Will my cutting mats stop smelling?
#41
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Originally Posted by lorraine43
My fiskers is still outside! I don't know what they are made of but it doesn't seem that it,s good to breath into your lungs. I hope China did,nt use unsafe materials in them and sometimes I smell it in childrens toys.
#44
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Originally Posted by dreamboat
I have 3 and none of them smelled. What did they smell like?
#45
I had a stinky one too and couldn't take it back because it was a final sale. I left it outside in all kinds of weather for 2 weeks, turning it over frequently. It's been in my sewing room since and there's no odor.
#46
Originally Posted by suern3
I have two Olfa mats and neither one had any smell. Got them at LQS where they were stored upright without wrapping, maybe that's the difference. I wouldn't keep one with a bad odor.
#48
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I have a very sensitive asthmatic nose, so I feel your pain. What may be no odor to some, will be a horrible odor to me.
There are products in the sporting goods section to remove smells from fisherman's hands - don't know the name. Maybe that would help? I have also heard of washing stinky things with diluted toothpaste. Weird but when you think about it, it might make sense.
Or sprinkling it with baking soda might help too.
There are products in the sporting goods section to remove smells from fisherman's hands - don't know the name. Maybe that would help? I have also heard of washing stinky things with diluted toothpaste. Weird but when you think about it, it might make sense.
Or sprinkling it with baking soda might help too.
#49
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Location: Lumby, British Columbia
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Yes mine smelled too. I washed mine with vinegar and kept them outside on the cement when I wasn't using them. Make sure you store them flat. Anyway after a few weeks of leaving them outside the smell went away. I was at my friends house and she had a new smelly mat as well and she didn't even seem to notice the smell. We bought our mats at the same time, so go figure??
#50
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When I walk by the Olfa mats at Fabricland--yuk, what a smell. I sell the Omnigrid and at one time they had an odor and I contacted the company and they said they had changed something in the glues used to hold them together. I find that now, they have a bit of odor, but goes away quite quickly. I couldn't stand to work with smelly mats and don't expect my customers to either. You shouldn't have to air a mat for 6 months before you can use it.
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