Suggestions to de-stink wooden furniture

[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole has a few antiques left after the casa burnt down, but they absolutely reek of burnt house stank. Anyone have any proven methods of rectifying that issue?

Not even going to try to screw with all the cloth furniture and clothing.

[TimBone]

I don't have any advice on the furniture.

Sorry to hear about your house. I hadn't even realized you invited Inmen over for a bbq.

[Kman34]

Sorry to hear about your house...Vinegar and baking soda is really great to get smoke smells out of wood.. Never tried it on fire damaged stuff though... Good luck

[Iowanian]

Sorrow about your luck.

We had a friend whose house/business burned. The FD opened his gun safe somehow and left it open and sprayed foam on the guns....and the synthetic stalks stunk.

Cleaned with standard cleaners and left in the open to dry.

My first thought for you on wooden furniture would be Murphy Oil soap, orange glo, vinegar and water and let them air out for a while.

[Bob Dole]

Sorrow about your luck.

We had a friend whose house/business burned. The FD opened his gun safe somehow and left it open and sprayed foam on the guns....and the synthetic stalks stunk.

Cleaned with standard cleaners and left in the open to dry.

My first thought for you on wooden furniture would be Murphy Oil soap, orange glo, vinegar and water and let them air out for a while.

Was leaning toward trying the Murphy's first.

[Dinny Bossa Nova]

Naphtha solvent. Smoke is a tar-like goo and naphtha is an excellent tar remover. It won't harm the original finish.

You didn't uhm.....lose any drums or anything like that....did ya?

Dinny

[Bob Dole]

Naphtha solvent. Smoke is a tar-like goo and naphtha is an excellent tar remover. It won't harm the original finish.

You didn't uhm.....lose any drums or anything like that....did ya?

Dinny

The floor tom is probably beyond saving. :(

[Dinny Bossa Nova]

The floor tom is probably beyond saving. :(

That just breaks my heart.

Sad, sad day.

Dinny

[Rain Man]

I detected that something had happened, but didn't realize it was that bad. Sorry to hear.

[Mennonite]

You should pm MahiMike for tips about getting stank off your wood.

[Bwana]

Damn dude, sorry about the fire. This looks solid:

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/remove-smoke-smells-wooden-furniture-91839.html

[Rasputin]

Bob Dole should PM Bob Dole for the answers Bob Dole is looking for Bob Dole to find out.

[Bwana]

Bob Dole should PM Bob Dole for the answers Bob Dole is looking for Bob Dole to find out.

Bob Dole would likely have to ban Bob Dole in the event such an act took place.

[SAUTO]

Sorry about the fire Bob

[eDave]

What about a fire restoration place?

Sucks man. I can't even imagine that happening. Augh.

[stevieray]

bummer

[Bob Dole]

What about a fire restoration place?

Sucks man. I can't even imagine that happening. Augh.

The 2 Bob Dole contacted are insanely expensive.

[lewdog]

Sorry to hear about this Bob. That's terrible.

Do they know the cause of it?

[Buzz]

The 2 Bob Dole contacted are insanely expensive.



Isn't that what insurance is for?

[Bob Dole]

Isn't that what insurance is for?

Bob Dole is spending about half of that to build a compound on the 16 acres he owns in BFE Texas.

[Bob Dole]

Sorry to hear about this Bob. That's terrible.

Do they know the cause of it?

Fire investigator spent 5 hours digging through the cremains and had no clue. Insurance paid the full amount in 13 days.

[Pennywise]

Llama piss.

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[threebag]

Sorry about the fire Bob Dole.

[Demonpenz]

That floor tom was jank anyway.

[tmax63]

Try some OdoBan. A lot of the fire clean-up places out here use it. We have dogs so we use it to clean and de-stink our house with. It'll destink a dog turd.

[In58men]

Just recently had this same issue when my apartment caught fire. We used lemon pledge and it worked great.

[Dave Lane]

Well that totally sucks. Didn't you build that place yourself?

[Simply Red]

Was leaning toward trying the Murphy's first.

Yup.

[Groves]

Murphys is just a soap made from vegetabl oil instead of animal fats. Fine to use on wood. Course you gotta wipe it off with a solvent before finishing.

Is this nice antique furniture? If you love it at all you'll keep the Pledge products away from it. So many of them contain silicones which will wreak havoc Tamba Hali style on the refinishing process if you ever do it.

Friends don't let friends use Pledge on anything both wood and valuable.

[eDave]

Just recently had this same issue when my apartment caught fire. We used lemon pledge and it worked great.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg189/Ozzyhell68/windex.jpg

[Bob Dole]

Well that totally sucks. Didn't you build that place yourself?

I did not. It was built in 1942, and added on to at some point. It was home for almost 11 years, but the neighborhood went to shit, so Bob Dole will not rebuild there and will focus on his 16 acres in nowhere-Texas.

Salvaged a few things so far, and there are a few left, but most of it will likely end up in a landfill. Insurance has been good thus far, so it should turn out ok.