Mothball smell and wool blankets

[Caribear]

Hi all,
I was lucky enough to get some lovely wool blankets from a very nice lady on freecycle. Unfortunately, one of them just reeks of mothballs. I washed it twice, and it helped, but didn't get rid of the smell. Are there any good tricks to getting smells out of wool?

Thanks!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Hang it outside in the sunshine. I don't remember if this works completely or just helps a little bit.

 

[peepacheep]

Enough time in fresh air will get the moth ball smell out. I was given a beautiful rug and 2 woven saddle bags, OMG the moth ball smell was strong! It might take more than a couple of days but the smell will evaporate.

 

[Caribear]

Thank you for the replies. I love the blankets, and it is good to know that they won't always reek. I will have to hang them out whenever we get a clear day.

 

[ericsmith]

We had a woolen rug that had really strong smell which caused headache to me. I had kept it in the sun shine for 5 days but still it had that smell but was not that strong. Then i kept in the room where sun rays entered and it was there for many days and then the smell vanished.

 

[Chicks on DL]

I soak anything that smells in vinegar. I don't know if this will harm wool because I don't have much experience with the material.