Question about physical qualities of the rulebook

By Hareton, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG

I'm sorry to hear that. But the smell will eventually go with some effort. Place the book open outside or near a window and it upside down so that it is standing on its covers with the pages hanging down between them (so it looks like a letter 'A'). Place a fan (non-heated) at the other side of the book so that the air blows down the centre of the book. Fan the pages a little bit before so that they aren't so pressed together and the air flow can get between them. You'll need to leave it a good long while (hours... all day?) and occasionally flip the pages around a bit. Don't open it wide! Leave it quite narrow - that's all you need and too wide will bend the pages.

Don't put the fan too close to the book or you could damage the pages! You just need slight airflow, nothing more. You even could use a warm fan but only on a very low setting and only plenty far back from the book - you don't want to warp the pages!

Something only smells because it is giving off chemicals that reach your nose. It is not possible for something to give off chemicals forever - eventually all smells will fade. You can speed this process up thousands of times over by doing what I suggest and letting it run for hours (but keep an eye on it that nothing is being damaged) and make sure it is pointing at a window.

The crb definitely has a scent. It isn't strong and on the stink/deliciouos scale of aromas, it's pretty neutral. Not offensive or unpleasant at all. I've been told I have an amazing sense of smell, though, so take that into account.

and if anyone would notice a smell it would be Haley..:)

I'm sorry to hear that. But the smell will eventually go with some effort. Place the book open outside or near a window and it upside down so that it is standing on its covers with the pages hanging down between them (so it looks like a letter 'A'). Place a fan (non-heated) at the other side of the book so that the air blows down the centre of the book. Fan the pages a little bit before so that they aren't so pressed together and the air flow can get between them. You'll need to leave it a good long while (hours... all day?) and occasionally flip the pages around a bit. Don't open it wide! Leave it quite narrow - that's all you need and too wide will bend the pages.

Don't put the fan too close to the book or you could damage the pages! You just need slight airflow, nothing more. You even could use a warm fan but only on a very low setting and only plenty far back from the book - you don't want to warp the pages!

Something only smells because it is giving off chemicals that reach your nose. It is not possible for something to give off chemicals forever - eventually all smells will fade. You can speed this process up thousands of times over by doing what I suggest and letting it run for hours (but keep an eye on it that nothing is being damaged) and make sure it is pointing at a window.

I was doing some of these but without the fan or putting the book outside, nevertheless I noticed that it does absolutely nothing in terms of reducing the paint smell.

You need to do it with a fan and you need to run it for at least several hours. Maybe even all day. Warm air would be better than cold air but if you do that, keep an eye on it that it doesn't get so hot that pages are damaged. And position it in the A format I suggested so that the all of the pages are fanned. This WILL work - it's physically impossible for the book to give off a smell forever - it can't produce matter from nothing. But leaving it lying open for a while wont be enough. You need to treat this like a proper operation and leave it there being fanned near a window or outside for plenty of time. I would pick a day when you're going to be home a lot, set it up and let it go all day.