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Offline bimmridder

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What stinks?
« on: October 10, 2012, 10:25:33 AM »
I'll tell you what stinks. It's the embroidered head wear we receive from over seas. It seems to have a very distinct pungent odor. It's bad enough we can't deliver them to our customers. We are trying to find a way to fix this shipment, but I know it will happen again. I'm wondering if anyone else deals with this? My guess is that it's because of the time spent in containers on a ship on the ocean. It's not a mildew smell, but it's not pleasant. We are working with our supplier to resolve the issue. Anyone out there have this happen to them? It's on baseball caps and knit caps.
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Offline mk162

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 10:34:52 AM »
good luck, my friend had that with some cd cases from an asi vendor.  They were terrible.  I mean horribly bad.

they couldn't fix them, but i think it was because they were vinyl.  cotton should be fairly easy to get the stink out.

try febreeze and an overnight stay in the screen room where it's really dry.
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Offline bimmridder

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 10:39:58 AM »
Fabreeze is on my shopping list today. Hadn't thought about the screen room. Thanks
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Offline royster13

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 02:19:40 PM »
I have never encountered that with any of my imported shipments.....

So it was not the nice smell of spices from Vietnamese food?....lol....



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Offline bimmridder

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2012, 02:24:48 PM »
Nope, no dog meat either.
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Offline ebscreen

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2012, 02:55:56 PM »
Sandalwood. They burn it as incense. Smells like dog piss to me.
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Offline bimmridder

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2012, 03:21:09 PM »
Well we just got some samples that came by air, and guess what? No stench.
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Offline mk162

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2012, 03:34:18 PM »
probably a dead stowaway shared your container...he could have had the courtesy to die in a different one.
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Offline tonypep

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2012, 07:44:32 AM »
You would be suprised how often that actually happens
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Offline mk162

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2012, 09:02:41 AM »
eww, gross.

also, you could wash them, i wouldn't dry them, but a quick rinse in some soapy water should work.  Then set them out to dry.
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Offline jesterapparel

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2012, 10:00:47 AM »
Dave, maybe its you.  Take a shower lately? ???
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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2012, 10:25:35 AM »
You might have to look into Ozone treatment.....Some dry cleaners and most fire/flood restoration companies do it....
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Offline bimmridder

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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2012, 10:31:56 AM »
Quote from: royster13 on October 11, 2012, 10:25:35 AM
You might have to look into Ozone treatment.....Some dry cleaners and most fire/flood restoration companies do it....

I did shower this morning, but then I walked in to a shop in Fairfax ;D
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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2012, 12:44:03 PM »
Not a bad idea... you could get an ozone generator (good to have anyway) and just put it all in a closed up small room and saturate it with O3.
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Re: What stinks?
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2012, 12:47:48 PM »
Quote from: Gilligan on October 11, 2012, 12:44:03 PM
Not a bad idea... you could get an ozone generator (good to have anyway) and just put it all in a closed up small room and saturate it with O3.

Wow.....Just looked on Ebay and it seems they have come way down in price since my insurance adjusting days.....
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