What's the best way to make "old house" smell go away?

2009-06-15 13:37:38

#1

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6620|Winland

As some of you may know, I'm moving this summer. It's a nice bigger house and all, but my bedroom has that horrible "old house" smell of too many parties, old wallpaper and cat piss. As I won't have lots of stuff in here, I fear that my stuff will catch this smell instead of the room catching its smell.

So, what can I do to make the smell go away without tearing the place down?

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-06-15 13:38:48

#2

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|7055

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2009-06-15 13:42:17

#3

Docjones: Member; +7|6408|Connecticut

paint the room

2009-06-15 13:42:27

#4

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7020|Seattle

Cedar wood. Lots of it. In the closet or somewhere...

Otherwise, baking soda and water. Wash down everything.

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2009-06-15 13:43:06

#5

El Beardo: steel woolly mammoth; +150|6143|Gulf Coast

fire

Important

2009-06-15 13:44:21

#6

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6747|New Haven, CT

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2009-06-15 13:44:42

#7

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6008

Incense

2009-06-15 13:44:58

#8

Metal-Eater-GR: I can haz titanium paancakez?; +490|6695

Cum on the curtains. Marking your territory tbh

2009-06-15 13:46:07

#9

Gawwad: My way or Haddaway!; +212|7108|Espoo, Finland

Remove Freezer from the room.

Last edited by Gawwad (2009-06-15 13:46:22)

2009-06-15 13:47:26

#10

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6837|Finland

Some paint /
lots of these

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2009-06-15 13:48:22

#11

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6008

Macbeth wrote:
Incense

Leave them burning for a small bit and you can fill your room with whatever lovely smell you want.

Last edited by Macbeth (2009-06-15 13:48:37)

2009-06-15 13:49:24

#12

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6998|London

Get new carpets and curtains, or at least clean them with something industrial-strength. Redo the wallpaper/paint. Keep all the windows open for like a week. Febreeze the shit out of everything. Check in the spaces and cavities for mould etc.

EDIT:

Gawwad wrote:
Remove Freezer from the room.

lol yeah does seems a bit pointless making things nice and clean when freezer's gonna be living in it

Last edited by Aries_37 (2009-06-15 13:50:55)

2009-06-15 13:50:32

#13

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6876|The Twilight Zone

Its gonna stink even more a week after you move in so whats the point

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2009-06-15 14:00:40

#14

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7233|Nårvei

So by the current smell in the "new" house I gather it has been occupied by other family members before?

Wait behind the line ..............................................................

2009-06-15 14:01:59

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6876|The Twilight Zone

Varegg wrote:
So by the current smell in the "new" house I gather it has been occupied by other family members before?

it was a brothel before so I think using an UV light and searching for stains before settling in should be appropriate

2009-06-15 14:03:44

#16

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6173|شمال

Docjones wrote:
paint the room

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...show me the schematic

2009-06-15 14:05:25

#17

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6620|Winland

Varegg wrote:
So by the current smell in the "new" house I gather it has been occupied by other family members before?

Hell do I know, it's 70 years old. The room has been unused for at least a decade.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2009-06-15 14:06:00)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-06-15 14:06:53

#18

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6876|The Twilight Zone

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Varegg wrote:
So by the current smell in the "new" house I gather it has been occupied by other family members before?
Hell do I know, it's 70 years old. The room has been unused for at least a decade.

But I bet its almost as good as David Beckham's villa

It has been unused cos its haunted

you gonna get ass raped by ghosts, mark my words

Last edited by .Sup (2009-06-15 14:08:48)

2009-06-15 14:10:09

#19

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7233|Nårvei

.Sup wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
Varegg wrote:
So by the current smell in the "new" house I gather it has been occupied by other family members before?
Hell do I know, it's 70 years old. The room has been unused for at least a decade.
But I bet its almost as good as David Beckham's villa

It has been unused cos its haunted

you gonna get ass raped by ghosts, mark my words

Why do you think they are moving to that house ...

Wait behind the line ..............................................................

2009-06-15 14:11:48

#20

Swan: The town bike; +54|5870

mothballs

2009-06-15 14:14:45

#21

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6876|The Twilight Zone

Varegg wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:

Hell do I know, it's 70 years old. The room has been unused for at least a decade.
But I bet its almost as good as David Beckham's villa

It has been unused cos its haunted

you gonna get ass raped by ghosts, mark my words
Why do you think they are moving to that house ...

the room hes talking about was unused cos its haunted. Or do you mean the "villa" part? I was comparing his house to Becks villa. (thats audio related so if you haven't been reading our posts you won't know what I was talking about)

2009-06-15 14:16:44

#22

Benzin: Member; +576|6421

Remove anything from the walls and then paint them. My advice to you. Then leave the windows open for a while to let everything air out. Incense wouldn't be a bad idea, either, after you air it out.

2009-06-15 14:29:37

#23

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6923|so randum

Clean the carpets, clean the curtains, leave the windows open for ages.

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Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-06-15 14:32:34

#24

h4hagen: Whats my age again?; +91|6776|Troy, New York

Docjones wrote:
paint the room

And scrub down walls and so forth. When we moved to this house it was crazy old smelling. Thorough cleaning + painting fixed it right up. Also, carpet + curtains should be replaced/ be gotten rid of.

2009-06-15 14:41:23

#25

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7116

Instead of doing all that tedious cleaning work just drop a deuce in the middle of the room. It won't smell like old house anymore.

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