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patricia92243

(12,595 posts)
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 01:49 PM Mar 2015

New mattress smell making me sick. All mattress covers protect from bed bugs, etc.

Rather than throw a perfectly good mattress out, I am trying to buy a cover for it, but I cannot find one that says it protects from smells. Does anybody know if there is such a thing?

If I have to buy a hypoallergenic mattress - they are Expensive!

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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New mattress smell making me sick. All mattress covers protect from bed bugs, etc. (Original Post) patricia92243 Mar 2015 OP
You can get plastic covers at a big box store Warpy Mar 2015 #1
Kmart and Target sell them. nt LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #2
I bought a mattress that smelled so strongly of chemicals, it stunk up the entire house. Within 2 Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #3
I would definitely take it back womanofthehills Mar 2015 #4

Warpy

(111,261 posts)
1. You can get plastic covers at a big box store
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 02:02 PM
Mar 2015

or online, which might be more reliable if you don't have a twin or king. Be sure to use a mattress pad over it or you'll wake up every morning having to peel the bottom sheet off your sweaty skin.

The smell shouldn't last all that long, that's the only good thing.

Ironically, a lot of the plastic covers are made to contain (ta da) bedbugs.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
3. I bought a mattress that smelled so strongly of chemicals, it stunk up the entire house. Within 2
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 03:33 PM
Mar 2015

days I took it back and bought a different one that didn't reek. That would be my suggestion, return it and get one that doesn't smell like poison.

womanofthehills

(8,709 posts)
4. I would definitely take it back
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 11:53 PM
Mar 2015

If you can't return it - put it outside in the sunshine for a few day to out gas it.

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