Woodgrub
20th April 2011, 08:23 AM
One of our club members is looking for help to remove the varnish odour from Baby Furniture for his wife, who is suffering with hooping cough while pregnant.
His letter is below, any help is appreciated. :2tsup:
Woodgrub
Dear fellow members
I am in urgent need of experienced advice please, regarding how to remove the odour from newly varnished furniture. I’m desperate to find a solution urgently, as my wife has had hooping cough, and the odour activates the terrible breath reducing cough she is inflicted with still.
My wife is expecting our 2nd child in 3 weeks, and is booked in for a Caesarean on 12th May . We bought some second hand wooden furniture (Cot & change table) and dear old mother in law organised for the men’s shed in Deniliquin to sand back & revarnish them both. It’s got a high gloss finish of some sort on it (don’t know what was used), it was done 5 weeks ago. I’ve put it outside under the veranda to air for 3 weeks now, and tried bringing it in yesterday. However as soon as the wife entered the room with the furniture in it, the new varnish odour activated her hooping cough, by getting into the back of her throat.
My problem is that in 3 ½ weeks I’ll have;
· A wife with stitched up stomach from a caesarean.
· Possibly with hooping cough still.
· And baby’s room furniture with an odour that will activate the cough, and possibly compromise her caesarean wound.
· Unless I can find a way to get rid of the odour between now and then.
I’m desperate for a solution, a pregnant woman also likes to set up her nursery well before now, let alone 2 weeks before baby arrives. Any ideas please will be greatly appreciated. ( Is there anything that could be rubbed on it? Will heating / cooling it help in big ovens / cool rooms? How do you age a varnish finish?
Thanks in advance
Paul F.
His letter is below, any help is appreciated. :2tsup:
Woodgrub
Dear fellow members
I am in urgent need of experienced advice please, regarding how to remove the odour from newly varnished furniture. I’m desperate to find a solution urgently, as my wife has had hooping cough, and the odour activates the terrible breath reducing cough she is inflicted with still.
My wife is expecting our 2nd child in 3 weeks, and is booked in for a Caesarean on 12th May . We bought some second hand wooden furniture (Cot & change table) and dear old mother in law organised for the men’s shed in Deniliquin to sand back & revarnish them both. It’s got a high gloss finish of some sort on it (don’t know what was used), it was done 5 weeks ago. I’ve put it outside under the veranda to air for 3 weeks now, and tried bringing it in yesterday. However as soon as the wife entered the room with the furniture in it, the new varnish odour activated her hooping cough, by getting into the back of her throat.
My problem is that in 3 ½ weeks I’ll have;
· A wife with stitched up stomach from a caesarean.
· Possibly with hooping cough still.
· And baby’s room furniture with an odour that will activate the cough, and possibly compromise her caesarean wound.
· Unless I can find a way to get rid of the odour between now and then.
I’m desperate for a solution, a pregnant woman also likes to set up her nursery well before now, let alone 2 weeks before baby arrives. Any ideas please will be greatly appreciated. ( Is there anything that could be rubbed on it? Will heating / cooling it help in big ovens / cool rooms? How do you age a varnish finish?
Thanks in advance
Paul F.