Removing Mothball Smell from Furniture

RE: Removing Mothball Smell from house Post By (Guest Post) (06/28/2008) How do I remove the smell of moth balls from a house the had 4 boxes of moth balls in it? Report Spam or Abuse Cedar chest with moth balls Post By Paul (Guest Post) (01/19/2008) I came across a cedar chest that is about 70 years old, and I am in the middle of refinishing it. My problem, it smells like moth balls. What can I do? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Mothball Smell from Furniture Post By Maricela (Guest Post) (06/07/2007) My mom put about 20 mothballs in each couch of ours so 40 in total. the smell is so bad.its on our clothes and made its way into our closets. family makes fun of us cause the mothball smell turned into a poop smell. we tried baking soda wit water and sprayed it. we tried febreeze and nothing. what can i do. Report Spam or Abuse Request: Removing Mothball Smell from Furniture Post by ThriftyFun (3736) | (06/10/2002) Profile | Blog! | Contact We purchased a wooden chest of drawers at a yard sale. The chest has a very strong smell of mothballs. How do you remove this smell from the chest of drawers? Answers: RE: Removing Mothball Smell from Chest 06/10/2002 This just might be worth a try. I know that a refrigerator that has been left closed with or without rotten food in it, can be washed out, then stuff with crumbled newspapers and the door shut. Do this repeatedly with "fresh" newspapers and it is said that the odor will be absorbed. Good luck! By janethounsell RE: Removing Mothball Smell from Chest 07/02/2002 Here are a few things you can try. Sprinkle baking soda let it sit in each drawer. Or what I do to make the house smell good is get vanilla extract and mix it with water try 4 ozs water and about a tablespoon of extract in a spray bottle. I spray it on a rag and rub it on the doors in our house or any wood work. Same thing with Downy fabric softener. Also try putting charcoal in the drawers. Maybe one or a combination will work. Good Luck By lrjk4 Fabreeze 08/04/2002 I bought two l00 year old quilts at a yard sale. They that had musty smell real bad. I sprayed both of them with Fabreeze (found at Wal-Mart or the grocery store in the cleaning section) and hung them over a chair to dry. The musty smell is gone. By longfarm Report Spam or Abuse