Do you travel a
lot? Or do you travel once a year? In both cases,
a trolley bag is your one true friend. It carries all your necessary amenities
without complaining once, take it on a flight with you or travel via train, or maybe just keep walking Kms with it. But there may be one uneven thing that can bother you
all, an unpleasant smell inside your trolley bag. While traveling, you might spill something inside, or it might be the
smell of your dirty clothes that are now stuck into your bag. While not traveling, the bag may start stinking due to
the humid weather or any other reason. But in both cases, you are left with a
stinking luggage bag, that you can not use as it might ruin your travel
experience. So, what to do now? How to remove odor
from your luggage bag?
Most of the
times you will get an answer that it can’t be done, but don’t worry. We got your back. Let us discuss today how we can
remove any smell from our luggage bags: -
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Try a clean-up: - In some cases, the odor
is not that strong, or it may be because
of something that can be removed easily. What you need to do is to clean your
bag properly as a first try.
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Take a dry cloth first.
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Wipe your bag completely from
inside and outside.
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Once all the dust and solid
particles are out, wipe it well with a damp cloth.
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After wiping, leave it to dry
in a place where it will be in contact of sunlight and good heat, at least for several hours.
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Use of Charcoal Based Odour absorber: -
You must have heard of Charcoal Based Odour absorber, mostly in the case of
shoes. They come in all sizes and shapes, you can get them from the internet or from a shop nearby. Get the one that you feel are most affordable or are
not a waste of money, and put them in the bag. They work perfectly for shoes,
and will also work for bags. The Charcoal will absorb all the possible odor from inside the bag, and you will be good
to travel again.
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Use of Baking Soda: - Baking soda can
prove to be your savior in this
situation.
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Take a good amount of baking
soda and sprinkle it inside your bag.
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Close the bag and let it stay
overnight.
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Take all the baking soda out
next morning, the best way will be to use a vacuum cleaner.
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Keep the bag in open air for a
certain time.
As washing a bag
is not an option in most of the cases, you can try any of these steps to get
rid of those irritating odors from your
luggage bags.
Don’t let the
smell travel with you!
