I would look at an air purification system Link, you could also speed up the drying process by baking the house

1. Close all the doors and windows.
2. Remove people, pets, and plants.
3. Turn up the central heat as far as it will go (or use space heaters).
4. At the end of each twenty-four-hour period, open the doors and windows and air your home out com¬pletely. Use a fan if necessary.
5. Sniff around to check for odors. Determine if they are gone, or if you need another day of baking.

Baking can take from one to five days. I’ve never needed to do it longer than five days.

I'm sorry to say this might be a longer term problem. We moved into a renovated house with a new kitchen. It has been over a year and this is still an issue. I hate opening my kitchen cabinets because the smell is so nauseatingly awful. Even when they're closed I can faintly smell them; it hits me every time I walk into the kitchen. The smell is strongest when the temperature is warm or humid but I could smell it even in the winter.

Something you might not have done yet is off gas your new stove. It hit us like a brick the first time I turned the oven on. It took over a week of full windows and doors open and evacuating the house for the driveway while leaving the oven on to burn off the toxic smell. It's advised not to leave children or pets in the house when off gassing a new oven. I even had to off gas a new toaster by plugging it outside & running it a few times!

What a world we live in. Good luck.

When the stove was installed the installer actually told me about this and he off gassed it. That smell didn't really bother me to be honest.

I guess you haven't had your air tested? It can't be healthy to be breathing that in. I get a headache just walking into the kitchen. Have you ever contacted the cabinet maker?

We had Wood-mode stained cabinets installed a few months ago and there was never any strong smell or any smell at all. We have plywood boxes. We lived in the house during the renovation.

The instructions for the 48" dual fuel Wolf range said to run the ovens for one hour at high temperature to burn off any lubricants, oils, etc from the manufacturing process. There was a bit of smell but it wasn't that bad. I had a patio door open and the exhaust fan running, mostly to move any heat it produced and not due to the smell.

Send the company responsible for the cabinets the test results. If they aren't responsive, compose a complaint letter that you will send to the BBB and attorney generals office of your state if they do not remedy this. If that doesn't work, hire an attorney and have him/her send a letter to the company threatening legal action. They should pick up your additional rent and testing expenses too. Check your home owners policy. They might pick up litigation costs. You might also call the Environmental Control Board in you state. If you do nothing, neither will they! Good luck!

This should be of help. Just find your state.

https://consumer.findlaw.com/credit-banking-finance/what-consumer-protection-agencies-do.html

@Lisa - that's great your installer dealt with the off gassing of the oven for you.

I wish I knew what brand of cabinets these were. They were already installed when we purchased the house but if anyone knows of a way to determine the brand I'd be interested. If I'd chosen the cabinets I would have been more than happy to pay a lot more for something I felt wasn't detrimental to our health. To my very untrained eye they look like standard big box store brand.

I haven't had the air quality in the house tested. I looked into a few devices but perhaps a service would be better. What did you use to test your home?

I'd set up some fans in the windows and get some air moving through the home. It will stop off-gassing eventually, but you just want to speed it up.

Lisa Bee this is an old post, but I'm just wondering how or who tested your air? Some of our cabinets smell awful. They are making our glasses smell too. Doesn't seem healthy. Thanks!

For those reading, the way to remove formaldehyde as much as possible is to treat with ammonia fumes. Google Bob Scott RV formaldehyde and the website explains the process.

Basically, an open bowl of ammonia with all doors and drawers open to the air. Close up the room, let it work. The combination of ammonia and formaldehyde reacts to produce hexamine, a water soluable compound.

Julia Thanks for telling us! Did you try it? How did it go? We can't close up our kitchen. It's an open floor plan. We'd have to leave for a day or two, I guess. Assuming hexamine is toxic. I'll Google it.

@Sarah - your post was from six years ago, but thought I’d try reaching out anyways. how long did it take for your cabinets to stop offgassing? i have the same issue. everytime i open the cabinets, the chemical smell hits me and even when closed I can smell it faintly. It’s driving me nuts