Help me please

[Tinks]

DS's school bag was full of rotten fruit and mouldy sandwiches.

I've washed it in the washing machine but it still stinks. How can I get rid of the stench?

[Turkish Delight]

Buy a new one?

[Tinks]

LOL I would

BUT

I am refusing to do that TD. His bag cost me $70 from a surf shop and he promised me he'd look after it! I also have to buy new text books for him grrrrrrr

[Nai]

Make him wipe it out with tea-tree oil.

[~Trish~]

Put some bicarb soda in it to absorb the smell?

[Rouge]

Line the whole thing with bi carb, rub it into the fabric and leave it for 24 hours, then give it a good scrub with a brush and water... and then a wipe down with some disinfectant, then rinse again (even a soak and repeat if necessary) and leave outside in the sun. Anything left after that should crust and fall off and the smell should go. If there is a smell it's because there is still mould and gross stuff embedded in the fabric.

[~clover~]

Glad I'm not the only one. DD2 left an apple to go lovely in her bag.
Thankfully it was in the waterproof section, so I just hosed it out, but I haven't smelt it again...or even looked at it since...
Not sure I want to!

[Rivlas]

Fresh mint can sometimes absorb smells.
This was the only way we could get the smell of vomit out of our car.