Question from Kristen
Hi Debra,
We recently purchased a savvy rest serenity organic mattress for our daughters. We LOVE these beds but they have a smell to them, it’s not a chemical smell, it’s a latex smell. Will a regular mattress cover keep the smell away? Can I wrap this bed in bed covers that you have recommended for other people? Any thoughts would be great.
Debra’s Answer
I don’t know what will block latex mattress fumes.
I can’t tolerate the smell of latex either. But I did get some latex strips for my wood slat frame under my wool mattress. They had an odor when they arrived and I put them out in the sun for about six weeks. By then, the odor was gone and I have been sleeping on them successfully since. However, this is just latex, with no covering on it, so the sun could work on it. I doubt putting your mattress in the sun would have the same effect.
Readers, any experience with this?
My friend with MCS got a carbon blanket from Nirvana. She said that it works great for blocking odors on her new mattress. Now she can sleep in the same bed with her husband.
Would the polyethylene mattress wrap block the latex fumes? I’m in the same situation, with a new natural latex mattress. I LOVE how I sleep on it, but I’m allergic to the latex odor and will have to sell it if I can’t find a solution. I was thinking of trying the polyethylene…
Go ahead and try it, and let us know.