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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
1903 Posts
Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
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 Posted - Sep 17 2011 : 3:52:08 PM
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in our new place we have an enclosed breezeway between the living room and the garage.
there is no evidence of wet or mold but it stinks musty----
what can i do to rid it of that? this is more than just air it out or cover the smell......
thx
Farmgirl # 2139
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camiesmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anne Jeannette
Stagecoach
NV
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2011 : 5:59:33 PM
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You can try a mixture of bleach and water (make sure you don't have any pets around) or you could try washing it down with a mixture of vinager and water. Assuming this has a concrete floor.
A.J.
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luckilady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
Loxahatchee
Fl
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2011 : 6:05:51 PM
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I agree with Anne Jeanette, vinegar and water is the best, if that doesn't work, go for the bleach and water!
~Jennifer
Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~ John Maxwell
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NixKat
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathleen
CT
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2011 : 07:12:22 AM
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I read somewhere that setting an open bag of charcoal briquets in a corner of a musty room would act as charcoal filter air freshener. Makes sense, they use charcoal in those filters. I am planning to try it in my basement stairway
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
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Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2011 : 09:03:33 AM
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we do have pets- and i am thinking the vinegar thing would be great but it has a 12-15 ft cieling!
it does have a cement floor-no drain....
maybe the charcoal...that was my first thought as well
thanx sisters!
Farmgirl # 2139
proud member of the Farmgirls of the Southwest Henhouse
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2011 : 09:18:40 AM
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the charcoal to use, it the same type you use in a filter in a fishtank, hang it in a nylon mesh bag, at a couple of differant levels the lenght of the breezeway...
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jollyquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
251 Posts
WV
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2011 : 09:30:35 AM
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1/2 cup bleach to a gallon of water and then slowly stir in 1/2 cup white vinegar. I would put it in a pump type sprayer with a wand like you would do bug spray in. That way you can get to the ceilings and all around the floors as well. Don't rinse, let it air dry.
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2011 : 5:43:36 PM
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I have gone to the dent canned store and bought dented coffee and scattered it around and leave for a few days. It takes the musty smell away.
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Oct 16 2011 : 12:34:14 PM
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Originally posted by henlady35904
I have gone to the dent canned store and bought dented coffee and scattered it around and leave for a few days. It takes the musty smell away.
Farmgirl Sister #2667
Honest? Wow, pretty cool. Ii remember a loooong time ago, some older folks I knew who once ran a diner told me that used coffee grounds were good for cleaning the floor. I guess it was abrasive without scratching deeply into the linoleum. I asked if that wouldn't draw bugs and they said no. (Very clean people, too!) Hmmm.... |
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
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lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
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Posted - Oct 27 2011 : 7:45:25 PM
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| ok I am confused.Is the coffee used or fresh from the can that you sprinkle? |
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Oct 28 2011 : 1:17:31 PM
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Fresh...Although the used works pretty well too if you lay it out to dry first. I have oven dried the bags of grounds from starbucks and then put little cottage cheese containers of it, with holes in the lids of course, around the house, under furniture and such, before. It will also get rid of fleas and wood roaches for some unknown reason. I just consider that a huge bonus!!!
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musty smell???
