I am not 100% sure, but I think the cabinet is made from cedar. I need to get rid of the smell, but don't want to damage the wood. It was made by my late father-in-law, but I can't use it for much because the smell is too much.
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In a lot of cases you can mix 1/2 vinegar with 1/2 water and start to wash the wood in the cabinet. When it is still a bit wet sprinkle some baking soda on this and rub it in really good. Allow this to sit to absorb the order in the cabinet. You can wipe out the remains of the baking soda with a clean cloth.
First give it a good cleaning with mild soap and water. Wipe down with vinegar or sit a bowl of vinegar in each section for 1 to 2 days to absorb smell!
It would help to know what sort of smell it was. Do you think a living creature died in there and smelled it up? Or was it maybe some bad quality varnish that was used that rotted?
Different sources of smells call for different solutions.
Years ago, we bought an antique wardrobe, and when we got it home, it reeked of tobacco. We think the previous owner used it as a humidor. We scrubbed the inside, but it still smelled. We'd planned to use it to hang my husband's shirts, but decided against it.
It has a door and beneath that section, there's a large drawer. We were about ready to sand down the inside and revarnish the whole thing, which would have been a hassle. Before doing that, I decided to do one last thing.
I dumped a large box of baking soda, half in the bottom of the upper section and half in the drawer. Then, I wadded up newspaper until both sections were full. I used masking tape to cover the door openings.
I'd intended to leave it for a week, but I sort of forgot about it, and I don't know how long I left it--maybe a month, maybe two. When I opened it, the smell was gone.
I recycled the newspaper and used the baking soda for cleaning, so nothing was wasted.
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