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Nalla Vish
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removing febreze smell on sofa
Comments (39)I was staying at a friend's house waiting until my move-in date for my new home. The only place to sleep was on the couch, in the living room. Just a medium size couch with fabric cushions, and a few extra pillows. Within one day I noticed that I had a headache when I awakened. I wrote it off due to stress of the whole moving situation. As the week went on....my headache was getting worse, and lasting longer. After about five days...I was concerned that something was seriously wrong with me. A pounding headache, lasting all day; was something that I had never experienced. To make a long story short: (while I was not home) my host had been spraying Febreze in the living room and all over the couch because he wanted it to smell nice for me. I was flabbergasted that a product whose use is supposedly healthy to use daily on clothes, fabric and in the air, could cause such symptoms in a single day. Of course that was the end of spraying Febreze...and it was about three days until my headache went away. I have never been a fan of chemical deodorizers...but if inhaling the fumes can cause such terrible symptoms (I thought I had a brain tumor), why would I ever want to use Febreze on my clothes or in the air that I breathe. I'm just a regular person who thought someone might like to hear this story. J in Chicago...See Morehow to get rid of perfume smell
Comments (21)Keep in mind that baking soda, bowls of vinegar or vanilla do not work overnight and if the windows are open you're limiting the effectiveness of it. Essentially you're working on the whole outdoors rather than just the room. Vent the room for the major stuff and while people work in there, then close it up. It can still take weeks to absorb the odors. If they spilled it in there then you may well have to remove the carpet. If it's fairly new, possibly a square yard or so, (depending on how widespread the spill was) could be removed and replaced with new carpet so you wouldn't have to replace it all. I'm hoping it wasn't so much that it soaked down into the flooring beneath. If she spilled THAT much though and didn't say anything, I'd be having a very serious conversation with her. But back to the issue. Frankly, wouldn't it almost be better to pull the carpet with your sensitivities? If you don't have hardwood under it you could put a parquet, tile or vinyl down. Easier to keep clean, less dust and allergens and throw rugs could be used and tossed in the washer even in the event of a repeat spill. It just stinks (pardon the pun) that you should have to endure this. Whoever did this should kick in on the cost IMO, but of course that's up to you. I'm wondering about the carpet cleaning places though. Most use chemicals that could cause you trouble. There's one around here now advertising that they use activated water and if it works, that would be the route to go to avoid more irritants. Possibly someone could try a cleaning with vinegar water, let it sit a while and then use the charged water system. From what I understand, it works in a similar manner to an air ionizer. The water is electrically charged and dirt and the like has a positive charge so it's attracted to it. There's places selling the cleaner bottles that work this way now for "green" cleaning and I do know that ionizers work so I'm inclined to think this does have merit. Again I wouldn't count out a good ionizer. I have great experiences with them. Again, possibly a friend could rent a cleaner, especially a scrubber and use a vinegar water to absorb as much as possible. Then have the ionizer going with windows and doors shut. I used ionizers back when I smoked and people didn't know I smoked other than having ash trays out. Had a small 12 volt one in my truck too and my dad, who was a nut about smoking, had no idea. Also a friend's company has some that get used by cars or places that have had small fires in them and he cleans them up, puts the ionizer in there for a couple days and it's amazing what it can do. I'm talking about a good one, not a cheapie. Another thought or two. Check with a disaster cleanup place for ideas. They deal with fire and sewer smells all the time so they should know what it takes. Also you should find out exactly what perfume she spilled so you can contact the manufacturer, tell them the situation and maybe they could tell you how to neutralize it? Or if you know what's in it you could do some research on it. Lastly, I'm not sure if your or your guest's homeowners insurance would cover this so it could be a long shot but it might be worth checking it out, especially if you have to replace carpet and the like. Theirs might be more likely to cover it or possibly part of it. I understand your situation. I can't go into a room where people are burning scented candles anymore. I cough nonstop and people can be very insensitive about it. BTW, plain, paraffin, unscented candles, well any fire, candle, lantern, portable burner etc, will help absorb odors too. Obviously they shouldn't be left unattended. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that you can get that smell out. I know how it lingers from someone being in an elevator a couple minutes, much less soaked into a carpet. Good luck and keep us posted....See MoreHow to Remove Candle Smell from CL Buffet?
Comments (26)lol..omg..no way..really? Oh wow, so you gave up..or you weren't able to remove it? I wonder if there is any hope for me? Last night I put coffee grounds ALL over the inside of the island's cabinet...closed the doors, let it stay overnight..lol In the morning the whole house smelled of coffee.. I vacuumed it out..wiped it down with warm water and OMG I could STILL smell the faint scent of those horrid candles through the coffee ( I hate coffee btw )...so now I have TWO scents that are making me nauseous! lol.. I may try that lemon oil that other person said, or try to find that deactivated charcoal..otherwise I'm going to sand it down and paint it or put some kind of contact paper? I'm at the point I want to toss the island..but I JUST got it and Love it..Damn damn damn! Ugh!! lol...See MoreCooking Humor to brighten up your day
Comments (12)Luckily my DH actually took Home Ec at school and is a fairly decent, if plain, cook. I taught DD to cook by the time she was 9 and while she wasn't a keen cook when she was younger, over the past few years she's really branched out. I think it's partly because her DH is a very good and adventurous cook (make his own naan bread from scratch, makes Vietnamese rice paper for rice paper rolls etc) and spurs her on to stretching herself. But, in a local restaurant where I once worked, we had a waitress who was completely clueless. She was supposed to be circulating an afternoon tea crowd with a tray of fresh scones with jam and cream. She came in announcing, "No one was taking any so I put them on the table out there so they could help themselves." I looked. Yep, there they were in full sun on a summer day. Another time we had a very busy night and I had a bunch of salt and pepper squid appetisers almost ready to go, but other stuff that needed attending to. I handed Miss Clueless the pepper mill and said, "Could you please finish this off before you serve them?" She stood there shaking the pepper mill and wondering why nothing was coming out. But I nearly choked when she suddenly said, apropos of nothing, "Do you only get chicken breasts from girl chickens?"...See MoreNalla Vish
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