Roll up filters...

divine` · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:39

Are they designed to go an odd colour on puporse?

As a little experiment to myself when out the other night, I nabbed a filter off a mate and while half the people at the table lit up, I poked the filter in my mouth and breathed through it. This wasn't the easiest thing in the world but y'know

After about 5 minutes or so of breathing through it, it had gone a horrible nasty yellow/brown colour, now I know this is meant to happen but I was slightly concerned that it was discoloured so much just by 'passive' smoking.

So I was wondering if they perhaps are designed to change colour more than they really would to give the impression they are filtering crap out better?

...if you see what I mean.

Dr_Evil · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:44

It's the air going through it that discolours it...

i didn't know they could also be used by non-smokers, filtering 2nd hand smoke coming in from your surroundings!! ;-)

MasterMike · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:45

Good question.

iamdjdz · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:47

tht'll save a bomb, just go to smokey pubs wit a pack of filters

Kell_ee001 · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:47

MasterMike said:
Good question.

I agree. I think he should test this by doing the same thing outside away from anyone smoking.

jegz · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:48

Its the tar and nicotine in the air getting caught in the fibers of the filter.

divine` · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:52

jegz said:
Its the tar and nicotine in the air getting caught in the fibers of the filter.

I know this, i'm not stupid.

The question was whether perhaps anything was put in them to cause 'extra' discolouration to give the impression they are filtering more than they are because I really didn't think there would be THAT much crap just floating about in the air.

Sp00n · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:53

Were you in a room where people were smoking?

divine` · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:54

Sp00n said:
Were you in a room where people were smoking?

Myself said:
As a little experiment to myself when out the other night, I nabbed a filter off a mate and while half the people at the table lit up, I poked the filter in my mouth and breathed through it.

Was in a pub

Sp00n · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:55

Ah ok... well in that case then yes, thats how much crap is in the air when you are around smokers, aka passive smoking

Especially if it has poor air flow.

Kell_ee001 · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:55

divine_madness said:
The question was whether perhaps anything was put in them to cause 'extra' discolouration to give the impression they are filtering more than they are because I really didn't think there would be THAT much crap just floating about in the air.

Run my experiement

Seriously, I want to know how it comes out.

divine` · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:56

That's really quite horrible when I think about it.

I knew passive smoking was never going to do me any good but I honestly never expected there to be that much crap.

divine` · 1 Feb 2007 at 14:58

Kell_ee001 said:
Run my experiement Seriously, I want to know how it comes out.

What, breathing with a filter in a non smoky environment?

It stays white, i've done that before

Roalith · 1 Feb 2007 at 16:00

If it's filtering that much crap out of the air you might as well take up smoking at the pub anyway