There are still smell removers out there. Check at a pet store. The one I have is "Odo-Shield" and I seem to remember that it works, but friends of mine swear by some other stuff, used for removing skunk smell. (sorry, don't know the name)
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patricia Dunham Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:51 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Remove Moth Ball Smell 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. > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
