How do you get rid of polyurethane smell?
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how do I get rid of smoky smell in book?
Comments (4)If it's regular paper and not coated and the book is not valuable, you can try fanning the pages and giving them a light spraying with Febreeze, then stand the book on its end with the pages fanned open to dry for several days. I did this with a couple of books and noticed a change to the better in about a week. The smell kept getting less and less noticeable over time, and was all but gone in a couple of months (by that time, I had to bury my nose in the book to smell the smoke). If the smell is really heavy, you may have to repeat the treatment....See MoreHow to get rid of 'old' wood smell?
Comments (21)I tried everything on the antique dresser that I bought on CL for my daughter's room. Charcoal, exposure on sunny days, newspaper, candles, dryer sheets, OdorRid products, bowls of baking soda, TSP, even scrubbing with a bleach/water mixture (it also had some water damage and mildew). It helped somewhat but didn't really get rid of the old wood smell. Painting the back and outside of the dresser and lining the drawers with contact paper helped somewhat. Using scented drawer liners also work well but now my DD's clothes smell like perfume and I'm sensitive to that so not the best solution. I'm definitely going to try sealing the inside with spray poly. If that works then I'll get rid of the scented drawer liners....See MoreHow Do I Get Rid Of Fishy Smell On Scissors
Comments (5)Lemon juice worked great. I tried it on my hands, too. Works great. Amazing how the simple everday items in our household that our ancestors used are the best. Lemon juice, vinegar, baking soda, etc....See MoreSide note to getting rid of bermuda-How do you get rid of Oxalis?
Comments (9)The common yellow oxalis we have here has tiny "bulbules" (sp?), which lurk 12 -18 inches under the ground. You can easily pull up the plants, of course, but those tiny bulb things stay under the soil, and up it comes again. I once had a gardener who decided to eradicate it from a flower bed which is about 12 feet long and 6 feet wide. He actually dug up the top 2 feet of soil, and sifted it by hand to get all of the tiny bulbs out. That worked for the first year, but by 2-3 years after he did that, back the oxalis came. So, being lazy, what I do is just admire it in the Spring, except where it is trying to smother other plants. Then just pull it out around those plants. By late Spring here it has died down, and I pretend it is gone. Of course, it comes up again the next Spring. It is one of our first blooming plants to bloom (starts Jan/Feb), so I just regard it as such and let it be mostly. One of my cats likes to eat it (we used to eat it as children - we called it "sour grass"). Jackie...See Moreclg7067
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