Stinky pack

[2rocky]

During the first couple of days of my Archery hunt, I was haunted with a unpleasant odor that I later discovered was a Sandwich from last hunting Season (2022). It had reduced to a bag of black liquid. Some of which had soaked into the spotting scope sleeve of my pack. I washed it with Laundry detergent and now my pack has a smell of fancy stinky cheese...You know the kind that smells horrible but tastes good? Think Camembert....


What are my options? Soaking? Spray treatments? Fire?

 

[p_ham]

Give it a few soaks in hot water with Oxiclean. If that doesn't work you may have to hit it with a pressure washer.

 

[Dsnow9]

During the first couple of days of my Archery hunt, I was haunted with a unpleasant odor that I later discovered was a Sandwich from last hunting Season (2022). It had reduced to a bag of black liquid. Some of which had soaked into the spotting scope sleeve of my pack. I washed it with Laundry detergent and now my pack has a smell of fancy stinky cheese...You know the kind that smells horrible but tastes good? Think Camembert....
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What are my options? Soaking? Spray treatments? Fire?

Sell it on rockslide!

 

[GrantK]

I've had good luck using the carwash, hang it in the clamps for floor mats and go to town, it's always incredible to me how much dirt a pack can hold...
definitely not in the manufacturer recommendations but I've never ruined a pack doing it...

 

[rjthehunter]

Wash it a few more times... Get a drill brush and some dawn dish soap, then go crazy on it... That shit cleans everything!

What kind of sandwich was it?

 

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[Scott85]

Stone glacier recommends dawn for their packs. I used dawn and oxiclean.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

I like a light detergent and power wash, then a dip in MiraZyme.

 

[jbseamus83]

For smell, I would think Borax would be the most effective. Wash it again with non-scent detergent and borax. I would assume it would work pretty well.

 

[sccritterkiller]

Non smelling detergent and oxiclean soak in the bathtub overnight at least. I left and empty protein shake box in my blind bag for about 6ish months...It was so bad it made my entire gear room smell liek something was dead...all good now.

 

[Hockaday2017]

Anytime my pack gets bloody I use dish soap and a pressure washer. Hasn't failed me yet. Although Ive never experienced a sammich turned liquid turned lose in my pack...