There are now laundry perfumes and fabric finishes...
(that are highly scented) that are not meant to
wash out. They toxic substances are very difficult
on folks with allergies, especially asthma. They
don't wash out.
I am a computer consultant. I pick these chemicals
up when I sit in other people's chairs, or just by
entering a room where someone uses these chemicals.
Also, grocery shopping. I DO NOT use scented
products around my house. The worst is chairs though.
Dear T:to compress and decompress the chair's cushions a few times, to exchange ozone into the material / foam. Hot vinegar fumes might do as well, and do less damage.
On Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 5:45:15 PM UTC-7, T wrote:
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There are now laundry perfumes and fabric finishes...
(that are highly scented) that are not meant to
wash out. They toxic substances are very difficult
on folks with allergies, especially asthma. They
don't wash out.
I am a computer consultant. I pick these chemicals
up when I sit in other people's chairs, or just by
entering a room where someone uses these chemicals.
Also, grocery shopping. I DO NOT use scented
products around my house. The worst is chairs though.
You aren't going to "wash" a chair. For a chair, just use Tyvek or a plastic sheet, to minimize air exchange.
If you hadn't said "asthma", I would have suggested an ozone generator, say 1 gm/hr. Ozone directly attacks aromatics (heat, humidity, and visible light helps), but it also "blinds" the nose (and triggers asthmatics). More than likely, you will have
I have seen phenomenal results bagging items, pulling all the vacuum a shop vac can pull, let fresh air into the bag, and repeat as necessary. The "fresh air" could have different compounds added, since they will be pulled down into the materials thatare at lower pressures.
Good luck.
David A. Smith
We have had no luck with vinegar. Vinegar use to work
wonders until these new persistent perfumes came out.
Are they alcohol soluble? If so, how would you remove
them. How about fat and wax soluble? You would think
hot water and detergent would whack them ?? Then
there are the nanoparticles.
In the past, I have read some of the patents and scents
are triggered by body heat. They do comes off in hot
water, but they won't stop coming off. It is like
I have discovered perpetual motion.
You mentioned vacuum?
Dear T:
On Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 10:56:01 AM UTC-7, T wrote:
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We have had no luck with vinegar. Vinegar use to work
wonders until these new persistent perfumes came out.
It is just generally safer than ozone, and works to some extent to remove smoker's smell from a car.
Are they alcohol soluble? If so, how would you remove
them. How about fat and wax soluble? You would think
hot water and detergent would whack them ?? Then
there are the nanoparticles.
These are compounds targeted / selected to be the cheapest, and most noticeable to humans.
In the past, I have read some of the patents and scents
are triggered by body heat. They do comes off in hot
water, but they won't stop coming off. It is like
I have discovered perpetual motion.
You mentioned vacuum?
These compounds have a vapor pressure. Get the heat up, and pull a vacuum, and you "boil" them off faster. They will be coming out in the exhaust stream of the shop vac, so make sure it is sitting "outside".
David A. Smith
What do you think of this?
https://www.amazon.com/Bestauto-Gallon-Chamber-Stainless-Degassing/dp/B07TQLLVNC
Dear T:
On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 12:51:07 PM UTC-7, T wrote:
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What do you think of this?
https://www.amazon.com/Bestauto-Gallon-Chamber-Stainless-Degassing/dp/B07TQLLVNC
Won't hold an (intact) office chair!
Looks good. Especially good if you can but a "coffee cup warmer" under the pot. Remember, as the various vapors leave, the temperature drops...
David A. Smith
On 11/29/21 08:00, dlzc wrote:
Looks good. Especially good if you can but a "coffee cup warmer"
under the pot. Remember, as the various vapors leave, the
temperature drops...
PV = nRT
It has top be better that the months of soaking I
currently have to do! One of the soaks is a bacteria
solution!
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