Musty Smell
11-06-2015, 06:14 AM
#11
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Good non-scented clay cat litter. It absorbs odors very well. Unlike baking soda, you can stick it somewhere warm and dry it out and reuse it. Let fabric sit until you don't smell it anymore, then finish up with a good airing outside.
It's good for grease and other spills, too.
It's good for grease and other spills, too.
11-06-2015, 08:41 AM
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I had a piece quilted a while back and it picked up terrible odors from the house. I put it in a tub with several (4 I think ) bars of DIAL soap. Left it for a few weeks and the odor was gone......worth a try.....Be sure to use a very aromatic soap.
11-06-2015, 09:03 AM
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I was going to suggest the baking soda process, too. It's a great absorption product. After doing as Tartan suggests, you might also tumble it in the dryer, very low heat, gently, for a few minutes. Sometimes heat does wonders.
11-06-2015, 09:48 AM
#16
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Originally Posted by Tartan
Musty smell is hard to remove. If it was mine, I would get an old white sheet bigger then the top and lay it out on my clean garage cement floor. I would lay the quilt top face down on the sheet. I would sprinkle a couple of boxes of baking soda over the back of the quilt top and let it sit most of the day. I would then take the quilt top out in the yard and give it a shake to remove the baking soda and give it the sniff test.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS FIRST BECAUSE OLD QUILT TOPS CAN SOMETIMES BLEED WHEN YOU ADD WATER.
If still musty I might take the quilt top into the house and place it on the sheet in the bath tub, add more baking soda or retro clean and let it soak for a while. I would then let the water drain out of the tub, add more water to rinse and let the water drain out again. I would then use the sheet to roll up the quilt top and remove it from the tub. I would press out as much water as possible and line dry with the sheet to support it.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS FIRST BECAUSE OLD QUILT TOPS CAN SOMETIMES BLEED WHEN YOU ADD WATER.
If still musty I might take the quilt top into the house and place it on the sheet in the bath tub, add more baking soda or retro clean and let it soak for a while. I would then let the water drain out of the tub, add more water to rinse and let the water drain out again. I would then use the sheet to roll up the quilt top and remove it from the tub. I would press out as much water as possible and line dry with the sheet to support it.
11-06-2015, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
You could try hanging it outside to air out for a while. That sometimes works wonders.
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