How to remove smoke smell
09-09-2007, 07:54 AM
#2
Try these:
http://www.ehow.com/how_155813_remov...tte-odors.html
Also read this on a forum where someone was trying to get rid if the smoke smell from a car:
"The reason the smell is so persistent is that the smoke tar deposits itself to all the ventillation ducts and in all interior fabric. I'd start with having the car detailed, including having all upholstery steam cleaned. Not sure how you're going to dislodge the tar in the vents though.
I cleaned out a great-uncle's appartment after both he and his wife died of enphesyma, smoking in a closed appartment for 50 years... Everything was coated with a thick layer of yellow tar. When wet, it would absorb straight through the skin... It's hard to clean up.
As to cleaning up the car, just think of it as cleaning a thin layer of sticky tar off every surface... and you'll get the idea."
Yuck.....sounds nasty
Good luck!
http://www.ehow.com/how_155813_remov...tte-odors.html
Also read this on a forum where someone was trying to get rid if the smoke smell from a car:
"The reason the smell is so persistent is that the smoke tar deposits itself to all the ventillation ducts and in all interior fabric. I'd start with having the car detailed, including having all upholstery steam cleaned. