Smoke smell in quilts- help please!
#11
Do you have lawn you can lay it out on? leave it on the grass ovrnight, don't pick it up until the dew dries off. Amazing how quickly the smells leave. Even if its cold out. Ditto for baking soda in the washer.
#13
Had a friend who made my son a surfing themed quilt when he was going off to college. When she sent it to me, I could smell the smoke even before I opened the box....onced opened WHEW!! I hung the quilt outside for several days in a row and all the smoke smell went away. I did not spray it with anything, but that sounds like a good idea to do also. Good luck.
#14
Originally Posted by Cyn
I know the best way to keep smoke smell out of your quilts is to Not Smoke but if it's in there already- How do you get it out for good? Do you have to wash them? hang them outside? Is there a better way besides avoiding the smoke altogehter? Does the stuff called febreeze work? Some should not be washed and it's getting pretty chilly to hang outside right now so any help would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks!
I got a lot of fabric from a smoker-------I've used this for fabric cuts, too.
#16
If you are worried that the action of the washing machine is too much, I will 'wash' them in the bathtub. My mom and I used to do this alot with the quilts/fabrics/linens that she picked up at auctions. We used Orvus and tepid water. We would submerse them in the water, swoosh them around gently by hand, drain the tub, gently squeeze, fill tub to rinse (sometimes they needed to be rinsed several times) and then lay in the yard on top of a clean sheet and a clean sheet on top of it. If it was especially old or delicate, we would suspend a tarp about afoot over the quilt to completely block out the sun. We have only had one not survive - that was a velvet and satin crazy quilt that the dealer had 'thrown in' to the batch that we had bought.
#17
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
Originally Posted by Cyn
I know the best way to keep smoke smell out of your quilts is to Not Smoke but if it's in there already- How do you get it out for good? Do you have to wash them? hang them outside? Is there a better way besides avoiding the smoke altogehter? Does the stuff called febreeze work? Some should not be washed and it's getting pretty chilly to hang outside right now so any help would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks!
I got a lot of fabric from a smoker-------I've used this for fabric cuts, too.
#19
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Here's what I do: take a large garbage bag and put a bag of kitty litter (the cheap, clay kind with nothing added) inside. Open up the kitty litter bag and then lay a piece of sheeting or something else you don't care about on top. Then lay your quilt, folded over the fabric. Be careful not to get any kitty litter dust on it. Close the bag tightly and let sit for a couple of weeks. You should find the clay absorbs the smell.
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Originally Posted by Jingleberry
I have no idea. I smoke but not in my house. I stopped that years ago.
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