You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask here,
maybe someone has experience with antiques.

In a nutshell: I will be the proud new owner of a 50 year old solid maple
bureau (chest of drawers, dresser, whatever you call them), starting
tomorrow.

It spent the first 40 or so years of its existence in the bedroom of people
who smoked cigars and cigarettes. It's still in that same room today,
except the owners stopped smoking around 1990.

This piece of furniture has tremendous sentimental value for me, and i do
need another chest of drawers in my bedroom, so I definitely need to use it
to store clothing. Thing is, I know when I get it over here, I will notice
the smell of stale tobacco.

How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

Any and all ideas are welcome.
Thanks.

Sheryl Rosen wrote in news:BBEEB453.3F2FB%
:

You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask here,
maybe someone has experience with antiques.


Hmmm... Never knew that "All Knowlege" was epitomized in a "Font".

Sheryl Rosen wrote:

How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

How about wiping the insides of the drawers down with a light
coating of lemon scented furniture polish? The lemon scent might
cut through the smoky odor. Then leave the drawers out on the floor
in a well ventilated area for a few days.

Failing that, try lining the drawers with heavy plastic sheet to
block out the odor from the smoke, or just store stuff in the
chest that you don't care if it smells smoky such as dish towels
and maybe bathroom linens.

Sheryl Rosen wrote:

How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

Hey, Sheryl, long time no see. (smile) Ummm ... put bowls of
baking soda and before or later vinegar in the drawers (meaning,
I have a feeling the two shouldn't be in there at the same time)
and let them sit. Hmmm, Letting the drawers sit in the sun, good
luck this time of the year. Okay, final idea, line the drawers
with those sheets of cedar you can buy I don't know where?

Smoke is a bitch to get out.

nancy

Sheryl Rosen wrote:
You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask here,
maybe someone has experience with antiques.

In a nutshell: I will be the proud new owner of a 50 year old solid maple
bureau (chest of drawers, dresser, whatever you call them), starting
tomorrow.

It spent the first 40 or so years of its existence in the bedroom of people
who smoked cigars and cigarettes. It's still in that same room today,
except the owners stopped smoking around 1990.

This piece of furniture has tremendous sentimental value for me, and i do
need another chest of drawers in my bedroom, so I definitely need to use it
to store clothing. Thing is, I know when I get it over here, I will notice
the smell of stale tobacco.

How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

Any and all ideas are welcome.
Thanks.


Was it used as a giant humidor? Is it lined with aromatic cedar wood?

If not, a good cleaning with some paper towels and alcohol, dried with
some more dry towels to avoid the interior from leaching out any oil
based products, and exposure to some open air (providing it's not
raining,) should suffice.

If the wood is in the raw, you may want to stain it.

HTH,

R

--
"..A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice chianti..."

Hannibal "The Cannibal"

Silence Of The Lambs 1991

Duh'Wayne BoatBubba scribbles:

Sheryl Rosen wrote:

You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask here,
maybe someone has experience with antiques.

Hmmm... Never knew that "All Knowlege" was epitomized in a "Font".

[1]font
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-, fons, from
Latin, fountain
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a receptacle for baptismal water b : a receptacle for holy water c : a
receptacle for various liquids
2 : SOURCE, FOUNTAIN STRONGa font of information/STRONG

Duh'Wayne BoatBubba: ILLITERATE SMARMY *******!


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"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

Sheryl Rosen writes:

You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask here,
maybe someone has experience with antiques.

In a nutshell: I will be the proud new owner of a 50 year old solid maple
bureau (chest of drawers, dresser, whatever you call them), starting
tomorrow.

It spent the first 40 or so years of its existence in the bedroom of people
who smoked cigars and cigarettes. It's still in that same room today,
except the owners stopped smoking around 1990.

This piece of furniture has tremendous sentimental value for me, and i do
need another chest of drawers in my bedroom, so I definitely need to use it
to store clothing. Thing is, I know when I get it over here, I will notice
the smell of stale tobacco.

How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

Any and all ideas are welcome.

Professional furniture restorers dress all the drawer glides with Kiwi brand
neutral paste shoe polish... lubricates the glides and deoderizes. Then polish
the entire exterior with lemon oil.


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---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
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"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

(PENMART01) wrote in
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Duh'Wayne BoatBubba scribbles:

Sheryl Rosen wrote:

You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask
here, maybe someone has experience with antiques.

Hmmm... Never knew that "All Knowlege" was epitomized in a "Font".

[1]font
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-,
fons, from Latin, fountain
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a receptacle for baptismal water b : a receptacle for holy water
c : a receptacle for various liquids
2 : SOURCE, FOUNTAIN STRONGa font of information/STRONG

Duh'Wayne BoatBubba: ILLITERATE SMARMY *******!


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."


You're splitting hairs. "Fount" takes a lead over "font".

"Sheryl Rosen" wrote in message
...
You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask here,
maybe someone has experience with antiques.

In a nutshell: I will be the proud new owner of a 50 year old solid maple
bureau (chest of drawers, dresser, whatever you call them), starting
tomorrow.

It spent the first 40 or so years of its existence in the bedroom of
people
who smoked cigars and cigarettes. It's still in that same room today,
except the owners stopped smoking around 1990.

This piece of furniture has tremendous sentimental value for me, and i do
need another chest of drawers in my bedroom, so I definitely need to use
it
to store clothing. Thing is, I know when I get it over here, I will
notice
the smell of stale tobacco.

How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I
can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type
of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

Any and all ideas are welcome.
Thanks.

You have 3 options.

The first is open all the surfaces - put a fan on them and let the fan
aerate the furniture for several months.

