That new fabric smell
#43
Originally Posted by k3n
Originally Posted by sewjoyce
It ranks right up there with the "new car" smell and it's not nearly as expensive!
#44
Originally Posted by ghostrider
The smell you are all raving about is formaldehyde, used as a finish to prevent winkles, deter insects, and stop mildew. It is used extensively in the textile industry and is a known hazard. http://www.nycosh.org/workplace_hazards/formal.html
#45
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Originally Posted by Extreme Quilter
I love that new fabric smell and feel too, It pains me to prewash fabrics, but I have found from experience the hard way and it is a necessary evil. But until I throw my newly purchased fabrics in the wash, I linger over them as long as I can.
#46
give me the smell of new fabric over new car smell. I think I'm the only person that tells them to get the smell out of there. It makes me "carsick." Literally- nauseated, queasy, want to vomit.
I asked last year when i bought my Jeep- the salesman thought I was nuts. DH told him to get it out the best they can. It would be better than "ralphing" over the new interior.
I asked last year when i bought my Jeep- the salesman thought I was nuts. DH told him to get it out the best they can. It would be better than "ralphing" over the new interior.
#48
Not necessarily embalming fluid, but textiles and other new things are treated with formaldehyde. Just a word of caution. Sizing chemicals make the fabric look and feel wonderful, but it's not very healthy. I moonlight at a fabric store so I am exposed to this stuff fairly frequently. I try to protect my hands and when I bring fabric home I wash it or let it air out before I store it and use it.
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