garyg
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I recently purchased two ukes that came with nice hard cases from a private party. The cases are new and emit, to use a scientific term, a yucky poo chemical smell, kind of like lemon formaldehyde. Well not quite that bad but bad enough that I actually thought the ukes had been oiled with some sort of lemon furniture polish. Okay I got a great deal on these ukes so I'm not criticizing the person who sold them to me. I'm just trying to figure out how to get rid of the smell. I've tried to "bake" it out by leaving them open in my garage for a week, which here in GA is about low roasting temperature. But it's still there and strong enough so that I know that if I close them up the smell will intensify. I could put a box of baking soda in each one but I wondered if anyone else had a better solution. I don't really want to spray them with some sort of deodorant because I'm concerned about the effect on the ukes. Any ideas?