De-Stinking Leather

Navy · 09-24-2009, 01:49 PM

All,

I just recieved a leather case that was a custom job done in South America. The workmanship is *almost* as good as jerry Burney's, but there is ONE BIG PROBLEM. The thing smells like the tannin g chemicals were 95% diesel fuel. it STINKS bad; so bad, in fact, you could smell the residual odor after I took the ting outside.

Anyone got a sure-fire method to deodorize this?

Thanks
Tom A

Edward Tinker · 09-24-2009, 01:56 PM

Tom, 3 drinks ought to do it?

I have heard you can put it into a big plastic bag and some fabreez sheets; personally I think not.

2nnd, it seems to me that you could get one of those disposable arm and hammer boxes for the friedge, put it into a big garbage bag or better yet a plastic sealable container and it should suck a lot of the smell from it?

For the fire, they put my holsters in an "ozone" area; evidently you can rent these from companies, my sister said they did it to their fire smelly items they didn't want to part with?

Ed

Ron Smith · 09-24-2009, 02:09 PM

I have a friend who's girl friend had a house cleaning business. He bought an old '72 Chevy van to restore. It smelled like a gang of bridge bums had been living in it. He tried everything to get the stink out, nothing worked. She gave him a can of Ozium. He hosed the inside down and let it set a few days. It worked great. It's kind of like Fabreez on steroids. Breathing it for a short length of time will make you queezy, so do it in a well ventilated area. See the link...

http://www.atmosphereproducts.com/pr...ium/index.html

Edward Tinker · 09-24-2009, 02:17 PM

... Breathing it for a short length of time will make you queezy, so do it in a well ventilated area.

I'm glad your kids are out of the house and can't see what you do when no ones around Ron

Ron Smith · 09-24-2009, 03:02 PM

My kids encourage it. Makes me M-e-l-l-o-w...

Dude! Where are my Oreos?

alanint · 09-24-2009, 03:26 PM

Ozium was originally invented for hospital use, to air out "death rooms" and other areas with permeating odors.

I was first introduced to it by the dorm "pot heads", who used it to air out their dorm rooms in college back in the 1970s. You had to order it back then but I have recently seen this available in places like Walmart, etc.

I have used it after baking finishes on guns in the Mrs' kitchen oven. It does work pretty well, but I'm not sure I would spray it directly onto a quality leather item.

lugerholsterrepair · 09-24-2009, 04:02 PM

Tom..Deoderizing is one thing...Carrying or storing a fine Carbine in such a thing makes me shudder. If it stinks like that... there's something permeating it that MIGHT be detrimental to your pistol's finish.
Even if deodorized it will not likely detox it.

Jerry Burney

Vlim · 09-24-2009, 04:20 PM

Ron, thanks for the tip.

I still need to find a way to destink the trunk of the S320. I always joke that the previous owner used it to transport his victims to their last destination. In truth, some building material probably leaked and soaked into the trunk lining. (I hope it was

).

Edward Tinker · 09-24-2009, 04:29 PM

Hey, I have one just like this!

POOR TOM, WE HAVE RUINED HIS POSTING

Vlim · 09-24-2009, 04:31 PM

Damn Tom's posting Ed. I wanna see some photos!!

Ron Smith · 09-24-2009, 04:32 PM

Gerben,

Isn't that Jimmy Hoffa's old Mercedes?

Edward Tinker · 09-24-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlim

Damn Tom's posting Ed. I wanna see some photos!!

It is, above, just look at the personilized license plate

Vlim · 09-24-2009, 04:41 PM

Jeez....

ROFL

(sorry Tom)

Ed, the next time you're in the Netherlands, I'll give you a ride in it (the 'trunk area'), heheheh.

Edward Tinker · 09-24-2009, 04:49 PM

Sounds fine, but we'll arm wrestle to see who rides in the trunk

alanint · 09-24-2009, 05:10 PM

Now Ozium would be IDEAL for that trunk!!!

Vlim · 09-24-2009, 06:43 PM

Just trying not to completely ruin Tom's posting.

Tom, have any photos of your carrying case?

lugerholsterrepair · 09-24-2009, 07:06 PM

Vlim..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Luger-Carbine-Le...d=p3286.c0.m14

Jerry burney

Navy · 09-24-2009, 10:08 PM

Hey Guys

It is just a 1920 carbine; I would NEVER put an '02 in anything Jerry did not make.

So how do I detox it?

Tom A

lugerholsterrepair · 09-24-2009, 10:33 PM

Tom, I suggest 1800 degrees F. for 30 minutes in a well ventalated boiler. Seriously... I don't have a clue. Is there any possibility you could ask the seller what's on it? Surely he knows.

I would try to bury it in baking soda. Put it in a 5 gal. bucket and douse it inside and out with a couple of boxes. That or crushed charcoal might be better. Clean charcoal briquettes..the kind with no accelerant. Either of these should go some way towards taking out whatever is in it. Put the lid on the bucket and shake it around good every few days for a couple of weeks. The charcoal should pull out the stink.

Good Luck!

Jerry

Steinar · 09-25-2009, 04:35 AM

Vinegar is used to remove the smell of smoke, but I have absolutely no idea if it would work on something like this!

oh.. and I just remembered a product called X-it. A smell removal spray no longer on the market. According to rumors it contained just salt water with some lemon, sold as crazy and suddenly disappeared.. suspicious eh? Noe idea if it would work either, but in desperation it could be worth a try.

