What is ONR supposed to smell like?

dogma said:
The bottle I just got from Autogeek smells like a bad perm. But it's still works great.
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How recently did you get it? I don't know what exactly a bad perm is supposed to smell like :grinno:, but mine arrived at my doorsteps two days ago (also from Autogeek), and it smells NICE!
 
MDRX8 said:
I have a old bottle haven't smelled it but the color changed and looks light brown in color. Others on the board have said this issue has been addressed and new bottles should be the blue color.
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I thought a brown color meant that the product is old. It is made blue but can turn brown when it gets old? The first bottle I bought was brown, every time I got it since it's been blue.



When I mix up QD it's light blue in color but changes to clear in a day or two.
 
Looks like the only way to put this to bed is to have a national meet and everyone bring their own personal bottles of ONR (both blue and brown in color). We'll have ourselves a good old fashioned smell-off. :)
 
I am running low on the original version and it did turn colors on me. if anybody has and extra of the newer version shoot me a PM please. I have some stuff for trade in the trading post along with some other stuff. I need to experience this ONR huffing for myself :chuckle:
 
Holy thread revival, Batman!



I just received my first ONR in gallon size, from ADS. It's October, 2009, mind you!

Took a whiff, and mine is blue and smells like "tamed down ammonia" mixed with Pine Sol. The scent is strangely offensive, actually.



Anyway, I hope I would have received the "new 7UP scented" ONR, but we'll see how this apparently-old version performs...

I have to admit that I'm a sucker for a pleasant-smelling car care chemical. If car appearance care is my hobby (or even my job!), the supplies with which I work better not be offensive to the nose. There's nothing pleasant about a hobby that makes you nauseous! Anyway...can't wait to begin my transition to less-water techniques :spit:.
 
MichaelSpoots said:
Holy thread revival, Batman!



I just received my first ONR in gallon size, from ADS. It's October, 2009, mind you!

Took a whiff, and mine is blue and smells like "tamed down ammonia" mixed with Pine Sol. The scent is strangely offensive, actually.



Anyway, I hope I would have received the "new 7UP scented" ONR, but we'll see how this apparently-old version performs...

I have to admit that I'm a sucker for a pleasant-smelling car care chemical. If car appearance care is my hobby (or even my job!), the supplies with which I work better not be offensive to the nose. There's nothing pleasant about a hobby that makes you nauseous! Anyway...can't wait to begin my transition to less-water techniques :spit:.
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The old scent-less stuff is long, long gone from vendor's shelves. For over a couple years now. So there's no doubt you got the scented ONR. And I agree with you about the smell. I really wish Dr.G would offer the original unscented version again. When used as an interior cleaner, it leaves a subtle, "new car smell" behind. Much preferred the original version.
 
Yeah, I think I'd prefer scentless or 7UP over the ammoniaPineSol version that I have now. So...is the 7UP version the old version?



Or was there once a scentless and a 7UP...and now the a.p.s. (3 different scents)?
 
No, just two different scents, with two different people describing them. One said 7up, the other the amonia/pinesol.



The original just smelled like plastic polymer. Not a heavy scent, but a bit on the chemicall-y side, and as mentioned it made the inside of the car have the "new car smell". I guess enough people complained to Dr.G about it that he added the scent that it has had from that day on. To me, it has kind of a flowery smell. Yuck.
 
I have never noticed an ammonia smell. But the smell is sharp, yet pleasant and is a bit pinesol-ish. Though Inever would have thought that until I read it and connected it
 
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