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21-03-2007, 10:20 AM
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Smelly Chest
I want to store my tea in a wood chest/sideboard. The chest is new. The
inside of the cupboards are varnished. Inside smells of varnish. I have the doors open to hopefully evacuate the smell. Anyone know of any tricks to speed up this process ? Cheers Mal Oz 
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21-03-2007, 01:55 PM
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On Mar 21, 6:20 am, "Mal from Oz" wrote:
I want to store my tea in a wood chest/sideboard. The chest is new. The inside of the cupboards are varnished. Inside smells of varnish. I have the doors open to hopefully evacuate the smell. Anyone know of any tricks to speed up this process ? Cheers Mal Oz A fan might help. The more air flow the better. Although you may never completely get rid of the smell. Mike http://www.pu-erh.net
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21-03-2007, 03:25 PM
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On Mar 21, 9:55 pm, "Mike Petro" wrote:
On Mar 21, 6:20 am, "Mal from Oz" wrote: I want to store my tea in a wood chest/sideboard. The chest is new. The inside of the cupboards are varnished. Inside smells of varnish. I have the doors open to hopefully evacuate the smell. Anyone know of any tricks to speed up this process ? Cheers Mal Oz A fan might help. The more air flow the better. Although you may never completely get rid of the smell. Mikehttp://www.pu-erh.net Some say that putting charcoal in the cupboard will help soak up some of the smell as well. Ventilation is probably the best cure. Use it for something else for now, and stick charcoal in there somewhere. MarshalN http://www.xanga.com/MarshalN
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21-03-2007, 04:33 PM
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Smelly Chest
On Mar 21, 6:20 am, "Mal from Oz" wrote:
I want to store my tea in a wood chest/sideboard. The chest is new. The inside of the cupboards are varnished. Inside smells of varnish. I have the doors open to hopefully evacuate the smell. Anyone know of any tricks to speed up this process ? Cheers Mal Oz Get the temperature up around 110 degrees so that volatiles can outgas. It's the same procedure used to outgas volatiles in brand new buildings.
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22-03-2007, 07:46 AM
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On Mar 21, 6:20 am, "Mal from Oz" wrote:
I want to store my tea in a wood chest/sideboard. The chest is new. The inside of the cupboards are varnished. Inside smells of varnish. I have the doors open to hopefully evacuate the smell. Anyone know of any tricks to speed up this process ? Cheers Mal Oz Hmmm...my last reply seemed to have been eaten up... not showing up on the thread To get rid of the smell, I've had some success with those air ionizing/ purifiers. That and airing it out. I've also heard of people sunning out the inside of boxes and cupboards to get rid of smells, so that might work too
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24-03-2007, 05:25 PM
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On Mar 21, 3:20 pm, "Mal from Oz" wrote:
I want to store my tea in a wood chest/sideboard. The chest is new. The inside of the cupboards are varnished. Inside smells of varnish. I have the doors open to hopefully evacuate the smell. Anyone know of any tricks to speed up this process ? Cheers Mal Oz Dear , Charcoal is indeed a nice idea, and another thing that would help is : place a few on small saucers with salt in them on different shelves. And the greatest trick of all , ground and sprinkle some Tea on the Shelves, sort of dust them over. Tea works where nothing else works, and works where everything is working as well ! Good Luck. Teapandya.
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25-03-2007, 03:06 AM
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Yes we have tried the tea idea - seems to be working. My wife also has
been saving the wash from a couple of pu-er brews we have done recently. She wiped the inside down with this while it was still hot - left the residue to evaporate. This and leaving the doors open seem to be doing the trick - I'd suggest in a week or so I'll be able to move my tea into it. Thanks all for all the suggestions. Cheers Mal Oz "teapandya" wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 21, 3:20 pm, "Mal from Oz" wrote: I want to store my tea in a wood chest/sideboard. The chest is new. The inside of the cupboards are varnished. Inside smells of varnish. I have the doors open to hopefully evacuate the smell. Anyone know of any tricks to speed up this process ? Cheers Mal Oz Dear , Charcoal is indeed a nice idea, and another thing that would help is : place a few on small saucers with salt in them on different shelves. And the greatest trick of all , ground and sprinkle some Tea on the Shelves, sort of dust them over. Tea works where nothing else works, and works where everything is working as well ! Good Luck. Teapandya.
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