Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners?

RE: Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners? Post By Pursuer (Guest Post) (01/24/2008) I was looking this subject up merely to find some recipes, but I have been to this site frequently and love it, so I thought that I would share that I have refilled the Glade Plug-In (with night light) myself, safely. No fires. No bad or odd smells. Just pure essential oil (8 drops total) and the rest filled with extra virgin olive oil. It smells fantastic. I was even able to pop of the white top with a butter knife, though I would be careful to that end. It is easy to crack the top, rendering it useless. :) How to Refill Your Plug-in Air Freshener Refills Post By scentrefill (Guest Post) (12/26/2007) You can easily reuse any kind of refills that previously had scented oil in it. Use only essential oils (purchased from aromatherapy shops) and avoid preparing your own scents unless you know and tested the composition (not recommended). Essential oils contain highly volatile compounds (1) and are used in aromatheraphy in various ways, including electric heat diffusers (2). Regarding the fragrancers, they are safe from fire unless they are held in proper postion (3). It diffuses effective when not using essential oils that appear too thick. From my experience, I can tell you that I reused tens of refills succesfully, and they smelled just like new. Depending of what brand and type of electric fragrancer you have, I can teach you something: - for Ambi Pur scented oil (and 3volution), simply remove the white plastic lid that connects to the bottle. With it, you will also remove the fragrance filter. Use a clean syringe or put essential oil directly from source into the bottle. Put the lid back. - for Glade scented oil (Wisp and others), there is a little problem, but we'll pass it. Glade have assured their refills with an additional membrane covering. We'll need to heat the thin needle point of a syringe with a lighter until it gets red. Quickly pierce the additional membrane in the deeper part until your needle reaches the interior of the bottle (it must be somehow parallel to the fragrance filter). Load some essential oil into your syringe, and using the previously made hole, fill the bottle. That's it. Never use any electric fragrancer with refills held upside down (available for all refills). - for any other brand of refills, associate it with the two described above. (1) and other compounds: http://www.nature-helps.com/infopage/engels/component.htm (2) http://www.aromaweb.com/articles/diffu.asp (3) The electric diffuser is produced in such a way that the electrical outlet does not to have any contact with the oil vapors. The fragrance filter is heated with temperatures supportable to human touch. RE: Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners? Post by gvandellen (9) | (01/22/2007) Contact Buy them on sale or use a lamp ring. As a paramedic I or your locals do not want to take you to the nearest burn center because you "tried" something you plugged into an outlet. If you do make sure you check the 9V batteries in your smoke detectors. Request: Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners? Post by lewis_admin (1147) | (01/18/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact My wife asked if I could find a way to refill plug-in air fresheners (Wallflower brand). The packaging indicates that they contain essential oils but I'm unwilling to simply experiment with a potential fire hazard. Does anyone have a "recipe" for the contents of these air fresheners? Answers: RE: Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners? I don't know about the contents of those plug-in air fresheners but you might consider a terra cotta lamp ring instead. They are easy to refil (you just drip some essential oil on the terra cotta ring) and you can use any scent. They are pretty inexpensive (more than 1 plug-in but they never wear out) and you can get them at most hardware stores or home supply places. You can cut the sometimes pricey essential oils with canola or walnut oil to stretch them too. (07/28/2004) By Guest RE: Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners? I wonder if you could use those scented oils you buy in the craft section of Walmart? Or the potpourri gel that is intended for heat? (07/30/2004) By Tawnda RE: Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners? You should (b)first(/b) test to see if the essential oil you want to use is flammable or not. The patchoulli oil I use as perfume isn't. I've used drops on lightbulbs, in candles, in simmer pots, even tested directly with a lit match. Just buying new plug-in refills might be a lot cheaper in the long run though, but I don't know this for sure as I don't own any "plug-ins" so I don't know how much the refills cost. What I do know is that essential oils can be rather expensive. Depending on the fragrance, they range in price of (b)$4 to $8(/b) (sometimes more) per (b)half oz(/b). They would need to be used diluted since pure oils are much too strong to use alone. But even then it seems a bit pricey. (09/23/2004) By Baby Judy RE: Can You Refill Plug-in Air Fresheners? Guest Post. I just purchased a 2-count value pack of the Glade plug ins scented oil refill at Wal-Mart for $3.60 plus tax. That is about $1.00 to $1.49 cheaper than buying one at the local supermarket. (01/10/2006) By victoria