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Well I hope it's not Original Pony Smell you are hoping to get rid of! That is special and yes it does smell a bit sweet and powdery. But there's nothing harmful about it...
If you have a spot outside where you can air them out, that's a great start. Try burying them in baking soda. Or put them in a container of cat litter. Repeat as needed. Have you already popped heads off and inspected inside bodies for grossness?
Poor storage breakdown (high heat) triggers weeping (were any slimy?), and the more worrying issue- sickly sweet acidic stench. NOT that soft delightful mint pony smell, this is pungent and gross acid weird sweet. That's off-gassing VOC's which can damage other items. Does this sound applicable to your lot batch?Also typical for poor storage breakdown/degridation (from some/one all heat, humidity, UV) is patches of dark brown areas, or those tiny fungus spots. or just the bodies discoloring in general.
Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on March 07, 2018, 04:52:50 PMIf you have a spot outside where you can air them out, that's a great start. Try burying them in baking soda. Or put them in a container of cat litter. Repeat as needed. Have you already popped heads off and inspected inside bodies for grossness? I don't think the problem is grossness inside but rather poor storage since every single pony has the smell and most of them look ok. I'll pop the heads out anyway when it's time to clean them just to be sure. I think they've been stored in a basement or similar rather than having been wet at some point. Most of them smell like a damp cellar.I have both baking soda and cat litter. Which works best? Can I air them out even though the temperature is in the - Celcius right now? Quote from: FantasticFirefly on March 07, 2018, 07:26:15 PMPoor storage breakdown (high heat) triggers weeping (were any slimy?), and the more worrying issue- sickly sweet acidic stench. NOT that soft delightful mint pony smell, this is pungent and gross acid weird sweet. That's off-gassing VOC's which can damage other items. Does this sound applicable to your lot batch?Also typical for poor storage breakdown/degridation (from some/one all heat, humidity, UV) is patches of dark brown areas, or those tiny fungus spots. or just the bodies discoloring in general.None were slimy but the smell on some of them could be described as sweet acidic. Most just smells like mold though. Some have brown spots and discoloration. The one which smells the worst just have one tiny brown spot though. Can the ponies with spots and discoloration and the ones which smells acidic be saved or do I need to just throw them away? Can they even be stored in the same room as my other ponies at the moment or do I need to quarantine them? I won't have time to do anything with them for at least a week so right now they're just sitting on a table since I thought that airing them out a little indoors might be a good start. Although since you mentioned off-gassing it doesn't sound like a good idea anymore.