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Well, I guess I won't be buying any rugs at P.B.! My question has to do with how to get a strong chemical smell out of the rug of an apartment I just moved into. Apparently there was a strong musty smell from a leak under the sink before I moved in. That has been fixed, but the chemical smell in all the rooms with carpeting is horrible. It smells like those cheap air scents that people use in cars or in hotel rooms. I doubt baking soda is going to work, though I haven’t tried it. I thought about filling the rooms with fresh sage or pine boughs, some smell I really like, but I'm not sure that would work for long. The only thing I can think of is to have them cleaned again with a steam cleaner or some other mild cleanser that doesn't leave such a strong chemical smell. Any suggestions?