# Deskunking my house

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deskunking-my-house/389223>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deskunking-my-house/389223 "2007-01-24T11:07:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deskunking-my-house/389223/1 "2007-01-24T11:07:12Z")

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Don’t ask how. There is a profanity laced thread to which I will not link that explains it…

I have full on skunk smell throughout my house. Not the “I am driving in my car and smell skunk somewhere smell”. Full. On. Skunk.

How in the hell do I get it out of my carpet/bedding/clothing/walls etc.?

Is worthy of an insurance claim?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deskunking-my-house/389223/2 "2007-01-24T12:15:30Z")

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Don’t know how bad your house is, but mine took about a week to air out.

I had fallen asleep on the couch one night and was woken up by my eyes and nose burning/stinging and an awful smell. After about a minute I figured out what happened. I had a window open with a fan blowing _in_ to bring some cool air into the house and a skunk must have sprayed right outside it. Now, way off in the distance I don’t mind the smell of skunk, but this was really bad. And like I said, it took about a week to air out.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deskunking-my-house/389223/3 "2007-01-24T14:52:25Z")

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Science is your friend!

Skip the home remedies and get thee to the pet store. They now have a skunk off product, brought to you by the miracle of science, that will remove the smell quite effectively.

(My last dog, was skunked 5 times! :eek: )

And good luck! 😛

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**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deskunking-my-house/389223/4 "2007-01-24T18:49:06Z")

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First you get enough tomato juice to cover your whole house…

(j/k, I saw the Mythbusters episode)

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deskunking-my-house/389223/5 "2007-01-24T19:29:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Valgard]  
First you get enough tomato juice to cover your whole house…

(j/k, I saw the Mythbusters episode)  
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Then put it in a paint can with a stick of dynamite to evenly coat the room.