ok so my bm dresses arrived a few days ago and when we open up the package this weird smell came from them. At first we were all like W** is this, and its real bad. I still have fh's cousins dress bc i am dropping it off to her later on tonight and ive let it air out and put fabreze on it and still smell it.
Well one of my bm's went to a tailor and she said something about the smell and the tailor said its not where they had it stored its formaldehyde that is in the dye when they dye the dresses. Usually they let the dresses air out a little bit before shipping but i guess since mine were delayed they shipped it ASAP. He said he has had to do dresses before and they had the same smell.
problem is now how to get this smell out will dry cleaning do the trick. The fabreze did help a little but not completely. Its real bad, let me just put it this way, i made a joke to fh when we had the dresses in his room and he was complaining about the smell. I said well it should just remind you of your single days yeah so hope you get the point
meli722
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sorry that really *****! try to take it to a dry cleaning place and see what they say.
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does anyone you know have the Whirlpool Steam Dryer? It has a setting on it called, 'steam refresh' and it's made for getting the 'smells' out of clothing. let's say you were in a bar that allowed smoking and only wore the tailored pair of pants you wore that night once. You put the pants in the dryer and it will steam them, leaving them fresh smelling.
(gotta love that i married an appliance salesdude)
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ugh. I work for a costume company part of the year and we have the same problem with the same smell.
I wish i had better advice for you but we were always told to just air them out.
Bringing them to a dry cleaner may work, it definitely wouldn't hurt to bring one in and ask them what they think.
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EW all I can think of when I read this is an episode of CSI new york when the bride died b/c there was formalyhyde in the fabric of the dress, and it seeped in through her skin and poisoned her! Is that safe!?!?
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sorry that really *****! try to take it to a dry cleaning place and see what they say.
yeah i told them that dry cleaning is the only thing i can think of. My mom keeps saying she is not sure if its going to work so she got me nervous lol. Hopefully though stupid formaldehyde
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EW all I can think of when I read this is an episode of CSI new york when the bride died b/c there was formalyhyde in the fabric of the dress, and it seeped in through her skin and poisoned her! Is that safe!?!?
well thats what they use in the dyes. The problem is that each dye lot is different and for certain colors they have to use a stronger chemical but yeah its used for colors. The tailor said all bm dresses are made like that, just that usually they air it out first so by the time people get it the smell is gone. I do have to say that i left one bm dress to air out and it has gotten alot better
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sorry that really *****! try to take it to a dry cleaning place and see what they say.
yeah i told them that dry cleaning is the only thing i can think of. My mom keeps saying she is not sure if its going to work so she got me nervous lol. Hopefully though stupid formaldehyde
you can call around to different ones , and see if they have a solution...im sure they know of something that can do the trick
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does anyone you know have the Whirlpool Steam Dryer? It has a setting on it called, 'steam refresh' and it's made for getting the 'smells' out of clothing. let's say you were in a bar that allowed smoking and only wore the tailored pair of pants you wore that night once. You put the pants in the dryer and it will steam them, leaving them fresh smelling.
(gotta love that i married an appliance salesdude)
im a little afraid of putting the dresses in the dryer though. But im guessing the dry cleaner should have something too that will get the smell out
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does anyone you know have the Whirlpool Steam Dryer? It has a setting on it called, 'steam refresh' and it's made for getting the 'smells' out of clothing. let's say you were in a bar that allowed smoking and only wore the tailored pair of pants you wore that night once. You put the pants in the dryer and it will steam them, leaving them fresh smelling.
(gotta love that i married an appliance salesdude)
im a little afraid of putting the dresses in the dryer though. But im guessing the dry cleaner should have something too that will get the smell out
It does not dry the fabric at all - it just steams it - to remove smell. You do not have to dry it - it's kinda like putting an outfit in the bathroom when you shower - to get wrinkles out.
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ugh. I work for a costume company part of the year and we have the same problem with the same smell.
I wish i had better advice for you but we were always told to just air them out.
Bringing them to a dry cleaner may work, it definitely wouldn't hurt to bring one in and ask them what they think.
yeah its awful at first i was like OMG where did they keep these dresses until one of my bm's called me to tell me what she found out about the smell.
Yeah i have to go with my cousin to bring her to my seamstress so on the way we'll bring her dress to a cleaner just to ask
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does anyone you know have the Whirlpool Steam Dryer? It has a setting on it called, 'steam refresh' and it's made for getting the 'smells' out of clothing. let's say you were in a bar that allowed smoking and only wore the tailored pair of pants you wore that night once. You put the pants in the dryer and it will steam them, leaving them fresh smelling.
(gotta love that i married an appliance salesdude)
im a little afraid of putting the dresses in the dryer though. But im guessing the dry cleaner should have something too that will get the smell out
It does not dry the fabric at all - it just steams it - to remove smell. You do not have to dry it - it's kinda like putting an outfit in the bathroom when you shower - to get wrinkles out.
nobody i know has it though lol so dont even know why i asked that question now that i think about it i have one of those big professional steamers though so maybe i can do that
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does anyone you know have the Whirlpool Steam Dryer? It has a setting on it called, 'steam refresh' and it's made for getting the 'smells' out of clothing. let's say you were in a bar that allowed smoking and only wore the tailored pair of pants you wore that night once. You put the pants in the dryer and it will steam them, leaving them fresh smelling.
(gotta love that i married an appliance salesdude)
im a little afraid of putting the dresses in the dryer though. But im guessing the dry cleaner should have something too that will get the smell out
It does not dry the fabric at all - it just steams it - to remove smell. You do not have to dry it - it's kinda like putting an outfit in the bathroom when you shower - to get wrinkles out.
nobody i know has it though lol so dont even know why i asked that question now that i think about it i have one of those big professional steamers though so maybe i can do that
in theory - it should work in the same way - yeah :)
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does anyone you know have the Whirlpool Steam Dryer? It has a setting on it called, 'steam refresh' and it's made for getting the 'smells' out of clothing. let's say you were in a bar that allowed smoking and only wore the tailored pair of pants you wore that night once. You put the pants in the dryer and it will steam them, leaving them fresh smelling.
(gotta love that i married an appliance salesdude)
im a little afraid of putting the dresses in the dryer though. But im guessing the dry cleaner should have something too that will get the smell out
It does not dry the fabric at all - it just steams it - to remove smell. You do not have to dry it - it's kinda like putting an outfit in the bathroom when you shower - to get wrinkles out.
nobody i know has it though lol so dont even know why i asked that question now that i think about it i have one of those big professional steamers though so maybe i can do that
in theory - it should work in the same way - yeah :)
Oooo thank you i will try that now
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EW all I can think of when I read this is an episode of CSI new york when the bride died b/c there was formaldehyde in the fabric of the dress, and it seeped in through her skin and poisoned her! Is that safe!?!?
ive slept on a new rug before that was filled with formaldehyde and the effects werent pretty... i would definately air those puppies out as much as possible!!!!
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EW all I can think of when I read this is an episode of CSI new york when the bride died b/c there was formaldehyde in the fabric of the dress, and it seeped in through her skin and poisoned her! Is that safe!?!?
ive slept on a new rug before that was filled with formaldehyde and the effects werent pretty... i would definately air those puppies out as much as possible!!!!
yeah they need to be aired out ALOT!!!!!!!! or else my poor bm's, everybody is going to look at them and think its them
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i think the dry cleaning just might do the trick or why don't you try steaming up a shower and leaving them in the bathroom that may also work (check first depending on the fabric)
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Ait them out as much as possible and have them dry cleaned. The only thing that make sme nervous about dry cleaning is...what if they dont have it back in time or they lose one....
