The easiest ways to remove unpleasant odors from cabinets

Getting rid of an unpleasant smell in the closet is not so difficult. The nasty smell of closets is also transferred to clothes, and no one would want to rinse (wash, air out) things every time before putting them on. There are many ways to remove smell from your closet. A few tips from people's experience will help with this.

Reasons for appearance

First you need to understand what causes the smell. It could be the smell of paint or varnish on new furniture. In this case, you need to ventilate the closet itself in the room for several days until the odors disappear. In the modern life of furniture makers, this problem should have been eliminated long ago. But before buying, you should still pay attention to the fact that the cabinet does not emit any odor.

Other possible causes of odor:

1. Dampness of stored items.
2. Storing dirty clothes.
3. Long-term storage of things (when things lie untouched for years).
4. High humidity in the room where the cabinet is placed.
5. The appearance of mold and fungi.
6. Living in the closet of rodents and insects.
7. A person who smokes lived or lives in the house. Smoke settles on the furniture, and the smell of tobacco smoke appears in the closet.

To remove the smell in the closet, you need to take into account the above reasons and take certain measures in each case.

Basic removal methods

To avoid or remove unpleasant odors, things need to be placed on shelves dry. A humid and warm environment is a good place for mold to grow. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the closet is dry.

It is also important to ensure that dirty items are not placed on the shelves next to clean items.You can often hear complaints from women that men or children put dirty clothes in the closet. Sweaty or food-stained clothes (spilled coffee, wine, juices, etc.) soon begin to stink. This smell is very quickly transferred to clean clothes, which is how a nasty smell appears.

It happens that no one has lived in some houses for a long time, and things in the house are stored for a long time. The closet is not ventilated, things are not moved. Moths or other insects often begin to live in such cabinets. Naturally, the smell that emerges is not the best. Dust, cobwebs, moth deposits, cockroaches - all this will cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, even if no one needs things, it is worth shaking them out, sorting them out, and wiping dust from the shelves from time to time.

If there is high humidity in the house, and nothing can be done about it (not everyone has the opportunity to sell such living space and buy a new one), then there are several tips that will help avoid the appearance of mold and odor in the cabinets:

1. Take simple table salt in cups; these cups should be placed in the far corners of the furniture. Salt absorbs moisture and odors. The hardened salt needs to be changed from time to time.
2. Baking soda can also help. It also absorbs all odors and moisture. You also need to change the cups sometimes.
3. Mold can be removed using a vinegar solution. You need to dilute 2-3 tablespoons of ordinary acetic acid in warm water (1 liter). Use this solution to wash off all areas affected by mold. Some may be bothered by the smell of vinegar, but there is no need to worry about it. The vinegar smell dissipates very quickly, and the result will please you. The main thing is not to forget to remove all things from the closet before cleaning.After treatment, you also need to wait some time until the smell of vinegar disappears and the treated area dries.
4. Along with vinegar, boric acid and hydrogen peroxide can combat mold.

If mold still returns over time, you can treat the cabinet wood with regular laundry detergent. White contains chlorine, which is also effective in fighting fungi.

You can also add flavorings along with salt or soda. But it is important to remember that flavorings alone will not do the job without salt or soda. They can add a pleasant smell to clothes, but they cannot reduce humidity.

When there are no problems associated with humidity in the rooms, you can use any fragrances. They can now be found in any perfumery store or in household stores.

You can also use cheaper methods:

1. You can place dried herbs and leaves on the shelves. You can choose them at your own discretion. These can be dried rose petals, dried nettle leaves, and various aromatic herbs.
2. You can also use leftover soap. The pieces need to be dried until they crack. Then you should wrap the blanks in dry pieces of cloth and place them either in your clothing pockets or in the far corners of the shelves.
3. Dry tea bags can serve well, and should also be placed in the corners of the shelves.
4. Many people use coffee beans to add a pleasant aroma to furniture and linen. The grains are placed in the cupboard in jars or cups.

Tobacco smoke can remain both in the house and in the closet for a very long time. But getting rid of it is not very difficult. You need to dissolve table salt in water (the water should be quite sickly salty).Soak unnecessary towels (or gauze) in this water, hang the damp towels in the closet. Let these salted towels hang in the closet until they dry. The salt will absorb the smell. The towels will stink after this, but the closet will remain fresh.

If unexpected "guests" have appeared

The smell in the closet may appear because insects have appeared in the corners, in the openings of the shelves, or rodents often visit the closet (usually in the kitchen closets).

Dust mites like to live in dusty places in closets that are not cleaned for a long time. After all, dust contains the smallest flakes of human skin. Dust is a food product for mites. That is why you cannot put worn clothes in the closet. To prevent the appearance of such "guests", you need to do wet cleaning more often, ventilate not only the rooms, but also the closets.

From time to time, it is worth cleaning using a saline solution.

It is much more difficult to cope with other lovers of human closets - cockroaches and bedbugs. For prevention - you need to wash and shake out any purchased (brought, donated) thing before putting it in the closet. Otherwise, these insects can move in with new clothes. If they do appear in the house, it is better to call specialists to your home. Independent attempts to fight these hated insects can cause poisoning.

Rodents usually start up in such closets where some food is stored. They especially like such places that people rarely look into. Baking soda and acetic acid can help eliminate this smell. But to prevent the smell from appearing again, you need to get rid of the rodents.

Important to remember! Before cleaning, you should always remove all things from the closet.After treating the furniture, you need to keep it closed for some time. Then it will take several days to remove the smell of used products and dry the shelves. Only after all this can you refill the shelves with linen. Naturally, all things must be clean and dry.

It is quite possible that after treatment the smell may return if you do not follow all the rules for folding things and storing furniture. To remove odor, you need to get rid of the causes of its occurrence.