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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 7887, member: 33&quot;]Pat, The only thing I&#039;ve done with smelly books is to air them out for a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did purchase a hard plastic doll once from an eBay seller and it came to me reeking of smoke.&nbsp; Some people on the Dolls board suggested a variety of methods.&nbsp; What I did was put it in a shoe box with a container of baking soda (the type where you can tear off a panel on the side and there is a thin fabric that allow air to get in).&nbsp; I left them both in there for a while ... It was probably a few weeks, but that might not have been necessary.&nbsp; The doll no longer smelled like smoke after that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure that would work with a lot of books, just due to the large numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just found this online -- some ideas from a library on how to get rid of the smoke smell from books:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://parkslibrarypreservation.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/stinky-books/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://parkslibrarypreservation.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/stinky-books/" rel="nofollow">http://parkslibrarypreservation.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/stinky-books/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hm, I just realized that was posted by the library at Iowa State University, less than a couple of hours away from where I live.&nbsp; I see they recommend a particular product that you might want to try.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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