THAT takes us back! Don't know about cotton, but getting mothball
smell out of wool can be truly daunting. Many years ago we found a
lovely dark grey European-military "army blanket" at the local
Surplus store, just the right size for a winter cloak here in the
Pacific NorthWET. Polish or German or something.
Anyway, it REEKED of mothball and we worked on it for weeks and
almost gave up. My lord remembers that we soaked it in the bathtub
(just water) for at least 3 days with multiple changes of water daily
(it would turn yellow!), before trying a wash, which was probably
Woolite, foot-trodden into in (and out again) in the tub.
There was also, he remembers an anti-animal-odor spray of some sort,
which was really hard to find back then (but we had 2 cats, one
incontinent!), and probably completely unavailable now. This was
long before Febreeze, which just adds one scent on top of another
odor anyway, doesn't really make anything go away.
Good luck!
Chimene & Gerek
I'd suggest sunlight with that air. Turn the garment inside out
first to avoid fading!
== Marjorie Wilser
=:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
Does anyone know how to get rid of the smell of moth balls out of
cotton fabric?
Hm... air, air and more air. There might be other techniques, but IMO
nothing beats a few hours/days of airing it out thoroughly...
You'll probably get the usual recommendations of Febreeze/alcohol
sprays as well.
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