Mattress Forum

The darned thing is out-gassing so badly I can't even have it in the house (I live in a studio apartment.) I believe it's mostly the flame retardants these things are dipped in these days (plus maybe the foam.) Right now it's out on the porch and I'm staying elsewhere.

I aired it out for 7 days and it was better but it was still messing with my nervous system so I aired it out for another 3 days. This time there was no further improvement. It could be because the temperature outdoors where it was airing out had gone seasonally from about 70 degrees to 40 degrees or it could be because it just won't out gas any further. It is still intolerable to me as I am chemically sensitive to formaldehydes and VOCs.

- I just read that flame retardants don't off-gas. Is this true? 

- And now that it is 35 degrees outdoors, will the foam and/or flame retardants off-gas at that low a temperature on my porch?

- Is there anything I can do to quicken this process or make my mattress useable?

thank you.