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unlike most of you i don't have a burnt-rubber smell. my very thick shag rug is from IKEA, and it doesn't have any rubber backing (it has some sort of cotton backing?)

the smell is WET DOG. i remember distinctly this smell when i bought a natural wool sweater back when i was in high school (a decade ago, mind you) i tried washing it and the same wet-dog smell permeated my nostrils.

i didn't use my brain and tried using a hose and detergent to get some stains out of this rug. ever since then the rug has a bad smell which gets worse on humid days. i actually have TWO of the same rug -- one is bright orange, and the smelly one is off white with blue specks. the orange one never got wet, and it currently has no bad smell.

the smell comes out when the rug gets wet. i have no idea how to get rid of the smell. i've thought about massaging baking soda into it? maybe some sort of newsprint underneath the rug to soak up moisture?