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most of these are just too small to wash so I have closed them up in a trash bag with a bar of Irish Spring. Hopefully that will do the trick!

You could try spraying Febreze on them... personally I don't care for the smell of Febreze much more than cigarette smoke, but at least it eventually goes away, unlike the smoke smell.

I guess you've got to weigh how much you want them compared to the amount of trouble it is to make them less stinky. Whatever you do, don't throw them in with the rest of your fabric--there is a lot of truth in the saying, "one bad apple spoils the bunch."

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Originally Posted by cabinqltr

I inherited 6 boxes of fabric last year, it smelled of smoke. I put it in plastic bags and a couple bars of safeguard soap
(tan color) in the bags and tied them shut for several days. Worked wonders, smells good, and dissipates thru time. It is sorted with my stash now, no odor. Works great. Ruth

I was going to say the same thing. Dial deodorant soap works too. It has to be a deodorant soap though.

I bought two bolts of a fusible at an auction that smelled really bad. I sealed them up in a big plastic bag with a couple of bars of Safeguard and in a couple of weeks the smell was gone.

This works really good for stuff you can't wash like magazines and books.