Best Way to Air Out Smokey-Smelling Instruction Manuals?

[esteban]

I'm delirious today



 

[blueraven]

My copy of Super Star Soldier's manual smells like cat piss. It came that way.

You cant get that shit out. Ammonia, man.

Should I burn it?

[esteban]

My copy of Super Star Soldier's manual smells like cat piss. It came that way.

You cant get that shit out. Ammonia, man.

Should I burn it?

That's 85% fresh.

Keep it under your pillow.

[Arkhan]

My copy of Super Star Soldier's manual smells like cat piss. It came that way.

You cant get that shit out. Ammonia, man.

Should I burn it?

No man, just stick it in cat litter and see if it helps, lol.

TIDYCATS GO GO GO.

or maybe some FleshStep.

[SMF]

Buy a new box of Snuggle open it up and shove the manual inside and close it. Cat piss is a nightmare.

[TheMilford]

Round one of baking soda, only a few days. Removed a tad of the odor. Reading online suggests Bounce dryer sheets between each page for a few days. They also suggest discarding baking soda every few days since it absorbs only so much.

I currently have them all sitting in a sealed box with layers of soda between each page. I'll try a couple few more rounds of this.

Should I complain to the seller? This wasn't an eBay auction but a known seller. all the packing materials smelled of smoke too. I'm really surprised about this.

[SMF]

Round one of baking soda, only a few days. Removed a tad of the odor. Reading online suggests Bounce dryer sheets between each page for a few days. They also suggest discarding baking soda every few days since it absorbs only so much.

I currently have them all sitting in a sealed box with layers of soda between each page. I'll try a couple few more rounds of this.

Should I complain to the seller? This wasn't an eBay auction but a known seller. all the packing materials smelled of smoke too. I'm really surprised about this.

I would complain only if they said comes from a smoke free home. If they sold them as is then your kinda sol.

[esteban]

Round one of baking soda, only a few days. Removed a tad of the odor. Reading online suggests Bounce dryer sheets between each page for a few days. They also suggest discarding baking soda every few days since it absorbs only so much.

I currently have them all sitting in a sealed box with layers of soda between each page. I'll try a couple few more rounds of this.

Should I complain to the seller? This wasn't an eBay auction but a known seller. all the packing materials smelled of smoke too. I'm really surprised about this.

I would complain only if they said comes from a smoke free home. If they sold them as is then your kinda sol.

Personally, IMHO, a decent person would make some useful disclosures when posting an item for sale... but 99.93% of sellers won't do this.

[BenG76]

Ive used dryer sheets to help with the smell of items and it does seem to help. Put the sheets in between the pages and stick it in a ziploc bag for a few days.

[blueraven]

My copy of Super Star Soldier's manual smells like cat piss. It came that way.

You cant get that shit out. Ammonia, man.

Should I burn it?

No man, just stick it in cat litter and see if it helps, lol.

TIDYCATS GO GO GO.

or maybe some FleshStep.

I actually did this. It's clean cat litter.

*waits*

[Arkhan]

What brand. 

[blueraven]

What brand. 

Tidycats.

[Arkhan]

Good luck!

[Starfighter]

White vinegar. This is an old household trick that really works, so I'm not trying to be funny or anything. Just pour a bit in a glass and then put the glass with what ever that smells bad in a closed off area (a box, a plastic bag, a cupboard etc) and wait over night. The smell will in 99% of the cases be gone. Of course it will smell slightly of vinegar right after but it goes away fast.

[xelement5x]

White vinegar. This is an old household trick that really works, so I'm not trying to be funny or anything. Just pour a bit in a glass and then put the glass with what ever that smells bad in a closed off area (a box, a plastic bag, a cupboard etc) and wait over night. The smell will in 99% of the cases be gone. Of course it will smell slightly of vinegar right after but it goes away fast.

I am intrigued.  I have done baking soda before and it worked alright, but I'll give this a try this weekend since I just got a lot of 32X games (DON'T JUDGE ME!) that smell like they were stored in a bar.