No More Smell

[Carter Johnson]

I had four puzzles that I cut about ten years ago that had such a barfy smell that no one could put them together. I stuck them in the garage and periodically sniffed them for ten years, missing them each time because the pictures and the resulting puzzles were really good ones.

Then someone on one of the forums suggested putting a fabric softener (like Downy) sheet in with the puzzle and letting it sit. I put one in each plastic bag, on top of the puzzle pieces rather than mixed in, and forgot about it for a month. And when I opened it up the smell seemed to be gone. My wife will be putting it together soon, so that will be the real test, but it seems that the problem may have been solved, and by the simplest solution.

Have phun.....Carter

[utbva]

That sounds like a great solution. What caused the smell in the first place? Was it the kind of wood or something else? Another solution may be to put some baking soda in with the puzzles. I know that baking soda will absorb odors.

[workin for wood]

There is a product called odorxit. Now available in full basement size container or something like that, lol. Anyhow, it supposedly gets rid of any smell, even the smell of rotting dead bodies, uhhh... not that I know anything about that. Perhaps invented by the same guys that whacked Jimmy Hoffa?

[oops99]

Hey Carter,

Just to add something to your problem solver, I am a smoker, I don't smoke up in the house or around my wife and daughter, but I do smoke down in my shop, which just happens to be in the basement. I dump my ashtray into a closed trash bin that I have downstairs. When I open the trash bin to throw something away...WHEW!!! it stinks, somebody told me about the dryer sheet trick, and it works fantastic. It now has a pleasant smell when I open it.
Those things do work on odors.


Tom

[michaelK]

Hey Carter,

I'd go first with first the baking soda myself. The dryer sheets sound like a good idea too. Maybe a light misting with some "Fabreze" read the back panel on the bottle, they have severl ideas for this stuff.

[tomsteve]

lime dust works good

[Tor]

Watch out with the "fabreze" stuff and stinky things. I know quite a few people who cannot tolerate the stink the goop has.

Tor