Sticky Pockets and faint scent of mothballs, but oh what a bargain!

The Snorks

The Snorks

Thrift Store Chic
Aug 10, 2006
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#1
My epi mabillon just came in (Yayyyy!), but just as I expected, the backpack smells faintly of mothballs (blechhhh!). I was expecting the stink--some forum members have purchased from this particular seller on eBay before and mentioned a certain...aroma--but I couldn't pass up the $300 bargain, inc. shipping! Any advice on how to exorcise the mothball demons from this bag? I knew about the sticky pockets beforehand, and they aren't that bad, any advice on how to fix those?

This is going to be my work--school--walk-the-dogs bag!

:flowers:
 
#2
LV_addict knows how. I think febreeze & leaving it out in the sun. Does it have a lining? If it doesn't you may want to skip the febreeze. Leaving some fabric softener sheets in it helps too.
 
#6
The Snorks said:
Thanks, Taco and BagsnBags! It does have a lining, so it should be okay if I use Febreeze.
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Or you can spray (lots) on tissue and leave the tissue inside the bag. Fabreeze has nicer smell than drier sheet sometime.
 
#7
I know what ebay seller you mean.. I bought a speedy 40 from her and it came with the mothball scent :Push:
I put a few Downy dryer sheets in it after spraying it a whole bunch with Renuzit Super Odor Neutralizer,Orchard Garden scent :flowers: .
The smell was gone overnight and my bag was fresh smelling inside. I keep the dryer sheets in there too all the time now.
 
#8
LV_Mama_AZ said:
I know what ebay seller you mean.. I bought a speedy 40 from her and it came with the mothball scent :Push:
I put a few Downy dryer sheets in it after spraying it a whole bunch with Renuzit Super Odor Neutralizer,Orchard Garden scent :flowers: .
The smell was gone overnight and my bag was fresh smelling inside. I keep the dryer sheets in there too all the time now.
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Thanks, LV_Mama! She seems to have great stock and the feedback, for the most part, is always positive (and buyers mention authentic), but her items rarely get bidders. Now I know why. Interesting, because she had a backpack earlier and I emailed her to ask if the bag had a mothball smell, and she said no, she hates mothball smells! Oh well, the bag was inexpensive. At least it doesn't smell like horse dung.:upsidedown:
 
#9
My BH had a strong smell too and I couldn't put my finger on what it was. My daughter said it smelled like a casino but it really doesn't smell like smoke.

Is your bag from Lorelie?
 
#10
jello_1955 said:
My BH had a strong smell too and I couldn't put my finger on what it was. My daughter said it smelled like a casino but it really doesn't smell like smoke.

Is your bag from Lorelie?
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LOl, it does smell like a Casino! No, the bag isn't from Lorelie, but I don't want to say who it is because I don't want to burn any bridges; I might want to buy another bag from her in the future and she does ship pretty fast (two days from HK). Suffice it to say that if you do a forum search under "mothballs," I'm pretty sure she is the one they are talking about.
 
#11
My partition had a very strong smell, too. I followed the advice here and put fabric softener sheets inside (about 3 of them, the strongly scented type) and that took care of it. Hope this helps.
 
#12
Well it took me FOREVER to rid my purse (Black petit epi Noe) of that smell. I HATE mothballs so maybe that's why it was more of an issue for me.

But since i only paid $250 for a $1000 bag I couldn't argue
 
#13
Jazz said:
Well it took me FOREVER to rid my purse (Black petit epi Noe) of that smell. I HATE mothballs so maybe that's why it was more of an issue for me.

But since i only paid $250 for a $1000 bag I couldn't argue
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Same here--when I took a whiff of that bag, I was immediately transported back to my childhood at grandma's house, and memories of sitting on her plastic-covered sofa, which was surrounded by GIANT crucifixes and bleeding Jesus statues. Needless to say, NOT A FUN MEMORY!!!:Push:
 
#14
The Snorks said:
Same here--when I took a whiff of that bag, I was immediately transported back to my childhood at grandma's house, and memories of sitting on her plastic-covered sofa, which was surrounded by GIANT crucifixes and bleeding Jesus statues. Needless to say, NOT A FUN MEMORY!!!:Push:
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:roflmfao: :roflmfao:
 
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