You may wish to use charcoal briquettes or carbon filters and create diy air purifying bags to use around the home but an air purifying bag made with activated bamboo charcoal like the moso bag will be most effective.
Diy activated charcoal air filter.
Eventually the activated charcoal is filled up with added on carbon atoms and at that point the activated charcoal filter has to be replaced.
But if you want a diy water filter you can buy the activated charcoal and diy everything else.
I had everything but the activated carbon which you can purchase at pet stores already at my house.
Securing a dust free air intake through the pre filter it lets the air pass through the carbon layer.
Whichever option you choose make sure the charcoal has been purified of harmful toxins.
Outer mesh activated charcoal and inner mesh these are the components of the body.
Remedy for ingested poisons including overindulgence in alcohol.
Adsorb means that odorous carbon based material sticks to the activated charcoal in all of those tiny spaces between the carbon atoms.
The activated charcoal adsorbs odors from gases or liquids.
We wrote about diy charcoal water filters here or below is a great video showing how to use activated charcoal to make a high volume water filter using only a 2 liter soda bottle activated charcoal and a coffee filter.
You need to plan your filter to allow proper time for the ac to adsorb the contaminants the water has to be in contact with the carbon filter for longer than a second.