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Cupboards Smell Musty

We bought a older home (1890) about a year and half ago. My problem is that my cupboards smell musty. I was wondering if their was anything I could put in them or hang in them to help with the smell. Thanks.

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Denise from Marion, NY

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Charcoal

Add a bag of charcoal. Open it up and it will absorb all odors.

By tinadunlap

Newspaper

Crumpled up black and white newspaper will do the same thing.

By ellen

Silica Packets

I have had a musty smell in my basement. My aunt told me to start saving all the little white packets that come in shoes and pocketbooks and put them in by base boards. It worked, no more smell. Maybe you could just put them in the back of the cabinet. Hope it works for you, too.

By Chris

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May 20, 20180 found this helpful

I'm not sure if this will work a miracle for you, but it worked for us. Five years ago we bought a cute 70+year old cottage that we discovered too late STUNK to high heaven. I remember mentioning it to the realtor but he just said something about it being closed up for a long time. To make a long story short after using every product we could find, I had almost a gallon of paint left over from painting the kitchen so I decided to use it on the inside of the old cabinets.

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Sure made them alot brighter, but also miraculously took care of the whole house musty/stinky smell. It's worth a try. They were raw pine painted cabinets that must have absorbed every smell ever in that cottage. Just sealed it in. Good Luck!

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