Pottery Barn Rug Smells Like Burnt Rubber

I still have one in the kitchen and the smell is worse on some days.

Pottery barn rug smells like burnt rubber. Denigrate the strength of the fibers or leave funky smells behind. A little more about my experience with this. So i started the long journey of getting a new rug out of this manufacturer defect. The rugs without latex used in the construction.

Some tufted rugs from india smell like dirty old socks and rubber. Try these easy rug care tips instead. To pottery barn s credit as you can see in the thread over several years of posts you see that there is an easy exchange process for those who want to replace their rugs for ones that do not smell i e. I was so happy that i was not the only one.

I have a new area rug made of wool and cotton that smells like an old fashioned permanent hair solution sulfur. At first i thought it was the shower drain in the nearby bathroom that smelled. I had my husband throw it in the garage and now my garage stinks. If you have purchased a tufted area rug with a glued on fabric backing chances are it may have a foul smell like burnt rubber or gasoline.

I also feel it is agravating my sons and my alergies. Tufted rugs from india are getting a reputation for smelling bad. Natural latex can smell stronger than synthetic latex and can smell anywhere from a couple of weeks to lasting for years. I seem to have bad luck with the burnt smell from the wool tufted rugs regardless of price brand or store.

Just recently did the rug start to smell like burnt vacuum or burning rubber. It has made the whole second level of my house smell. Like jenny i have had to get rid of 3 rugs. This is due to the latex used to laminate the cloth backing to the back of the carpet.

We purchased a 5 x8 pottery barn rug for our kids room and a few months later when the weather started heating up the burnt rubber smell was unbearable. After 2 weeks i finally smelled the rug and that is definitely where the smell is coming from. I purchased an 8x10 wool rug from pottery barn about 5 years ago. Although you d obviously want to keep the fine wool for the living room or bedroom and enjoy something like a woven area rug or cushy mat in the kitchen.

I no longer have the receipt and have since moved away from the store of purchase. So i googled about smelly pb rugs and found so many hits. I bought pottery barn franklin rug three years ago. The smell never goes away and does get worse.

There appears to be a flaw in the curing process of the latex holding the rug together that off gases an awful smell.