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I got a big old cedar chest. The problem is if I store clothes in it for any length of time they come out smelling like cedar

Any ideas how I can remedy this...thanks for any advice....TM

Try a couple coats of spar varnish. Or wear your clothes more often?

Why would you want to remove the cedar odor? You some kind of idiot? You prefer moth piss?

I'm pretty sure you are trolling by the way....

I love cedar odor!

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Don’t store them in a cedar chest.

Store your pot in there with the clothes

Just find someone to nail you into it. That shouldn't be a problem.

The idea of a cedar chest, is for the odor to keep fabric eating bugs away.

Um… isn’t the Oder the whole idea of a “cedar” chest?

We have a big cedar chest at our remote cabin in Interior that we keep our heavy wool blankets in between visits (7 years at one point). It's damned near decadent when we get there and put them on the bed (bare box springs- the squirrels et the box-spring coverings).

"Um… isn’t the Oder the whole idea of a “cedar” chest?"

Partially, and yes - moths and other vermin don't like the odor.

Moths don't like cedar. That's the original purpose of them. Back when wool was one of the most common fabrics used, moths were a serious problem.

They sell 4x8 sheets of sort of cedar to line closets.

Bugs and Vampires.

That's part of the ambiance.

When I built my first practice abode (now a rental unit). I lined the closets, the bathtub surround, and one wall of the kitchen with cedar siding. Unfortunately, the odor fades over time, unless renewed with cedar oil. A renter's fire took out some of it, but I still hit it with the oil between renters.

Lopez has been in there for 9 years now, so he ain't getting the benefit of it anymore....

To answer to question, I'd think a few coats of polyurethane would seal out the smell.

Most people like the smell and some pay big bucks to get their clothes closets lined with red cedar.

I ain't a bit classy - our bed is plywood build, with drawers underneath for storage ( no wasted space there). The drawers are red cedar lined. When we moved out of the aforementioned "now rental" apartment to our present home, the rope kinda slipped when lowering the bed frame from the second floor (first floor was my gunsmithing shop). The wreckage pile was epic- but salvageable, mostly.

My wife insisted on me rebuilding the bed frame, with it's cedar lined drawers underneath. Still working 30+ years later - just change mattresses every 10 years or so.

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