In article , ransley wrote:
On Dec 21, 8:00=A0am, Tony wrote:
I am an idiot. Everyday, my wife and I boil or baby's bottles in a pot of=
hot water to sterilze
them. Last night, I turned on the stove at 12:30 am and while I was waiti=
ng for the water to boil, I
sat down and watched tv. Well, next thing you know, I woke up at 4am with=
the most disgusting smell
of all of the melted bottles and nipples inside the covered pot. I immedi=
eately threw the pot
outside into the snow. but the smell was so bad, I could hardly breathe. =
I looked at the pot this
morning and all that is left is a black hard hardened plastic clump on th=
e bottom. It looks like the
surface of the moon, or like sugar after you boil it.

=A0I didnt see any smoke but there must have been some. I opened the wind=
ows immediately at 4:30 am
(front door, rear door, windows, fans, etc, which was terrible because it=
was 20 degree last night
and it was snowing when this all happened. I closed everything after one =
hour and went back to bed
(with out bedroom door shut). Thank goodness the baby's room door was alm=
ost completely closed
because we have a humidifier in his room. Our room was far enough away fr=
om the kitchen that it
didnt smell yet.

So there is my jackass story. Now, my wife left for the day with the baby=
and my job is to get rid
of this smell. I googled this and it seems that boiking vinegar is a good=
way to do this. Also, cut
an onion and leave it out. Do these things really work? I live in a ranch=
so it is only the one
floor to worry about. Also, there is no carpeting in any of the affected =
rooms. =A0Will it get better
if I washed down all the walls, ceilings and mopped the floors? Please he=
lp. I am sitting here in a
55 degrees house with the windows wide open and the smell of burnt plasti=
c is almost everywhere.

I dont have the money to hire a professional or to get ozone machines. Th=
anks for any suggestions
that you think I can try that wont cost much.

Tony

Ozone is poison so dont regret it, burn candles, carpet deoderiser or
baking soda in carpet, might help. Once my mom left a pot of chicken
on the stove and threw in 6 or so eggs to boil, 8 hrs later can home,
meat was off bones gone, eggs broke and burnt away, 2 years later it
might have been still stinking. Maybe google, plastics may be bad, or
maybe not.

There is nothing wrong with using ozone machines if done properly. I would imagine
there might also be ozone machine rentals. Also, any quality air cleaner
will have a carbon filter which sucks up room odors. You can also install them on
furnace or air conditioners. Getting at the source odor is the most important, but
it may be stuck on everything.

greg