airing out latex?
| My mattress from FBM is set to arrive tomorrow. I've read that some people air out the latex for 24 hrs, some for a week, some not at all. Is there a recommended amount of time? How much is it likely to smell (ie - should I clear out a room and plan on not using it until the mattress is aired out?). Thanks so much! |
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I received my Talatech topper (1") from SleepLikeABear yesterday afternoon, and am airing it out. The latex smell is not strong or offensive, but I figured that I might as well air the topper out for a day. I'll probably put it on the bed tonight. -Catherine |
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I got a one-inch Talatech 24 ILD topper from SleepLikeaBear.com and the latex odor (something like vanilla, but it's not really vanilla) was strong when I unwrapped it. Very nice quality foam, good price and great service. I aired it out in the back of my car (a hatchback) for three days, took a couple drives with the windows wide open. Sunlight came in but the UV portion was filtered out by the hatch window. This helped some, and, hoping the rest of the odor would gradually disappear, I put it on top of my 3" dunlop medium-firm latex pad (a clearance item from foamsweetfoam.com which had no smell at all) to complete my DIY latex/spring hybrid king bed. A month later the odor remains, doesn't seem to have dissipated any more. I've aired it out a couple more times. In fact the odor permeates my down pillow, and I have to take the pillow off the bed and air it out every couple days. It's not so bad that I can't sleep with it, but definitely aware of it. My wife doesn't seem bothered by it. Keeping my hopes up that, with time, the smell will vanish, but at the rate I've observed, it will take months. |
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L.I. makes an excellent product (Talatech) but that smell they infuse the latex with is really awful. After six weeks I returned the mattress but the smell lingered on. I had to wash my down comforter and air out my feather and down pillows to remove the odor that had permeated everything. For months after I would walk in the house and catch a whiff of that creme brulee smell of L.I. latex. It really turned my stomach. They really ought to tone it down or offer an unscented version for those of us who prefer a fragrance neutral environment. Different manufacturers may introduce some kind of artificial scent in a latex product to disguise the faint rubber smell it has naturally. I bought a Natura latex topper which was made by Dunlopillo, and happily it had no artificial smell added. Whether the latex you order will have any nasty odor depends on who manufactured it. That's why some have said the latex they bought from FBM smelled fine, and others had just the opposite experience. |