Scent Elimination/ Care

[TWard]

Just was gifted a garage closet with shelfing to store all my hunting stuff as you all know... what does one more piece of clothing hurt, or gear at that matter. It has shelving, clothes bar, etc.

My question to you fellow hunters is... The closet is musty from being closed for awhile. I don't want to just go in there and clean it with cleaner that smells.

Is there a product that I could place inside that would take away the musty smell but not scent my clothes and gear up with some sort of human like smell that wouldn't transfer well in the field?

I'm not finding a product that completes this feat. I am looking for something that would last a while. Like maybe, I could put it in there and leave it, and it would knock the must down initially, and ensure it doesn't return.

Help! Thanks!

 

[VuduDoc]

Is there a product that I could place inside that would take away the musty smell but not scent my clothes and gear up with some sort of human like smell that wouldn't transfer well in the field?

IMO, no. Those scent wafers (think car air freshener) are cover scents. They mask human odor with a strong naturally occurring odor (pine needles, dirt, etc.) Certain sprays are this way too. Cover scents vs scent eliminating.

If you’d want to get rid of the must I’d say it probably needs cleaned well. Jug of hot water, a DIY cleaner like cleaning vinegar + dawn + a little lemon juice for the smell if you want; should clean it up well. Leave it open and let it off-gas/air out for a while.

If there’s a small scent that remains look for some sort of activated carbon scent absorber. That’s what I’d recommend for a hunting wardrobe anyways. Activated carbon will grab scent particles. They’ll need replaced fairly frequently if you want them to actually work.

 

[xglosses]

Totally agree with the basic clean down with vinegar and dawn. What is the closet shelving material? Wood? Metal? Are the clothes hanging or sitting on a shelf?

I'd also put a fan in it to help it dry, get some fresh air circulating in there. If it's really musty and you have the ability, I'd put it outside on a sunny, dry day.

 

[Texasbuckeye]

try ozone generaters. They have some really inexpensive ones for like 100 bucks that work super well in a closet and will knock the smell right out of the thing.

I use an ozone gen in each of my hunting clothing closets during the seaons and they keep smells off my clothes quite well.

scent crusher makes some good stuff, I just ran an extension cable into my closets from below and wrapped it around the top hanger rack and let the unit hang. They last about a year or so and then will stop working, so I got new ones from amazon last year and they were good for the 30-50 dollars I spent on them.

 

[K9kodi]

If it was my closet I’d loook at why it’s musty. Is there water damage? If not and it’s just an area with high humidity and no airflow, I would put in an electric dehumidifier, a fan to move air at a minimum.
Def clean the walls and floor first though.