Moldy smell in radio

tomb123 · **Posted:** Jun Mon 24, 2019 8:22 pm

I have a radio I am working on that has been stored for two months. When I opened it up it has a moldy smell. It is a Zenith R 520 portable. Is there something I can put in it or on it to keep the smell away. It is stored in the garage but this is southern Calif and I am in a dry area. I do not want to add something inside that would corrode the inner works. Thanks Tom

fifties · **Posted:** Jun Mon 24, 2019 8:39 pm

Get a box of Baking Soda, pour it into a dish, and place both that and the radio in a large plastic bag, seal it, and leave it for a few days.

egg · **Posted:** Jun Mon 24, 2019 8:46 pm

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Greg.

tomb123 · **Posted:** Jun Mon 24, 2019 9:25 pm

Thanks Greg I will get some white vinegar and pickle the inside of the radio. I need to pull the chassis to check out a resister for a dating also. Tom

egg · **Posted:** Jun Mon 24, 2019 9:45 pm

Speaker date code...
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Greg.

Squire · **Posted:** Jun Tue 25, 2019 12:38 am

Fresh air and sunshine for about three days

Scott · **Posted:** Jun Tue 25, 2019 1:44 am

I just went thru this with an EH Scott Philharmonic that had nasty mold on the wires and smelled really bad. I left it out in the sun for several days, then cleaned the wires down and it is not bad at all now. Fresh air and sunshine.

tomb123 · **Posted:** Jun Tue 25, 2019 3:01 am

It is on its first day of sunshine and will progress to either the baking soda or the vinegar treatment This might be it first sunshine it has seen in many years. I need to take the chassis out any way so it will get the vinegar treatment, I will leave no stone unturned. After its royal spa and beauty treatment I may create a R-520 throne to reign from. All my other TOs will have to pledge allegiance. I am still looking for accessories for it. I got the original manual reproduced to fit into the pocket. It is spiraled bound instead of glued together. I am extremely happy with the manual. I may have the plate that the four power plugs fit on that is screwed into the top above the chassis. I will have a hard time finding any of the power adapters or battery connectors though. I have a few years to find them. Maybe at a radio swap meet they will show up. Tom

fifties · **Posted:** Jun Tue 25, 2019 3:49 am

tomb123 wrote:

I will have a hard time finding any of the power adapters or battery connectors though.

Find a scan of them, and post a WTB in the classifieds here.

tomb123 · **Posted:** Jun Tue 25, 2019 6:12 am

fifties wrote:

tomb123 wrote:

I will have a hard time finding any of the power adapters or battery connectors though.

Find a scan of them, and post a WTB in the classifieds here.

Thanks I will find one I can post. Tom

Dennis Banker · **Posted:** Jun Tue 25, 2019 1:01 pm

Make sure any plastic like dials, etc. are covered or protected from the sun. Hot sun can warp old plastic.

Dennis

matt's basement · **Posted:** Jun Tue 25, 2019 10:12 pm

Will vinegar penetrate through the covering and kill the spores living in the glue? I've got a Scott 800 in a custom parchment (not paper, but real parchment as in leather skin) cabinet that stinks terribly.

hoffies2 · **Posted:** Jun Sat 29, 2019 12:07 am

Put dead Bluefish in cabinet and leave out in the sun for a few days and check for smells.

radiorich · **Posted:** Jul Sun 14, 2019 5:56 am

Hello Tomb,
I am having the same issue with a Philco Beam of light record player musty and moldy smell mine is covered in black Tolex.

I had sitting outside for couple days now during the sunny hot days I may have to take the set apart clean inside .

Sincerely Rich

fifties · **Posted:** Jul Sun 14, 2019 6:27 pm

hoffies2 wrote:

Put dead Bluefish in cabinet and leave out in the sun for a few days and check for smells.

ROTFLMAO!!

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