MUSTY ODOR in Featherweight case!!
#32
I have had my featherweight for just over a year. When it arrived, I immediately noticed a nasty, musty odor in the case. I have sprayed with vinegar water, washed with vinegar water, washed with ammonia, set it in sunshine for a day, sprayed with Lysol, but nothing has helped. Any ideas on how to get rid of it? Thanks so much.
Leave the machine out of the case for several weeks and place a bar of safeguard soap in box but open in the case and close it upl Do this after cleaning with a very weak sollution of clorox. This will kill any mildew spores on the surface of the case liner. One of the things that cause this problem are tiny pinpricks in the vinyl lining allowing the glues used to adhere the vinyl to become moist. So keep a couple of the little pouches that remove moisture (like those that come in shoe boxes) in the case always.
If these two things do not solve the problem the last will require you to wait until the weather gets hot, but I guarantee it will probably remove the "doggie" breath. Pack the case with newspaper, place it in the trunk of your car in the unmerciful heat of summer, and leave it there about a week, change the paper every couple of days until the odor is pretty much gone. I have even deodorized musty manuals by cutting sheets of newsprint and slipping between pages and placing in a paper bag, it once took me almost 6 months to completely deodorize the manual, and I think I changed the paper about 3 or 4 times, so hang in there, the newsprint and hot car work wonders. Oh btw the trunk may smell funky for a time after you do ths.
#33
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Upper Michigan
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I saw a post once that said turn machine over. The felt pad underneat was what was moldy as these machines are metal. Replace any pieces of felt or fabric. Don't know about case! Allergic to mold! Good luck
#34
I just experienced this. And mine was really, really bad. I put it outside in the sun for a week - no help. I washed it inside and out with mild soap and water. I sprayed fa-breeze. I put a coffee filter with 3 heaps of coffee in - nope. Finally, I got a bar of safeguard and an auto teardrop shaped deodorizer. It seems to be fine and I attribute it to the soap more than anything. It simply lives in there now. I have it just laying in the tray on top, but I think I'll make a thin little bag for it to just live there forever. When it gets yellow or whatever, I'll potato peel it and put it back. I have also been told it's from the glue. Mostly the interior paper glue. (Which I think is still the horse hide glue used inside also).
#37
Check my post #32, it will work if you put the machine in its case with newspapers in a hot car, if things are really bad, put the machine in a plastic garbage bag with lots of newspapers and close it up in trunk of your car for about a week. Just dont forget what is in the garbage bag.lol
#38
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Join Date: May 2010
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I have had my featherweight for just over a year. When it arrived, I immediately noticed a nasty, musty odor in the case. I have sprayed with vinegar water, washed with vinegar water, washed with ammonia, set it in sunshine for a day, sprayed with Lysol, but nothing has helped. Any ideas on how to get rid of it? Thanks so much.
#40
I put my case out in the sun for days on end htis past summer, also used Irish Spring soap sitting in the case when I brought it in. these 2 things did help.
I have read on this board probably that the smell is from old oil and grease dripping into the case liner throughout the years.
I have read on this board probably that the smell is from old oil and grease dripping into the case liner throughout the years.
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