What to do if a new sofa has a “chemical” smell: tips for new homeowners
The last thing we think about when the long-awaited delivery finally brings new furniture to our home is that the apartment will be filled with a terrible smell of “chemicals”.
According to the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", designer Yulia Tychino , the "aroma" can be associated with the frame elements, that is, with plywood, chipboard, etc., with filler, glue or synthetic upholstery.
The intensity of the smell is directly related to how “fresh” the compositions were used in production.
There is good news - as soon as the chemical reactions in them are completed, the obsessive smell will disappear.
Therefore, the surest way to get rid of the smell is to ventilate the room.
As a rule, the process of complete disappearance of the “aroma” takes from several days to two weeks.
However, this process can be accelerated, for example, by sprinkling the sofa with salt or placing tea bags on its surface.
By the way, there are situations when it is not the product itself that smells, but the packaging. In this case, the smell disappears a few hours after the film or cardboard is taken out of the room.
