Allergic??

If you google: remedy for off-gassing in rv you will find a wealth of information.

hddecker wrote:

geekyguru wrote:
I was sitting in the new TT for an hour reading the manual. I found it getting difficult to breathe. (with the door open) I went to the restroom in my home, washed my face, and my face was bright red. My eyes were burning.. and skin itchy as heck.
Are these things still made with formaldehyde? I still have a headache and beer isn't making it go away!!

You could try a Volcanic Deodorizer. We use two of them, one in the trailer and the other in our cold room. They last about forever, you recharge them by hanging them out in the sun for a day every 6 months.

My wife usually hangs them out every 3-4 months. Before we started using them the TT would develope the stale musty air when it had been in winter shut down. Our cold room would develope the earthy smell of the old root cellars.

If you forget to recharge them your nose will remind you.

Don't know if one would be the answer for the formaldehyde, but it couldn't hurt.

We bought ours here.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=10175&cat=2,42194,40727,10175

what is a cold room?

geekyguru wrote:
I was sitting in the new TT for an hour reading the manual. I found it getting difficult to breathe. (with the door open) I went to the restroom in my home, washed my face, and my face was bright red. My eyes were burning.. and skin itchy as heck.
Are these things still made with formaldehyde? I still have a headache and beer isn't making it go away!!

You could try a Volcanic Deodorizer. We use two of them, one in the trailer and the other in our cold room. They last about forever, you recharge them by hanging them out in the sun for a day every 6 months.

My wife usually hangs them out every 3-4 months. Before we started using them the TT would develope the stale musty air when it had been in winter shut down. Our cold room would develope the earthy smell of the old root cellars.

If you forget to recharge them your nose will remind you.

Don't know if one would be the answer for the formaldehyde, but it couldn't hurt.

We bought ours here.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=10175&cat=2,42194,40727,10175

Ok, try this. Put out several shallow trays (surface area counts, not volume) of COMMERCIAL grade ammonia. Close up RV and let sit a few days if possible, and having RV warmer is better. Then air it out. Bet it is MUCH better.

LOL. I turned the furnace on .. and after 5 minutes the carbon monoxide detector started going off. I am sure my neighbors are loving me.

Yeah, some folks are very sensitive to the off-gassing of certain materials.

Another twist is that a lot of materials are now being made with recycled product. As the price of the raw stock gets higher, there is a lot more recycling going on. I know that Allure flooring had a fair amount of folks and their pets suffering from irritation with one of their products. They have since, reformulated the product.

Locky wrote:
Crank the heat up all the way for about 4 hours and then open all windows and let it air out.

That sounds like a hell of an idea. No Pun.

Crank the heat up all the way for about 4 hours and then open all windows and let it air out.

Reeltight1 wrote:
My wife is hyper-sensitive to the "new" smells as she worked in a carpet store for 25 years and her system could't handle the "new" smell anymore.
We bought a 3 year old Komfort and the more it is aired out the better it is. However when its closed up for the off season we have to start over. You might check with a local rental outlet and see if they have a ozone generator you can rent for 2-3 days. We used it in a new car we recently purchased and it worked well.

The other issue you may experience is if your unit has heating /cooling ducts.I had to run mine on high to get the smell down to a tolerable level.I agree don't be in there without some windows open and a fan on

Its been 5 hours since I spent 1 hour in the TT and my eyes are still on fire!! Perhaps I will check into the ozone generator. sounds pricey. lol

My wife is hyper-sensitive to the "new" smells as she worked in a carpet store for 25 years and her system could't handle the "new" smell anymore.
We bought a 3 year old Komfort and the more it is aired out the better it is. However when its closed up for the off season we have to start over. You might check with a local rental outlet and see if they have a ozone generator you can rent for 2-3 days. We used it in a new car we recently purchased and it worked well.

The other issue you may experience is if your unit has heating /cooling ducts.I had to run mine on high to get the smell down to a tolerable level.I agree don't be in there without some windows open and a fan on