A) Everyone has a different level of sensitivity when it comes to their sense of smell. The “new” smell of the sound blankets may have no effect, little effect or a major effect on the nose. However the sound blankets can be washed!
Here is a suggestion for washing the sound blankets to release that NEW smell.
- Take the blankets to a Laundromat and wash them in a commercial washer with regular amount of detergent.(Do NOT use your own washer).
- Then dry then in a tumble dry at high heat. Drying might take a long time. I suggest to go through several 12 minutes cycles, so you can straighten up the blanket in between the drying cycles. Because ,you know the blanket folds in the machine and only the top exposed surface will get dry, so you need to turn it and let everything dry.
- After you have it thoroughly dried ( on High Setting) let it hang outside on fresh air and cool off.
- Please note that the blanket will be steaming hot and the smell will intensify, but then after it cools off the smell will go away.
- You can actually skip the washing part. Just try drying the blankets on a high setting for 12-15 minutes first. And then let it air out. See if this will be enough.
- You can wash the blankets again too.
Warning: DO NOT try this at home! You might destroy your machine. Because the blankets are getting very heavy and will occupy the entire space in the machine, Your machine will not have enough room to wash the blankets properly.