Smell from walls, definite chemical odor
For the last few years I have experienced an increasing smell coming from the walls of my 9 year old camper. It only occurs on hot days when the sun has been beating down on the wall of the camper. Pr...
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My Outback is going on 4 years old now. We don't cook inside and we are not smokers either. When the camper is closed up for a while, when first entering, I can still smell that "new camper smell". It's not like a "new car smell", it's definately "new camper". But not offensive or overpowering. After we get to moving around in it and open the slides, it goes away.
I think that "new camper smell" probably never goes away completely. Some just smell worse than others. It's a tribute to the type of glues they used during manufacturing.
If you want to really cover it up? Next time you go camping, start a camp fire and let all the smoke blow inside the camper then shut the camper up. Yea, it will smell like camp fire smoke for a long-long time.... don't ask how I know?
I think that "new camper smell" probably never goes away completely. Some just smell worse than others. It's a tribute to the type of glues they used during manufacturing.
If you want to really cover it up? Next time you go camping, start a camp fire and let all the smoke blow inside the camper then shut the camper up. Yea, it will smell like camp fire smoke for a long-long time.... don't ask how I know?
