Getting Smell out of Books

Kitty litter 'ain't' gonna solve THAT!!!!!

 

Yes I have my own pro model and have done as Greg has.
I had an outside room to do this in for books, paper, record sleeves and album covers as well. Everything in there was constantly getting it too.
You have to remember it is DANGEROUS!

 

ew

 

Coincidentally, yesterday I ordered a commercial grade Ionizer.................with a few of my more valuable books in mind (as well as other applications). I shall read the instruction manual thoroughly before operating the machine the way it should REALLY be operated (hey, I'm a guy, right?) and proceed accordingly............I will report any results when I have them................

 

Going to do this in an outside venue I hope???
Even a large box?

 

I have no access to an outside venue, but do have spaces within that are "sealable", easily ventilated and far from my normal traffic patterns..............and I will probably only use it when I am out at the doctors, etc.

But if you don't hear from me for a few weeks..............................

 

Hmmmmmm......
Put it right near the door so you can reach in and shut it off or pull the plug then close the door.
You have to ventilate it after and not to your house.
Can you go outside and open a window after?
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It will kill anything alive in there, any bugs, plants too so get any plants out of there.

 

No plants, I kill those...............
No animals, that I know of...................or care about...................
It has a timer (up to two hours) or a stay-on setting, so it can also be attached to a separate, outlet based timer that can be used to extend a timed treatment beyond two hours.
There is cross ventiation available in the space I am considering, as well as a vent from the HVAC system to blow air into the room and assist with getting the ozone particles out the windows..................

 

HA!!!!
Well that all sounds pretty good!
Try the 2 hour first.
Then wait at least 2 and evaluate how long it takes to clear.

 

I've wondered about getting an ozone machine.
@KingofThings - Do you think an attached garage would be safe?

 

I have heard, but not yet tried, that placing the books in a sealed container with some fresh newspapers will help with the odor.

 

Only if you seal it well and it's not open to the house anywhere.
Can you open the door with a remote?
Even though mine wasn't near anyone I always put a skull and crossbones sign with DANGER OZONE on it.

 

Maybe but not like ozone.

 

For sure. But I might try it or some of the other tricks unless I come up with an ozone machine first.

 

Hi,
After the church fire in Brooklyn we rented six ozone machines. They came with NO instructions. We placed them on the third floor of the rectory in a large room, filled the room with 100+ yr old vestment and books. Some of the books were 300 years old. Turned on the machines and continued sorting stuff in the rest of the rectory. The next day most of us had sniffles and dry throats. Blamed it on the fire smells and smoke. The next day some of the people were dizzy and nauseated. Finally a call to the company that sent us the ozone machines reveled the truth, we were gassing ourselves. We immediately turned off the machines and ventilated the building. It was only dumb luck that we did not die. They then send the directions on running the machines. We learned the correct way in running the damn machines. When we were done, I bought one of the used machines and used it correctly, The best thing I used it on was a used car I bought. It smelled so bad from cigarette smoke. I enclosed the car in a unattached garage and ran the machine for 24 hours, After ventilating it for several days the car smelled like a new model. Please REMEMBER to use the MACHINE correctly.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
greg

 

You might be able to rent one.

 

YIPES!!!
Well...in case people were thinking I was blowing smoke... there you go.
I've used mine on cars many times.

 

I have used dryer sheets to get rid of musty smells. I put the item in a plastic bag with several dryer sheets and leave it sealed for several days. For larger items I used trash bags or dry cleaning bags tied off on both ends.

 

I can see those masking smells. Does the odor return?

 

It seems to be permanent. My neighbor had some handbags that got wet & moldy when their basement flooded. I helped her clean off the mold with leather cleaner but we could still smell that musty odor. We put the dryer sheets inside the handbags and then put several around each bag and put each one into it's own plastic bag. It took two treatments leaving them in plastic for two weeks. She said the musty odor never came back and was able to use the handbags.