On Nov 7, 2:52?am, Old Guy wrote:
've used coffee grounds to reduce/mask smells like that. I put them
in a refrigerator thatwas going to be closed for a several months, and
it was ok when opened. You could make some little sachets of grounds
(fresh ones, not used) stapled into a coffee filter and leave them in
the closed box.

One of the tragedies of my growing up was discovering that coffee
never tasted as good as it smelled.

Old Guy

On Nov 3, 5:32 pm, "Don Richard" wrote:



I have just finished a bread box for my son
It is made from pine and finished with minwax stain and a water based
varathane clear
Problem is smell from pine or finish seems to enter breads put in box What
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I've made bread boxes and found that painting the interiors with a low-
odor, semi-gloss, water-based paint does the trick and still provides
a wipe-off surface for cleaning.

FoggyTown