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Posted on: 8/10/14 10:59 AM ET
I made a new ironing board pad a few days ago with a triple layer of Warm and Natural quilt batting. Unfortunately, it seems to give off a fishy odor. Is this to be expected? I'm not a quilter and have never used batting before. Thanks.
  
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Posted on: 8/10/14 12:31 PM ET
Ten years of quilting and using W&N and I've never encountered a "fishy" odor. In fact I've never found ANY of my batting to have a "fishy" odor. Maybe wash the item?
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Posted on: 8/10/14 12:42 PM ET
I washed, dried and lightly pressed the batting before starting. The odor was noticeable when steam-pressing the fabric (plain quilting cotton) that would become the new ironing board cover directly on the batting pad.
  
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Posted on: 8/10/14 9:36 PM ET
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I would return it and find another source for your batting. Warm and Natural should not have an odor. I have used Warm and Natural many times over my years of quilting and have never encountered this problem. In fact my ironing board is also covered with W&N and it has no odor.
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Posted on: 8/11/14 2:46 AM ET
Or was it the new cover material with the fishy odor? At any rate, throw it all in the wash one more time, then let it hang outside for a week. If that still doesn't work, try new batting as suggested.
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Posted on: 8/11/14 6:30 AM ET
I would agree with arianamaniacs suggestion (to give it another wash, and leave it out in the sunshine for a bit), that the odor is actually coming from the new fabric cover. Fishy smells are usually due to amine based chemicals, and a lot of commercial fabric dyes contain amines.

  
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Posted on: 8/11/14 11:46 AM ET
It could be the cover or whatever was being pressed.

Test each component at a time to see which one is the culprit.


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Posted on: 8/11/14 4:09 PM ET
Thanks, everyone. I am quite sure it is the batting, not the cover, that has the odor. It is only while pressing with steam at high heat. I hope that another washing will do the trick.
  
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Posted on: 8/11/14 4:43 PM ET
Maybe it's even the iron or the water in the iron. I would think it would have been pretty difficult to even wash and dry that warm and natural quilt batting , all by it's self without it getting weird or separating out or bunching up, in between the washing machine and dryer though, for it, if it was not stitched to something else first. How did you wash it and get it dry? Could it be mildew in it now?
  
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Posted on: 8/11/14 5:26 PM ET
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I was curious to see what would happen to the batting in the wash as well, and was pleasantly surprised that it came out fine. According to the company website, the cotton is bonded to a scrim, and does not contain any glues, chemicals or resins.
  
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