February 19th, 2010
Yet another 24 hours later
The smell isn’t out of the leather jacket. Yes quite sad, I think I need something stronger. My lace cardigan is coming along nicely and I think it will smell perfectly in a day or so. My next attempt will be locking the items in a room with a vinegar bath as suggested by FinnFlair. But I will have to do this when my roommates aren’t home as they will surely hate me for the smell.
Tried and Tested Solutions
I’ll leave you with some suggestions from various sites on how to get the funk out:
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About Vintage Clothing : leathers
Shop Well With You: A guide on washing different fabrics
Vodka! via Ehow: Thanks for the link Becca!
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Thanks for the tips and helpful links – I thought I was doomed to musty-ness forever.
I’ve decided to try the baking soda as well. I’m making a list of all the clothes I need to ‘deodorize’, I’ll let you know how it goes.
Great! I can’t wait to hear your results! Thanks!
Hello! I checked this blog as a reference because I recently bought a leather bag on eBay that arrived smelling like VERY strong “thrift store.” I tried the baking soda & orange peels, but to no avail
The smell was just so strong that I couldn’t even smell the leather on the bag anymore! Yuck!
Do you want to know what really helped? I put the bag on a hanger and hung it outside in the open air. Even in this cold weather, I put it outside during the day for 4 hours yesterday and 8 hours today. I think that did the trick! Maybe just a few more hours in sunlight if possible (I hear UV is good for getting smells out), but otherwise it is great! I smell leather
I just wanted to give a little helpful advice for the leather jacket! Good Luck
Sorry to comment again, but I DID see that you aired it out, but I didn’t know if you meant outside.
I’ve also heard good things about activated charcoal/carbon. You can buy it at any home improvement store.
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@Kells Thank-you so much for your suggestions! I’m going to try and air it out just like you did. Hopefully it would work! I was also disappointed with the orange peels, it turned out to be a zesty-mothball smell
If that doesn’t work I’ll try the activated charcoal/carbon
Thanks again and thanks for commenting!
I used to be so frustrated beacuse I couldn`t resolve this concern. Then I found your site in google and difficulty is solved. Thanks!