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Maintenance Which exact cat litter do you use to remove smells?

Aug 28, 2025

    1. I'm trying to get mold smell out of a vinyl doll and shoes and tried three types of non-clumping unscented cat litter:

      1. Catsan, which is quartz sand and chalk. Didn't remove any smell after 5 months.
      2. Jipp Happy Home, which is sepiolite, also a couple months. No effect.
      3. Agriselect, which is alganite. This time the doll made the entire plastic container smell, I had to throw away the container itself.

      After that, I put doll and shoes in baking soda, waited a week to check. Same effect, everything stank so much I did not trust it would do the trick without needing to replace the baking soda every couple of days.

      I'm going about in the same as always: first soak doll in borax. When dry wrap in thin paper, put a layer of litter in a container, place doll on top and cover with litter. Used the same containers several times before. The litter would maybe smell a bit moldy, but the doll and container would be fine.

      This doll did not smell funkier than other dolls I successfully removed the smell of. I *thought* I used Agriselect for them, but not sure anymore. Next, I'll try activated charcoal for the first time.

      Which exact cat litter do you all use? I want to check what material it is and see if I can get the same type of clay or sand over here in the Netherlands. Not looking for other methods right now; I love how cat litter used to make the doll smell completely neutral.
       
    2. I have no experience with cat litter methods but I can highly recommend the product OxiClean Max Efficiency to remove smells/stains and the nice thing about it is that it is fast and won't take months .

      I don't know if they sell it over in the Netherlands but if they do I would give it a try, I have used it to remove awful cigarette/cat smell from a SD resin doll and her clothing and it only took a couple bathes to do it.

      It is a powder and I mix it with boiling hot water in a tub for the best results as it does not work as well with cold or just warm water.
      If you are able to try it maybe just try a small part to make sure it won't damage anything , I think I have used it on a Dollfie dream in the past but it never hurts to be careful at first ;)

      [​IMG]Screenshot 2025-08-28 at 13-14-35 OxiClean Max Efficiency Stain Remover 252 Loads - Walmart.com by Stormyhorse, on Flickr
       
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    3. It’s not cat litter but we do use Gonzo’s Odor Eliminating Rocks at my job to remove odors like cigarette smoke from books. It’s cheap and works very well - just put the open bag in an enclosed container with the stinky item for a while. I bought mine from Amazon.
       
    4. The cat-litter method is for things you don't want to or that can't be washed. You bury them in smell removing cat litter to deal with the issue instead.

      Teddy
       
    5. I have soaked my doll in borax as mentioned. But was asking about cat litter without wanting to discuss other methods for now.
       
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