| Have had my TP for a couple of weeks and it still smells horrible. I let it air out in my bedroom with the windows open and the cover off for a week before I slept on it. Also put a plate of apple wedges and baking soda on it. I'm running a HEPA air cleaner that also has a special filter for gasses in that room 24 hours a day. Got the ceiling fan and a huge powerful box fan running. Can't use Febreze or any other fabric refresher, as I'm allergic to scents. Any other ideas? |
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One more question (gee I'm just full of them today, aren't I LOL). I live in a very humid area. Our temps are in the 90s with a heat index over 100. The room it's in is awfully humid with the windows open. I read something on another site that says you shouldn't leave it in a humid room, because it will cause the foam to get moldy. So how can you properly air it out in a humid area if you can't leave it in a humid room with the windows open? |
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I don't know about the mold/mildew advice. But, the humidity could very well be the reason it is taking so long to get rid of the odor. I assume you have A/C, as nobody could sleep in a 90+deg/hi-humidity environment without it. (Personally, I couldn't even live in one, period, let alone sleep in it.) I recommend keeping the A/C on during the day, even if you aren't home, just until the odor dissipates. I'll bet it will help. |
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Yes, the a/c is on, 24 hours a day even when I'm gone. I haven't closed off the a/c vents in that room even with the windows open, to try to keep the humidity down as much as I can, but it's still hot as hades in there and extremely humid. Today it seemed like the mattress was smelling a little better, so I thought I'd try closing the windows during the hottest part of the day, and then opening them again at night, but I just went in there and with the windows closed even a couple of hours, the off-gassing smell is extremely bad again. This message was modified Jul 17, 2010 by tnpd
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| Good luck. I don't really know what else to tell you, other than what worked for me. |
| Thanks, Gary. |
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Still dealing with the odor. I'm not even sleeping in that room anymore. Sleeping in the living room for now, while this thing keeps airing out. I hope it's soon, but it still smells really bad. I did figure out that it's not the foam itself that is the problem. The top of the mattress smells ok. The worst of the smell is coming from the sides where the layers are glued together. Right at the seam of each layer is where the smell comes from that is bothering me so much. The actual foam smell isn't bothering me so much. I still have the cover off, the windows open, fan blowing on the bed, air cleaner running, plates of cut apples and baking soda on the bed, bowls of vinegar next to the bed, and lots of dryer sheets on the bed. The dryer sheets are unscented because I'm allergic to perfumes, but I'm hoping they'll help absorb the odor anyway. |
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I never had that issue...a day or two and its gone. Try taking the cover off and run the fan through the "airflow chambers" to see if that helps. It should not smell for that long though.. |
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Thanks, that's a great idea! I've been running the fan on it (with the cover off), but just aimed at the bed in general. I'm going to set the fan right next to the airflow chambers and give it some intense blowing through the chambers and see what happens. Maybe a few hours in each spot, all around the sides of the mattress. This message was modified Jul 19, 2010 by tnpd
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fishstick wrote: Try taking the cover off and run the fan through the "airflow chambers" to see if that helps. |
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this is a common complaint with memory foam and polyurethane foam in general. they are made with some not so nice chemicals. some batches are definitely worse than others. if you get one that is very smelly, it's best to return it, sorry to say. glues are also used in some mattresses and these can be very toxic as well. in fact, i think there are often some 60+ chemicals used in mattresses today, many of which are not good for the human body, leading a lot of people to search for healthier alternatives. there isn't a lot to choose from that is healthy, unfortunately. i recently purchased a new mattress that stunk up the whole house. we couldn't get near it, much less sleep on it. after almost a week, with fans blowing, windows open, etc, i said, enough! and returned it. ridiculous! that it is so difficult to find a healthy mattress nowadays. This message was modified Jul 21, 2010 by jasmine
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