Smoky used Bible

I just got into reading the Good Word. Among a few Bibles I’m accumulating, I bought one on eBay and forgot to ask if it was smoke-free. It’s a great little Bible, but after I had it a week or two, the smoke stench got bad. I’m trying leaving it in the sun while I’m home, letting the breeze blow it. I’ve tried a clear tote with paper towels of frankincense and spearmint oils, in the sun. What can I do to clean it out? Or just pass it on to a smoker?

Never heard about an issue of smoke-free bibles before. Maybe you could try spraying it with Lysol. Could be that smokers have their own particular bible. If the smoke bothers you that much perhaps you could just simply burn it.

One remedy is to give it to anyone who needs a Bible and will not mind the aroma. I have known many smokers beginning in childhood with my parents. They smelled of smoke, and I loved them, still do, rest their souls in Jesus-Yeshua I pray.

The tar from the smoke is literally in the pages now. The paper is porous so it absorbs the smell like a sponge. Not really a good way to clean it without damaging the delicate paper. Just keep doing what you're doing, I imagine some fresh air and sun will will help lift some of the smell out of the pages. Might not ever be perfectly smoke-free smell though.

If the smell is really agitating your senses after you've tried to let it air our just try to find a brand new, unused, copy of that Bible. Which Bible is it anyway? I can try to search out a new one.

I have a replacement. The pages seem to be a little thinner. I think I’ll donate the old one and get used to the new one. It’s only a $30 NASB Large print. Thanks for all the advice

Welcome to CC.

sometimes scented dryer sheets help take smoke smells away (not fully gone, but lessens the smell while putting out the scent thats on the sheet).

I had borrowed a book from the library once that was so full of smoke smells it was almost imposssible to read.
I tried this trick and it seemed to help.

I have an NASB, among other versions, and all NASBs aren't the same: there's a 1971, 1977, 1995, and. 2020 edition.

I prefer the 1995 and before versions.

Here's the one I own. It's a 1977 version (it's older than I am), but I like it because it's red letter and doesn't contain a lot of footnotes or commentary. It's just plain scripture from top to bottom.

Mine’s a red latter 1995. I love the ‘95’s. I have a 1977 that I like as well. Ted letter. I love how the older Bibles paper is “broken “ in vs a new Bible. That’s the only reason I was trying to save this one. The paper is nice. I understand the 2020 version is omitting pronouns and going gender neutral. I don’t play that game.

God bless you sir.

That’s the plan now.

This shocks me, (though I guess in a way it doesn't) so I googled about it and found articles as going back to 2004/2005 (might be stuff even earlier, I didn't look to far) talking about the whole gender neutral issue.
SAD I already have to screen EVERYTHING I give my kids, but the thought that as they get older and move out of easy to read "children's Bibles" that I will have to screen those as well.

Scared to see how it tries to rewrite the Proverbs 31 WOman.

It’s probably just from the fire and brimstone passages of Scripture.

Imagine it being interactive as you read it!

Ever seen this monstrosity?

like I said, it shocks me, though I guess it shouldn't.
I don't want to derail this thread (more than I might've already done), but this brings my thoughts back to my kiddos and their innocence and understanding of the covenant rainbow.......
should I? take this thought to "miscellaneous" or "family" forums?

Ozium?

I mean it works for neutralizing some pretty "smelly" scents but cigarette smoke is pretty weird. The smell of plain tobacco (cigar/pipe/self-rolls/AS) doesn't bother me but what most call "cigarette" tobacco does...it lingers and pervades strangely. Could be the added chemicals? Either way it can saturate much easier and longer even with venting it seems...tis odd.




I will say that I'd be happy to get that at the thrift store
Smoke smell would be lame but I haven't found a large print at the thrift store yet that I recall and while I can still read those super tiny fonts it's nice for it to be bigger when my eyes are tired.


It's been since I was young that I recall the smoke-free thing on Ebay being common practice. Brings back memories of how smoking has transitioned (public perception/rules/etc) Now even bars/hotel rooms are dwindling.

are the pages yellow or just smelly
If a book strongly stinks I just withdraw it from the library, and also if the pages are yellowing.

Nobody wants to read books that are stinky. Because its a Bible Im sure you can easily find another copy.

if its like the only one the only copy I would suggest is air it and coat it in baking soda to absorb some of the smell, then shake it off after a few days but as I havent had that problem I am not sure if that method would work one hundred percent.

Open it up and cover it in a bucket of baking soda, make sure the baking soda gets through to most of the pages and leave for a couple of days.