[auee]

This is one reason why I am reluctant to buy used phones. Even the cleanest people have their own body odor which others want to smell up close for hours at a time.

 

[m11a1]

I tried Febreze and the baking soda and they didn't work. It worked temporarily but then the smell came back and it was still strong....... so I had to do this:

With a little detergent:

And now the smell is completely gone.

Also, I can start on my recabling too

 

[momomo6789]

GOOD JOB DUDE !

 

[Bloodoath]

Quote:

Originally Posted by David.M /img/forum/go_quote.gif if all else fails;

ROFL

 

[jarthel]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duggeh /img/forum/go_quote.gif If I were the buyer here I'd be asking for a refund. Ground-in smells, if you do not want them are not acceptable, it doesn't matter what the smell is. A characteristic which you do not like is a flaw.

on what grounds though if there is nothing physically/electrically wrong with the phones?

 

[clarinetman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m11a1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif And now the smell is completely gone.

What about the smell from the cable?

 

[fenixdown110]

Quote:

Originally Posted by clarinetman /img/forum/go_quote.gif What about the smell from the cable?

It's called a recable.

 

[blahblahblaster]

Awesome! I love the overkill solution ^_^

 

[SoupRKnowva]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jarthel /img/forum/go_quote.gif on what grounds though if there is nothing physically/electrically wrong with the phones?

as was said earlier in the thread, a smell is just as much a defect with the product that was purchased as a tear in the cable or a dent might be, jsut because it didnt affect the sound quality of the phones doesnt mean it wouldnt affect his enjoyment of them.

But it doesnt really matter any more lol since he fixed it by tearing them completely apart

i also very much approve of the fire response!

 

[earthpeople]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m11a1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I tried Febreze and the baking soda and they didn't work. It worked temporarily but then the smell came back and it was still strong....... so I had to do this: [bunch of pictures] And now the smell is completely gone. Also, I can start on my recabling too

Well done! Good to hear that it solved the problem.

 

[pp312]

Quote:

Originally Posted by auee /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is one reason why I am reluctant to buy used phones. Even the cleanest people have their own body odor which others want to smell up close for hours at a time.

Who wants to do that?

 

[pp312]

Quote:

Originally Posted by David58117 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wrong - people become accustomed to smells, at which point they don't notice them anymore. Hence why smokers don't notice how badly their house/themselves smell to us nonsmokers (and why they have to smoke in specific hotel rooms).

That wasn't the point I was addressing. There's an urban myth that people can't smell themselves because it's the same substance smelling...er...the same substance, if you follow. What you're talking about is something else entirely.

 

[baka1969]

I had a pair of headphones that arrived with a "warm smell of colitas". (You know who you are)

To neutralize odors soak them in a solution of plain white distilled vinegar.

Im glad it worked out for you.

 

[El_Doug]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m11a1 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I tried Febreze and the baking soda and they didn't work. It worked temporarily but then the smell came back and it was still strong....... so I had to do this: http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6485/snc00092large.jpg[/img] http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/800/snc00093large.jpg[/img] http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/1303/snc00094large.jpg[/img] http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6176/snc00096large.jpg[/img] http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7795/snc00097large.jpg[/img] http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4900/snc00099large.jpg[/img] http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/466/snc00102large.jpg[/img] http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3670/snc00103large.jpg[/img] http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3889/snc00104large.jpg[/img] http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9724/snc00105large.jpg[/img] http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1502/snc00106large.jpg[/img] http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3464/snc00107large.jpg[/img] http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3964/snc00108large.jpg[/img] http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6286/snc00109large.jpg[/img] http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1549/snc00110large.jpg[/img] http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3467/snc00111large.jpg[/img] With a little detergent: http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8162/snc00113large.jpg[/img] And now the smell is completely gone. Also, I can start on my recabling too

SMELL = PWNT

 

[MomijiTMO]

Woah, extreme cleaning there.

I've bought a lot of headphones and all but one didn't smell. The one that did was fixed by washing the pads. They still smell like my washing liquid. Awesome!!!