# Striking a match? Or aerosol spray?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striking-a-match-or-aerosol-spray/337027>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striking-a-match-or-aerosol-spray/337027 "2005-12-23T23:27:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striking-a-match-or-aerosol-spray/337027/1 "2005-12-23T23:27:32Z")

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Which works better to defunkify a bathroom?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striking-a-match-or-aerosol-spray/337027/2 "2005-12-23T23:44:57Z")

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All either one does is mask the odor. Better to open a window, turn on a fan, and cut back on the pickled eggs and beer.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striking-a-match-or-aerosol-spray/337027/3 "2005-12-24T16:38:11Z")

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Don’t do both at the same time, or you might have to redecorate. :eek:

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striking-a-match-or-aerosol-spray/337027/4 "2005-12-24T16:43:18Z")

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[Recent Thread:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347655&highlight=match+bathroom)

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/striking-a-match-or-aerosol-spray/337027/5 "2005-12-24T17:29:55Z")

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I for one cannot stand the smell of air freshener and shit combined. Better to mask an unpleasant smell with a strong neutral one than an equally unpleasant smell from the other end of the spectrum of disgusting.