moth balls
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It can be hard to remove. My MIL used to sprinkle them all over her house until we could no longer visit because it hurt my chest. It took a good five years for the worst of it to dissipate. It was still a faint smell 10 years later when she sold the house.
#4
Baking soda sprinkled liberally in the storage container with the problem and left to sit for an extended period can help greatly.
I had a cell phone in a plastic case that took a nose dive into a portacan and was retrieved by the pump out guy the following week.
Just as an experiment I placed the case in a zip sandwich bag with a bunch of baking soda. Initially I didn't think it was doing any good, but came across the bag with the case and baking soda a few months later and there was no odor remaining.
So not a quick fix, but worth a try.
I had a cell phone in a plastic case that took a nose dive into a portacan and was retrieved by the pump out guy the following week.
Just as an experiment I placed the case in a zip sandwich bag with a bunch of baking soda. Initially I didn't think it was doing any good, but came across the bag with the case and baking soda a few months later and there was no odor remaining.
So not a quick fix, but worth a try.
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