Quote Originally Posted by thepyrofish
Last night I remembered that my mother has a chest like that, and has had it for yearls longer than I can even remember. She doesn't use it anymore so I was going to ask if I could have it...then I recalled it was made entirely of cedar...I doubt it's spanish.
Seal the inside seader with a polyurethane or something similar so it wont absorb moisture then let it set until that smell goes away. Then purchase some spanish cedar and line the inside with it.

Oh and by the way, SPANISH CEDAR IS F'N EXPENSIVE!