Hello - so my family and I just moved across the country and into a new apt. (we had never seen the apt until we moved in) Anyway, it doesn't smell the best. A combo of dog and smoke maybe? In particular, my son's room. So, we did baking soda and vacuumed the carpets, then shampooed the carpets, have baking soda and vinegar in the room and washed the walls. - Any other tips? Do those ionic air purifiers work? Help me out please! Thank you
Place dishes of rock salt in the room. Rock salt absorbs bad smells. We did that when we bough our house...we had smells of smoke and pets, as well.
i would sit a thing of baking soda in the room and change it out every once in a while and maybe get a glade plug in as well and use a purifire becuase they do work
Please DON"T use a chemical air freshener. It might mask the smell, but they contain toxic ingredients, and young children, particularly, should NEVER be exposed to them. (Please read http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-....
One solution that has helped some people is to rent an ozone machine. This should be used at high power for a couple of hours while the room is UNOCCUPIED and can be aired out for a couple of hours before anyone used the space. The ozone molecules bond to and neutralize most kinds of volatile compounds that cause smell.
If this doesn't work, you probably will need to get the carpet replaced. All the other steps you've taken are good ones, but perhaps the smell is embedded too deeply in the carpeting.
ml
Hi A.,
I just learned of this through a friend, so I thought I would pass it along. You can have your apartment manager, and they have to do this, they can deoxygenate your apartment. This of course means that all living things must be out for a time.
Hope this helps!
T. Nelson
