I wound up putting pots of vinegar all over the house, opened all the doors and windows (shut off
the oild burner), on a beautiful 40 degree windy day. I then washed every piece of the kitchen
(cabinets, under and over, inside, counter top, dining room table, chairs, mopped the floor, walls
and ceiling. Did all the same stuff in the living room. Well, the kitchen still smells like burnt
plastic. I do notice a lot of the smell coming from the space saving microwave that is just over the
stove where the burnt plastic melted. I am going to have to throw that microwave out and buy a new
one. The vinegar did nothing in this case. It just made the house smell like vinegar.
Tony
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:51:43 -0500, tim wrote:
(GregS) wrote in
:
In article
m, 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
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
The big areas for odor retention are carpet, upholstered furniture,
shades/drapes, and the paint on the walls. I would suggest, first,
clean the drapes/curtains. Then if you feel competent, steam clean
the upholstery and carpeting [Don't forget the underside of the
furniture]. Otherwise hire a professional to do it. Then wash the
walls, and if possible ceiling. If the odor still persists, use
something like Killz to seal the existing paint on the walls and
repaint the walls and ceiling. Good luck.
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