Vlim, like in the old gangster movies.. a truly sign of a bad day, is stepping into the backseat of a car full of chubby people in black suits, only to notice that you are the only one sitting on plastic covers.

09-24-2009, 01:49 PM	#1
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	De-Stinking Leather All, I just recieved a leather case that was a custom job done in South America. The workmanship is almost as good as jerry Burney's, but there is ONE BIG PROBLEM. The thing smells like the tannin g chemicals were 95% diesel fuel. it STINKS bad; so bad, in fact, you could smell the residual odor after I took the ting outside. Anyone got a sure-fire method to deodorize this? Thanks Tom A

09-24-2009, 01:56 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	Tom, 3 drinks ought to do it? I have heard you can put it into a big plastic bag and some fabreez sheets; personally I think not. 2nnd, it seems to me that you could get one of those disposable arm and hammer boxes for the friedge, put it into a big garbage bag or better yet a plastic sealable container and it should suck a lot of the smell from it? For the fire, they put my holsters in an "ozone" area; evidently you can rent these from companies, my sister said they did it to their fire smelly items they didn't want to part with? Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

09-24-2009, 02:09 PM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	I have a friend who's girl friend had a house cleaning business. He bought an old '72 Chevy van to restore. It smelled like a gang of bridge bums had been living in it. He tried everything to get the stink out, nothing worked. She gave him a can of Ozium. He hosed the inside down and let it set a few days. It worked great. It's kind of like Fabreez on steroids. Breathing it for a short length of time will make you queezy, so do it in a well ventilated area. See the link... http://www.atmosphereproducts.com/pr...ium/index.html __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

09-24-2009, 03:02 PM	#5
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	My kids encourage it. Makes me M-e-l-l-o-w... Dude! Where are my Oreos? __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

09-24-2009, 04:02 PM	#7
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,940 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Tom..Deoderizing is one thing...Carrying or storing a fine Carbine in such a thing makes me shudder. If it stinks like that... there's something permeating it that MIGHT be detrimental to your pistol's finish. Even if deodorized it will not likely detox it. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 l[email protected] 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

09-24-2009, 02:17 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	... Breathing it for a short length of time will make you queezy, so do it in a well ventilated area. I'm glad your kids are out of the house and can't see what you do when no ones around Ron

09-24-2009, 03:26 PM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Ozium was originally invented for hospital use, to air out "death rooms" and other areas with permeating odors. I was first introduced to it by the dorm "pot heads", who used it to air out their dorm rooms in college back in the 1970s. You had to order it back then but I have recently seen this available in places like Walmart, etc. I have used it after baking finishes on guns in the Mrs' kitchen oven. It does work pretty well, but I'm not sure I would spray it directly onto a quality leather item.

09-24-2009, 04:20 PM	#8
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Ron, thanks for the tip. I still need to find a way to destink the trunk of the S320. I always joke that the previous owner used it to transport his victims to their last destination. In truth, some building material probably leaked and soaked into the trunk lining. (I hope it was ). Attached Thumbnails

09-24-2009, 04:29 PM	#9
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	Hey, I have one just like this! POOR TOM, WE HAVE RUINED HIS POSTING Attached Images

09-24-2009, 04:31 PM	#10
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Damn Tom's posting Ed. I wanna see some photos!!

09-24-2009, 04:32 PM	#11
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Gerben, Isn't that Jimmy Hoffa's old Mercedes? __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

09-24-2009, 04:41 PM	#13
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Jeez.... ROFL (sorry Tom) Ed, the next time you're in the Netherlands, I'll give you a ride in it (the 'trunk area'), heheheh.

09-24-2009, 04:49 PM	#14
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	Sounds fine, but we'll arm wrestle to see who rides in the trunk

09-24-2009, 05:10 PM	#15
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Now Ozium would be IDEAL for that trunk!!!

09-24-2009, 06:43 PM	#16
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Just trying not to completely ruin Tom's posting. Tom, have any photos of your carrying case?

09-24-2009, 07:06 PM	#17
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,940 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Vlim.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Luger-Carbine-Le...d=p3286.c0.m14 Jerry burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 l[email protected] 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

09-24-2009, 10:08 PM	#18
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Hey Guys It is just a 1920 carbine; I would NEVER put an '02 in anything Jerry did not make. So how do I detox it? Tom A

09-24-2009, 10:33 PM	#19
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,940 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Tom, I suggest 1800 degrees F. for 30 minutes in a well ventalated boiler. Seriously... I don't have a clue. Is there any possibility you could ask the seller what's on it? Surely he knows. I would try to bury it in baking soda. Put it in a 5 gal. bucket and douse it inside and out with a couple of boxes. That or crushed charcoal might be better. Clean charcoal briquettes..the kind with no accelerant. Either of these should go some way towards taking out whatever is in it. Put the lid on the bucket and shake it around good every few days for a couple of weeks. The charcoal should pull out the stink. Good Luck! Jerry __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 l[email protected] 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

09-25-2009, 04:35 AM	#20
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Vinegar is used to remove the smell of smoke, but I have absolutely no idea if it would work on something like this! oh.. and I just remembered a product called X-it. A smell removal spray no longer on the market. According to rumors it contained just salt water with some lemon, sold as crazy and suddenly disappeared.. suspicious eh? Noe idea if it would work either, but in desperation it could be worth a try. Vlim, like in the old gangster movies.. a truly sign of a bad day, is stepping into the backseat of a car full of chubby people in black suits, only to notice that you are the only one sitting on plastic covers. __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane