Ikea Furniture Smell
How to get rid of the chemical smell in new dressers.
Ikea furniture smell. You can google ikea furniture smell and come back with any number of articles. Here s an article that slate did last year about the smell. Acetaldehyde is a chemical used in the production of perfumes think new car or new furniture smell polyester resins dyes rubber production and in tanning agent production.
A new dresser not only brightens up your interior space but it also adds valuable storage. New wood furniture brings with it a new wood smell initially the smell of new wood furniture is appealing but it soon gets old and intrusive. Ikea review with 1 comment.
Its very well known that ikea s furniture has a bad smell to it and needs to air out once taken out of the box. In fact the smell from your new furniture can give you a headache and even worsen your allergies. Ikea designs manufactures and sells a wide variety of ready to build furniture such as desks dining sets couches bookcases and beds.
It is classified as a probable human carcinogen based on inadequate human cancer studies and animal studies that have shown nasal tumors in rats and. Your first step in trying to eliminate the smoke smell or any other smell should always be to clean off these residues. The nicotine and tar from cigarettes leave a visible sticky residue behind on furniture.
Residues on furniture can trap in the smells. A good scrub may remove odors from wood furniture. But i would always still worry about what.
Furniture should not smell bad. I would return the dresser because you really do not know what is causing that smell and it could be bad for you. To keep materials from deteriorating during storage and shipping ikea routinely treats furniture components and packaging with binding agents flame retardants and other chemicals.