Mostly, time and fresh air will be the ultimate healer, but here are a few things you can do to lessen the smell:
- Replace the hair. When hair is damaged enough to have such a horrible smell, it often will not come out. Try washing it first, and if it is still bad, its better to just replace it.
- Soak the troll in efferdent tablets overnight. They smell minty fresh in the morning.
- Bury the troll (sans hair is best) in clean kitty litter, and leave for a while. One Damthings member left hers for a month, and he came out much refreshed.
- Stuff the troll full of febreeze. You have to remove the hair in order to access the inner cavity. This helps to a lesser degree, but any little bit helps!
- Bleach the troll (sans hair).
- Boil the troll in RIT dye (though only if you want to change the color of the troll).
I use DeStinker from TwinPines.com - works like a charm. No need to boil, bury or stuff! :)
ReplyDeleteIt didn't work for me.
DeleteCool, thanks Finchita! :-)
ReplyDeleteOther thoughts from my sister are to wrap in black print newspaper (or charcoal pellets) she swears charcoal draws the smells out and into the newspaper or pellets. I did this with two moth ball smell trolls and put everything in a lock tight tidy cat bucket and left it untouched for a year. It seems to have helped. For tobacco smells try Jon Don odor X tobac attack,it worked for me but it didn't work for a friend.
ReplyDeleteMy experience is with antique dolls, their clothing and mohair and synthetic wigs. I take a garbage bag (or smaller depending on size of item I want to freshen up), add a cup of baking soda, place item in the bag, squeeze as much air out and knot the bag. I have a musty smelling mohair wig I've had tied up for a week, so it depends. You may have to rotate the item. Sometimes I place a scarf on top of the baking soda before placing the item in the bag. Most items smell great in a day or two. Take care.
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