New furniture smell – how to get rid of it?
I’ve had this situation a couple times where I’ve gotten new furniture – once a futon mattress and now a desk chair – and they smell bad – like heavy duty mothballs or something. It’s winter now so I don’t want to stick the chair outside (it’s leather) but the smell is giving me a headache. Anyone had this experience and found a good way to rid the smell? The futon mattress I could put some febreeze on it to help, but I don’t want to spray it on leather. Does anyone know what that stink is? I read that it may be teflon, but don’t know. I worry about my pets breathing it in as well because I hear that is worse for them than for people.
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That wonderful NEW smell you have is formaldehyde outgassing and that is why it gives you a headache. I bet you can’t shop in a department store for long either because of the same reason. It happens with fibers and new carpet and all kinds of new stuff. It take s a while for it to complete and being that you cant put it outside, there is nothing to do but wait it out. Sorry!
On wooden furniture, use furniture polish or furniture oil. Surely lemon scent is better than new furniture smell.
On leather I suggest leather/suede cleaner.
On soft fabrics (cloth, etc) use a product like Febreeze.
Good luck.