What is the biggest fear in renovation? It should be the smell!

In the public perception, renovation pollution must smell big, and smell big formaldehyde must exceed the standard. There are often people who say.

"If the furniture smells bad, there must be more formaldehyde"

"The smell of the furniture is big, the formaldehyde must be over the standard

"This XX smells a bit strong, there must be a lot of formaldehyde".

But in fact, if you can definitely smell it, it's probably not formaldehyde. Formaldehyde has an 'irritating' but not a specific 'smell'. When there is really a lot of formaldehyde, you will feel an itchy throat and sore eyes. But your nose doesn't say 'smell', your nose doesn't feel formaldehyde. Although smelling is not related to formaldehyde, it is not necessarily less harmful. There are many smells that are not quite 'natural' and are often more harmful than formaldehyde. This is especially true for products that use a lot of 'chemicals'. For example, 'textiles', which are not taken very seriously. For this renovation, the curtains were bought online. The price was half the price offline, and the samples looked good. I missed one thing in my calculations - the 'big smell'.

The new house arrived in the afternoon of July 5, and the original plan was to simply pack up and sleep, but I almost went to stay in a hotel because of the curtains! After unpacking the curtain express package, a strange odor emerged, at first thought it was the smell of the package, the results hung on the whole room and could not stay ...... helpless, dismantled and threw the washing machine washed 2 times, the smell only finally gone. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to do this, but it's already midnight!

The actual fact is that it's a lot more healthy to wash them. The curtains smell and can be washed. What if the mattress smells? What can I wash it with? How do I wash it? I always thought that spring Best Mattress online, especially those imported from big brands, should be able to do a good job of quality control, or at least "no smell" or "very little smell". I have bought a Kinko's Prosperity B myself and from my personal experience, I really didn't find it smelly. However, looking through the online reviews, people might not think so!