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12-30-2010, 08:27 AM
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A.K.A "THE STREAM"
2010 25' FB International
Arlington
, Texas
Join Date: Dec 2009
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I Don't want that smell to go away!!!!
Everytime I walk in my Stream I smell that new smell..probably formaldyhde <sp>. It reminds me of all the times I've been away. camping. Then later on in the evening camps that gets mixed with campfire smoke and love it even more. Then, I bring her home and park her in the driveway,,,and sure enough about 3 days later the smoke is gone and the smell is back....It's like a new car smell. Which does not last long in cars. Coming close to a year and it's still there. Hope it never goes away.
Anyone buy new or close to new and lost that "smell" ?
How long will it last?
Shane
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12-30-2010, 08:39 AM
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Rivet Master  
2006 25' Safari FB SE
St. Cloud
, Minnesota
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Ohh Shane! Goes to show we see posts from both sides of the coin here. 
Without all the soft plastics a car has, one thing I haven't seen is that plasticizers/volatiles film window haze like we see continue for a long time in cars. Small comfort...
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12-30-2010, 08:51 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 22' Safari
Hyde Park Place
, Ohio
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 973
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Ahh, the smell of phthalates in the morning.
The problem with phthalates is that our bodies treat them identically to the hormone estrogen, which can cause some strange problems with high exposure.
Phthalates are used to soften plastics and keep them flexible.
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12-30-2010, 08:55 AM
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2006 19' International CCD
Olathe
, Kansas
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Did you get a new computer for Christmas? Posting like crazy! Just kidding. 
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12-30-2010, 09:23 AM
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4 Rivet Member 
2005 30' Safari
Houston Texas
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Shane, I have a 05 safari 30 that I travel in alot. We have cooked bacon, had campfires and whatever else in and it still smells new inside. We keep it clean and at the end of each trip we do a through clean out. Almost 5 years old and still feels new!!
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12-30-2010, 09:33 AM
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3 Rivet Member 
1978 Argosy 27
Lacey
, Washington
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Hmmmm, never had that problem with my '78 Argosy. smile I just worked to get the 30 + yrs of "old" smellls out of her by putting a new floor down and getting rid of all the fabrics that had disintegrated. Enjoy your "new" smell for another year. jjustice
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12-30-2010, 09:41 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 22' Safari
Hyde Park Place
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 973
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blmitch5
Did you get a new computer for Christmas? Posting like crazy! Just kidding. |
I have a Mac, so I don't need to get a new computer as often as the PC users out there 
I have too much free time, that's the real problem!
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12-30-2010, 09:44 AM
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1968 17' Caravel
Battle Ground
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjustice
Hmmmm, never had that problem with my '78 Argosy. smile I just worked to get the 30 + yrs of "old" smellls out of her by putting a new floor down and getting rid of all the fabrics that had disintegrated. Enjoy your "new" smell for another year. jjustice
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Same here. My trailer has a rather pleasant 'vintage funk' that I don't mind at all (putting in the new floor and fixing the black tank leak knocked it down a notch). Now it just smells like my Airstream to me! 
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12-30-2010, 09:58 AM
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Moderator
2006 19' International CCD
Olathe
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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I use the iPhone app and you can always tell when an Air member is off at work and not camping...were posting!
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12-30-2010, 03:16 PM
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A.K.A "THE STREAM"
2010 25' FB International
Arlington
, Texas
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,308
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blmitch5
Did you get a new computer for Christmas? Posting like crazy! Just kidding. |
No new computer,...Holidays, Winter and ready to go!!!!!
I also figured that I'd just get my post count up..... 
Shane
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12-30-2010, 03:38 PM
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Rivet Master
2018 30' Classic
Austin
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2009
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If you have all that free time, why aren't you camping???
I would be gone in a heartbeat if I wasn't working.
I've got a new trailer, and I ain't afraid to use it! Can't wait really!
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12-30-2010, 03:42 PM
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A.K.A "THE STREAM"
2010 25' FB International
Arlington
, Texas
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,308
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ASwifey
If you have all that free time, why aren't you camping???
I would be gone in a heartbeat if I wasn't working.
I've got a new trailer, and I ain't afraid to use it! Can't wait really!
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Free time is not necessarily "free time". Christmas and Thanksgiving was at our home. New years party, also.
We get away on weekends, but with the holidays couldn't.
We are gonna shoot for next weekedend.
Plus our 17yr old son has to work and just don't feel comfortable leaving him home alone just yet overnight,....unsupervised.
I also work and so does my wife. We are only in our early 40's.
Shane
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12-30-2010, 07:39 PM
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Rivet Master
2006 25' Safari FB SE
St. Cloud
, Minnesota
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,280
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Quote:
Originally Posted by THEPILL
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I also figured that I'd just get my post count up..... |
So, you wanted to zip past post #666 as fast as possible? 
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