Make a solution of water and lemon juice - paint all surfaces and wipe dry
then polish with a good oil. (lemon oil).

What has happened is the nicotine has permeated the surface. The final
option is to strip then refinish the piece.

Good Luck

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:


You have 3 options.

The first is open all the surfaces - put a fan on them and let the fan
aerate the furniture for several months.

Make a solution of water and lemon juice - paint all surfaces and wipe dry
then polish with a good oil. (lemon oil).





I hate to argue with Dimitri and Stan, but if you use lemon
oil inside the drawers, it will transfer grease stains onto
the clothing you store there.

Lemon juice and water sounds OK. You might also sprinkle
the insides of the drawers with deodorizing kitty litter
and let them sit for a few days. Vanilla extract is also
recommended to neutralize odors. Febreeze? Oooh, you
could also look in the phone book at fire restoration
companies and call and ask what they recommend.

gloria p

DUH'Wayne BoatBUBBA muddles:

(PENMART01) wrote:
Duh'Wayne BoatBubba scribbles:
Sheryl Rosen wrote:

You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask
here, maybe someone has experience with antiques.

Hmmm... Never knew that "All Knowlege" was epitomized in a "Font".

[1]font
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-,
fons, from Latin, fountain
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a receptacle for baptismal water b : a receptacle for holy water
c : a receptacle for various liquids
2 : SOURCE, FOUNTAIN

Duh'Wayne BoatBubba: ILLITERATE SMARMY *******!

"Fount" takes a lead over "font".

Geeze but you're DUMB, my peepee has a higher IQ than you.


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---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
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"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

(PENMART01) wrote in
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DUH'Wayne BoatBUBBA muddles:

(PENMART01) wrote:
Duh'Wayne BoatBubba scribbles:
Sheryl Rosen wrote:

You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask
here, maybe someone has experience with antiques.

Hmmm... Never knew that "All Knowlege" was epitomized in a "Font".

[1]font
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-,
fons, from Latin, fountain
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a receptacle for baptismal water b : a receptacle for holy
water c : a receptacle for various liquids
2 : SOURCE, FOUNTAIN

Duh'Wayne BoatBubba: ILLITERATE SMARMY *******!

"Fount" takes a lead over "font".

Geeze but you're DUMB, my peepee has a higher IQ than you.


Aw, come on now. Everybody knows you don't have a peepee!


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

Sheryl Rosen saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us
all about it on Sun, 30 Nov 2003 01:41:07 GMT:

You guys are the Font Of All Knowlege (FOAK), so I thought I'd ask here,
maybe someone has experience with antiques.

In a nutshell: I will be the proud new owner of a 50 year old solid maple
bureau (chest of drawers, dresser, whatever you call them), starting
tomorrow.

It spent the first 40 or so years of its existence in the bedroom of people
who smoked cigars and cigarettes. It's still in that same room today,
except the owners stopped smoking around 1990.

This piece of furniture has tremendous sentimental value for me, and i do
need another chest of drawers in my bedroom, so I definitely need to use it
to store clothing. Thing is, I know when I get it over here, I will notice
the smell of stale tobacco.

How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

Baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) is an odour absorber. Put bowlsfull
of the stuff inside each drawer and change it weekly until the smell
is gone. You can also use it mixed with water to wipe down the outside
(then polish it off or it'll have white streaks)
(huggles)

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"Sheryl Rosen" wrote in message
...
How do I de-stink this lovely piece of furniture so my clothes don't come
out of it smelling like stale tobacco and old wood? Is there something I
can
put into the drawers to absorb odors before the clothes go in? Some type
of
spray to use on it? Some way to clean it?

Any and all ideas are welcome.
Thanks.

Find a cleaning supply store. The kind that supplies stuff for janitors,
cleaning ladies etc. What kind of product you get will depend upon
whether or not the drawers are finished on the inside. If not finished,
there is one liquid called KillOdor--not sure of the spelling as I don't
have any left. The liquid is used in a greatly diluted state and is sprayed
on (you use one of those hand bottle sprayers.) The stuff comes for sure
lemon scented and maybe others. It is used to remove all kinds of bad
odors; pet pee, smoke from fires, disaster kinds of things. It is safe to
be used on soft furnishings and some cleaning people I know use it for
spray/washing wood floors that have been soaked with pet whatever. An
appliance guy I know uses something similar to clean the insides of used
refrigerators he fixes up for resale.

If that doesn't work, the way that they permanently bar odors from pet pee
soaked wood floors and the wood underlayment under carpeting is to seal the
surface with a coat of wood sealer or varnish or shellac.

Hope this helps.
Janet

Janet Bostwick wrote:

Find a cleaning supply store. The kind that supplies stuff for janitors,
cleaning ladies etc. What kind of product you get will depend upon
whether or not the drawers are finished on the inside. If not finished,
there is one liquid called KillOdor--not sure of the spelling as I don't
have any left. The liquid is used in a greatly diluted state and is sprayed
on (you use one of those hand bottle sprayers.) The stuff comes for sure
lemon scented and maybe others. It is used to remove all kinds of bad
odors; pet pee, smoke from fires, disaster kinds of things. It is safe to
be used on soft furnishings and some cleaning people I know use it for
spray/washing wood floors that have been soaked with pet whatever. An
appliance guy I know uses something similar to clean the insides of used
refrigerators he fixes up for resale.

If that doesn't work, the way that they permanently bar odors from pet pee
soaked wood floors and the wood underlayment under carpeting is to seal the
surface with a coat of wood sealer or varnish or shellac.

(laugh!) Sheryl, I think you have the definitive answer.
Good luck with that.

nancy (wondering what Janet does for a living)