How do I remove the smell....
12-12-2010, 05:22 PM
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Self-healing mats and non-healing mats are made from different materials. They all outgas differently and at different temperatures. Self-healing mats outgas a lot when they are newly manufactured. Some brands are worse than others. I have found that the harder the mat is, the less outgassing. The downside is they kill your rotary blades really fast. There really isn't a magic cure except time and maybe optimum conditions.
12-12-2010, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by clem55
LOL which is worse? Spray it with Febreeze or Oust, they work on everything else!
Great stuff.
12-12-2010, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by julia58
Just put a pan of collards on the stove, you won't smell the mat anymore.
I once broiled salted cod fish during the summer. Had all the flies in the neighborhood banging on the screens and neighbors wondering what had died. I pleaded ignorance!
12-13-2010, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by raynhamquilter
A while back I was at Joanns and I was looking around and was near a lady I did not know. I had to leave the area because she SMELLED like a skunk! Twice more I had to leave the area when she came near. I was flabbergasted and decided to go home. At the check out the clerk said, "Don't these mats stink?" MAT? I had been carrying the stink with me all that time! DUH! Thank heavens I didn't say anything to that woman who must have thought I was Stinky -- and I was--at least my mat was.
That's hilarious! Thanks for posting it. I needed a good laugh.
12-13-2010, 04:06 AM
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Thanks everyone for all the great tips. It doesn't smell quite as funky as it did, but I can still smell the vinegar in the kitchen. I am going shopping today; may buy some collards. In the meantime I am going to put on a pot of pickling spices or just some cloves & cinnamon to "freshen" up the kitchen. My moral to this is to always remember to smell your purchases before buying. The people around you may look at you funny, if so just tell them you are checking for BO, or MO (mat odor).
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