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263890 William Ghio <bghio@m...> 2017‑11‑13 Re: Ozone and musty antique furniture
> On Nov 12, 2017, at 5:50 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 
> On 2017-11-12 12:40 PM, Michael Parrish wrote:
>> I have a few antique wooden furniture items, including a 80-100 year old
thread cabinet that I inherited from my dear grandmother.  They've unfortunately
been living in my garage for the last year because I have a musty odor that I
can't seem to get rid of. Strictly
> 
> Not sure this will work, but it would be cheap and easy to try. Remove the
cabinet from the garage. Fill the cabinet drawers with dry, loosely crumpled
clean newspaper. Give it some time, then replace the newspaper. If this brings
little joy, build a plastic tent around the cabinet, and put saucers of baking
soda in the drawers and under the cabinet. Maximize the surface area of the
baking soda exposed to the air. Replace baking soda after a week or so. If that
doesn't do it, try to get your hands on some activated carbon, and use it the
same way as the baking soda.
> 
> IF that fails too, you might consider resorting to the expensive option
> 
> http://conservationresources.com/Main/section_15/section15_09.htm
> 

I had such an issue and was recommended to flush w/ vinegar and then trays of
ground coffee. Took a while and another pound of coffee, but it worked.

Bill

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