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I have been given a great mattress and really need it. It has been in the loft of a smoker's house for a number of years and reeks. I've left it outside in the sun for about six hours and sprayed it with Ozium. I can still smell it from six inches away.
Is there any hope? I really need this mattress and can not afford to buy one of this quality. Maybe more airing in the sun, Fabreeze and a good mattress cover?
Geez I would rather sleep on dirt then to even try and save that lost cause of a mattress. How gross. I bet when you throw it out even the garbage men wont touch that smelly thing. I wonder if there were any cases of getting cancer from breathing all that nicotine from a mattress.
Try leaving Borax on it for several hours, then vacuuming it off. Also mix 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water and spray the mattress with it (not when Borax is on it). I have found both to be effective at removing cigarette smoke odor.
would it make a difference if you put on one of those zipped shut plastic matttress covers (think the kind for people who wet the bed) and then put a regular matress cover on top?
I have never tried to decontaminate a matress but car interiors will eventually "air out" over a few months. Offhand I like Cosmic's idea, I don't know how you go about getting an ozone generator but ozone generator and bagging the mattress sounds likely.
Probably whatever you do you'll have to "grin and bear it" for a little while. A waterproof matress cover may reduce the smell while you are sleeping on it.
1. Get a gallon each of acetone and denatured alcohol.
2. Mix them together, and pour over mattress.
3. Let soak in for 7 minutes and 30 seconds.
4. Light a match and toss it in the center of the mattress.
Problem solved.
Oh, drag it out to the curb before you start process.
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