But unless you know what you're doing, it's going to take a very long time to figure out a recipe that works. And it might cost you a couple fingers while you're trying.

Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't gotten any books together, or magazines. I mean, somebody in those apartments have to have a subscription to Martha Stewart's Living, right? Anywho, I didn't think of sulphur, That's what makes stink bombs smell so bad. I think it burns opaque. Heck, incense.

It's the defense vs: offense conundrum. I wish they'd explore this idea. If they got hold of a tear gas canister gun. If they just rigged something to go off while the zombies were attracted to an area far away. Would it make them seem less like heroes to have them go after the zombies in a big bad way?