My neighbor’s Queen Therapeutic Memory Foam Mattress with 5″ 5LB Viscoelastic Memory Foam arrived yesterday. Being her nice neighbor, it’s for sure that I had to go check out her newly-bought discount mattress.
It’s not just a normal discounted mattress, it’s of 77% off discount deal, you know. From $2,500.00 to $575.00! According to my neighbor, this mattress is $945 on sale at a local furniture store.
The memory foam mattress was still vacuum packed in plastic when I arrived at her house. It’s good that there were multiple layers protecting the actual mattress so that there’s no chance of damage in-transit.
It was very heavy to move though. My neighbor should have me to thank to help move it out of her living room and into the bedroom.
As for the distinct smell to the mattress after unwrapping it, my neighbor told me this morning that it evaporated before the first night.
Since there is this 90-Day in Home Guarantee, my neighbor asked me to get a Queen 12″ Therapeutic Memory Foam Mattress with 5″ 5LB Viscoelastic Memory Foam
during sale. If I don’t like it, return it after a week or so.
Er, sorry, it’s either I leave it or I buy one and use it for a long time. I don’t have this habit of returning goods, especially big items like beds and mattresses after trying them on.
Question: How to Get the Awful Cigarette Smell Out of the Beds/Mattresses?
I painted the house, washed the curtains, threw the carpets out, opened the windows, washed the beds but the smell seems to be embedded in the mattresses.
Answer: This reminds me of my brother-in-law who loves smoking in the room each time he comes back to stay in the family house for a week or two.
Every time he finishes his short stay, I am the one who has to clean up the room thoroughly to get rid of the awful cigarette smoke smell. Urgh, hate it, but there is nothing I can do as it’s a family house, not my own house! If it was my own house, I would forbid any smoking in the house.
I use a deodorizer such as Febreeze for temporary solution when I am too lazy to do the room cleaning. After all, it’s not my own home, right? For your information, Febreeze only masks the bad odor temporarily. The bad smell will return as soon as the spray product evaporates.
Sunshine is a natural deodorant. When it’s a super hot scorching day, I will haul the mattress outdoors in the sunshine.
When I feel like spending more time to get rid of the cigarette smell, I will sprinkle the mattress with baking soda, rub it and pat it into the fabric so it gets as far into it as possible. Let it sit overnight and then vacuum it all back up.
So far, these solutions work for me. Mind sharing yours?
