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Wed, Oct 24, 12 at 16:41
| Has anyone else had a bad chemical odor coming from below the sink after a new sink was installed? It's not a sewer gas smell or a musty one - it's very choking.
Lowes says it will go away - but it's been 2 weeks this Fri. I leave the doors open all the time - also used jars of room freshener. No success. Very little info on Google - except it may be chemicals in the stainless steel sink noise pads. Suggestions appreciated. |
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| Or it could be from the plumber's putty. That stuff smells pretty bad. Is there a beige "gunk" around the drain? If so, gently scrape the excess out so that you can't see it. I cannot tolerate the smell of that stuff and every plumber I have ever used glops it everywhere around the strainer. |
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| It doesn't seem to be the putty. I think it's coming from the sound deadening pads on bottom of sink. I'm going to Lowes tomorrow to get some action started. Phone calls were useless. |
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