Originally Posted by Wanabee Quiltin

I always use plain old charcoal, the kind for a BBQ. I had a basement flood once and everything smelled terrible afterward. We used about 3 big bags of charcoal sealed in the room for about 1 week and the odor came right out of the wood furniture. Put the fabric laying around the room and put the charcoal in there and seal up the room for a week or so, the odors should be gone.