It smells old! Help me! Please?
I purchased a bag from an aquarium gift shop and I have a problem.
One of the items I purchased was a cotton tote bag. The problem – it came with a foul smell. A very sickening foul smell. My mother told me it must have been in a storage facility for years, for it to acquire such a smell. Its what she calls “an old clothes” smell.
Yes I know I should have been more careful when I purchased it. It was zipped up and I didn’t think to smell it. I didn’t notice until later that night. My partner and I had fly back home the following day so going back to return it was out of the question.
I love this bag. And I don’t want to trash it. I would like to rid it of the foul smell. PLEASE HELP!
The bag is black and grey. It doesn’t say anything about how to wash it. Its like those tote bags that they sell at museums. Canvas tote…I think?
I’ve washed twice!
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Febreeze it. put it on light rinse cycle. itll be fine. (i am not held responsible if your bag is ruined in the process)
soak it in either vinigar,or bleach and water for a few days,good luck,pam
Have you washed it?
Fabreeze (sp?) will probably help a lot. If that doesn;t work I suggest Lysol deoderizer spray. They’re pretty strong and usually take out bad smells.
If these don’t work and you have nice weather where you live, leave the bag outside nice and open in a place where it will catch some wind and mother nature may just take care of it herself!
Here are some safe options:
#1: Try washing it gently by hand with Zero or Woolite.
Rinse at least 3 times and in the last rinse, put some
fabric softener with Fabreze in the water.
#2: Spray with Fabreeze.
#3: If you’re nervous that washing it may ruin it, put a
couple of teaspoons of fabric softener in an open
container. Then put it into a sealed plastic container
with the purse and leave for 24 hours.
I am quite certain that any one of the above will be of help.
Now that you have washed it, hang it outside to dry. When the bag is dry, open a small box of baking soda and set the baking soda in the bag for a few days. Leave the baking soda in the box and just set it in there with the top off, or use a plastic container and pour some of the baking soda in it and place the container in the bag. Don’t dump the baking soda into the bag or you will have a mess getting it out.
Try washing it with eucalyptus oil, one cap full in a bucket of warm water should be enough. Leave it overnight then hang it out to dry in the sun if possible, if not in a well ventilated area.
Good luck