# Cast cleaning

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-cleaning/173644
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 7, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-cleaning/173644 "2003-05-07T13:16:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-cleaning/173644/1 "2003-05-07T13:16:20Z")

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I recently broke my hand and now I am stuck with a cast that is starting to smell like my old hockey gloves. Any tips on how to de-stank the thing?

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### Author: ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-cleaning/173644/2 "2003-05-07T16:10:22Z")

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Febreeze? Just a guess.