How long goes it take for this smell to go away? It smells toxic like gasoline. After a week, we can't use our gazebo because the smell makes us so si
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I only used it on my boat cover and it only smelt till it was dry, a couple hours. Once it dried on my boat cover it no longer smelt. My boat cover is now 100% waterproof, I'm happy with it.
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We sprayed our dome canopy and after it dried we folded it and put it back in the carry case.A week later we went camping and took it out of the bag. There was no smell at all.
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Honestly... a solid few weeks. When we did our pop-up camper, we let it sit in our garage for a few weeks before the smell started to go away. It still lingered just a bit until our pop-up was rained on one camping weekend.
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I know what you mean. They smelled bad for about a day and a half. I put the trike outside on our screen porch. The smell went away in that time. Yes, the smell goes away! Try putting it outside, if you can put it in a protected area, like a porch.
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Honestly, the smell is strong and not pleasant. We put the traps under the sinks and behind the toilets. When the smell became very strong a couple hours later, we assumed it would go away in a day or two (as indicated in another response). However, the smell appears to have gotten stronger. I could smell it from rooms away. I cannot verify if these traps are effective, because we threw them away after getting headaches and sleepless nights due to the smell.
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I find it hard to believe I purchased the same item as was purchased by the people answering this question. There is a definitely a smell - kind of like a strong plastic smell, which is there even when the unit is not turned on (and just gets stronger when it is). Granted, I've only had this for about 5 days, so hopefully it will go away.
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The odor slowly fades away. We installed it in an enclosed compartment and the odor was gone within 30 days.
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Ginger is right. It takes about a week for the smell to go away. Buy outdoors you may not notice it.
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The smell went away after a week or two. It was almost a kerosene type smell (maybe something in shipping?), but all fine now. Hope that helps.
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Lets put it this way. I let a friend borrow my boat. Its in the cabin. They forgot to empty it. So at the end of summer when I got home I stepped into my boat and never knew it was holding toxic waste. If you know what I mean. I never smell anything except on the flush.
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Because of the materials it smelled like a new car to me, although it dissipated reasonably fast I was never bothered by it. I can't remember when it went away but I've had it about 4 months and the smell has been gone awhile.
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Hmm, I just went over and sniffed our set and I don't smell anything in particular. I think we've had this since July, so perhaps it's off-gassed since then but I really don't remember the set having a toxic smell when we opened it and started playing with it.
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I got no smell.. but I would think that is is not totally un common... if there was any residual oil or other substance on the plastic it will burn off.. it should stop after a short time... good luck..
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I clean it in the back yard every week with a organic cleaner, so it doesn't start to hold odor. I have replaced it three times in 15 months, but I am a clean freak.
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Our smelled like that as well, but only for a few days. We've had our for 5 months now and it doesn't smell anymore.
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I purchased this mattress in August and it is comfortable. How long it will last, I cannot say yet. I WILL say that you will need to unwrap it and let it air out IN YOUR GARAGE or something for at least a WEEK. It has a very strong chemical odor that takes FOREVER to dissipate. It was sickening the first month.
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I noticed the smell upon opening mine too. The smell seemed to come from all the little desiccant packs. Throw them away and double check because theirs a lot of them in all the pockets. And after I took all of them out. I just left the pack open on my hot and humid porch. Even if you did nothing. I would assume the smell would eventually fade over time, Till then just try storing it away from you till the smell dies down some.
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Maybe 10 to 15 minutes as soon as you can catch the smell you need to stop it because the air is ionized enough. You can redo this several time in case of viruses going around...Hope this heps
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Yes. the smell went away rather quickly. I can't remember exactly how long it was, but it could not have been too long. I absolutely hate bad smells in my house, and I would definitely have noticed if the smell stuck around for too long. hth.