I used the same mats from Home Depot and Yes they did smell at first but the smell disappated after time and now I don't notice it all and I have a wife that would throw me out if they smelled bad. Regards, Bill Earle www.wfephotography.com > Hi, all, > > The final darkroom load-in has begun now that the construction & finish > work > has finally come to an end! So it will be ready to use in the next week > once all the fine tuning is complete. > > I luckily managed to find the floor mats I was looking for at Home Depot. > The 1/2 inch thick, 3'x3' commercial rubber w/the holes. Heaven on the > old > dogs! I thought I'd have to order online & pay freight, but on my almost > daily forays for one thing or another, there they were! > > My dream mats are turning nightmarish, however, as the smell wafts up from > the basement & permeates the entire house, even the top floor. The smell > has transmogrified all over the olfactory map for my fiance & I. When I > walk in the front door, it is redolent of an old age home (if that makes > any > sense). Fiance's interpretation fluctuates between that & cooking > cabbage. > > I was wondering if folks had any ideas about how to treat the mats to > eliminate the smell. Googling every word combination I could think of > yielded nada. > > Thanks for the brain strain, once again, on my behalf! > > -Adrienne Moumin > > > > > > *************************************** > Please, please shake some booty on the dance floor. You look great in > those > pants and we totally spy you tapping your foot up against the wall, > flower. > If the beat moves you, then rock it. > > from "nonsense nyc," 12/31/04...and their list of rules for New Year's Eve > (and for life). > > > ============================================================================================================To > unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.