Originally Posted by DeniseB
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Seal them in a plastic bag with a bar of deodorant soap for a couple of weeks. You need either Dial or Safeguard deodorant soap. This also works for books.
I bought a couple of bolts of a fusible interfacing from an auction that smelled of cigarette smoke and the deodorant soap took the smell out.
Scissor Queen, that is good to know, I bought a used book, couldn't find a new one, and when I got it smelt like musty meldew but it was in purfect condition other than the smell.
I will try the soap.
Thanks
One of my girlfriends smokes. She builds miniature doll houses and I've deodorized two of them so far. I put a bar of soap in each room and then tented them with a giant plastic bag for a month and the smell went away. The nice part is the soap doesn't add an odor of its own to stuff and you can use it for things you can't get wet. It probably took longer to do the doll houses because they're wood.
It may take a while but it does work.