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rowan · 04-09-2005, 01:45 PM

I have a new seat which has a weird sort of smell...

What generic methods can you use to deodorise (or scent) it?

DutchTeenCash · 04-09-2005, 01:47 PM

colored? if it is id be careful youll remove the color and stains on colored leather wont get away...

Sosa · 04-09-2005, 01:55 PM

piss on it

Fuckin Bill · 04-09-2005, 02:06 PM

Go to a leather clothing store, or a motorcycle shop that sells leather accessories. They'll have spray-on cleaners and deodorizers.

I can't remember the name off-hand, but there's a spray something like the "new car smell" stuff for leather.

SmokeyTheBear · 04-09-2005, 02:11 PM

essential oils ..

try some sort of vanilla oil works good ( citrus oils may stain your seat )

The Other Steve · 04-09-2005, 03:17 PM

If it's an office chair that you bought from Office Works or Target then good luck with it - we have two that we bought over a year ago and still can't get the smell out of them no matter what we try.

rowan · 04-09-2005, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by The Other Steve

If it's an office chair that you bought from Office Works or Target then good luck with it - we have two that we bought over a year ago and still can't get the smell out of them no matter what we try.

Bingo. Officeworks ergonomic.

It's a very strange salty, sweaty sort of smell, like a big fat guy sat on it naked for a few months they boxed it up.

My wife has another chair from officeworks, a cheaper vinyl one... no problems with smells there!

fusionx · 04-09-2005, 05:20 PM

Saddle Soap - find a mild one.

The Other Steve · 04-09-2005, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

Bingo. Officeworks ergonomic.

It's a very strange salty, sweaty sort of smell, like a big fat guy sat on it naked for a few months they boxed it up.

My wife has another chair from officeworks, a cheaper vinyl one... no problems with smells there!

Rowan - we've tried a lot of stuff and we think the smell has something to do with the padding inside the seat. We noticed it almost as soon as we unpacked the boxes.

While we were using them constantly about the only thing that kept the smell under control was regular spraying with Febreeze.

We tend to go through chairs about every 12 months and when it came time to replace them we went back to cloth covered chairs. Up here in Qld they're much more comfortable than leather.

Babagirls · 04-09-2005, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

It's a very strange salty, sweaty sort of smell, like a big fat guy sat on it naked for a few months they boxed it up.

The Other Steve · 04-09-2005, 06:35 PM

Marie just reminded me too - monitor your health while you have those chairs. We saw a report on the news a while back about a family who bought a new leather lounge suite that had a similar sort of smell about it.

In the end whatever it was that was causing that smell had gone right through the house and affected their health to the point where they had to sell up and move out. Getting rid of the lounge didn't fix the problem for them.

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The Other Steve Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sunny Queensland - perfect one day and better the next. Posts: 2,106	If it's an office chair that you bought from Office Works or Target then good luck with it - we have two that we bought over a year ago and still can't get the smell out of them no matter what we try. __________________ Left intentionally blank ... just like my brain

04-09-2005, 06:35 PM	#11
The Other Steve Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sunny Queensland - perfect one day and better the next. Posts: 2,106	Marie just reminded me too - monitor your health while you have those chairs. We saw a report on the news a while back about a family who bought a new leather lounge suite that had a similar sort of smell about it. In the end whatever it was that was causing that smell had gone right through the house and affected their health to the point where they had to sell up and move out. Getting rid of the lounge didn't fix the problem for them. __________________ Left intentionally blank ... just like my brain

04-09-2005, 01:55 PM	#3
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	piss on it

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Fuckin Bill Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,020	Go to a leather clothing store, or a motorcycle shop that sells leather accessories. They'll have spray-on cleaners and deodorizers. I can't remember the name off-hand, but there's a spray something like the "new car smell" stuff for leather.

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fusionx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Olongapo City, Philippines Posts: 4,618	Saddle Soap - find a mild one.