It smells like mildew, I've tried drying it with fabric softeners, Febreze, airing it out in the backyard, but to no avail. Please help I love this jacket and it cost too much to throw away.
2006-11-17 00:01:34 · 8 answers · asked by Ms. Followthru 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Try bringing it to a dry cleaner.
2006-11-17 00:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by booboo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, do not spray anything on the suede part! Maybe the lining, but still very careful. I used to work in a drycleaners, we would get smoked/smelly things in, we would take the article, put it in an air tight container(plastic storage container) add regular old charcoal(yes like a bbq charcoal) put a layer of papertowels or a thin pillow case inbetween the article of clothing and the charcoal.
pile it on pretty thick, more the better. Close the lid and let it set in a room that is getting direct sunlight(so it warms just a little). Let it set for several days, the longer the better. I should come out pretty well, this works for smoked items also...good luck
2006-11-17 00:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by Joyce D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you probably did not aspect out no matter in the journey that your basement is finished or not. once you've an total basement, the biggest difficulty is that your insulation contained in the exterior walls were given moist. If the water got here up extra then some inhes then the insulation in the back of the walls is likely moist. once the water hits the insulation, it starts to wick up the wall and the moist insulation can be a lot larger then the actual water aspect replaced into. i have done some volunteer flood upkeep and besides the undeniable fact that this may nicely be severe for your situtation, the rule of thumb replaced into that any room that had status water had to have the drywall get rid of as a lot as 4 feet. no matter if you rip up one foot or 4, that is about an similar quantity of work to change it. on the 4 foot (it really is honestly about 40 9.5 inches from the floor) aspect, you should use an total sheet of drywall to do the fix. Ripping out drywall and carpet may look severe, yet evaluate mould growing in the back of your walls. in case you won't be able to look to dry issues out utilizing different potential, you may want to guage purely eliminating area of the drywall to make sure what's in the back of.
2016-11-29 05:29:38 · answer #3 · answered by schebel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you I'd call around, look up "Dry Cleaners" on yahoo's yellow pages, and ask they expert's , because you dont want to ruin a Beautiful suede Jacket, from hearing how too's from yahoo people like us.. I was going to give you an old home remedy, But, I dont want you to ruin your jacket, being that vinegar does disipate, but you have to dilute it, with water, and it gets rid of just about any kinds of odors, than the actual vinegar smell goes away too. But, it is Suede, and you may have to treat Suede with only one specific type of chemical that only the Dry Cleaner's would know about.. Good-luck, to you, and enjoy, your "Old Treasure, once again!!" Smile!!!
2006-11-17 00:24:38 · answer #4 · answered by Hmg♥Brd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Probably Should Get It Dry Cleaned Or Try Some Febreeze As Long As You Don't Get It Too Wet. Good Luck And Hve A Gooday Darl.
2006-11-17 00:11:16 · answer #5 · answered by Paul R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Could try soaking it for a good 7 hours then hang it up to dry.
If not another way we found was go to the places they clean hocky equipment. Hope that helps
2006-11-17 00:11:30 · answer #6 · answered by Boo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have tried all the things that I would do.... next step take it to the professionals - "Dry Cleaners". Good luck.
2006-11-17 00:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by cognac_kid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have places that clean leather and suede, I think it is around $40, at least it is in Minneapolis.
2006-11-17 00:11:09 · answer #8 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