Here's a real challenge for someone

[marty59]

I must be fortunate with my Predicta Barberpole....The screen plastic has been staying stable but sure, if I put my nose on it that smell is (always) there. It used to be worse! When I had first got it, stunk pretty bad but it also had that white crusty mold on it and thick!
I took the screen off and gently washed it in the bathtub with Dawn, that's all I've done with it. I would imagine higher humidities and dampness would be a problem.

Don't you guys with basements use a de-humidifier? When I grew up in Michigan I was usually stuck with the duties of emptying the tray out then I got smart and rigged it up over the floor drain!
But the basement did stay dry and not musty. Plastics didn't get attacked with the white crusty mold either.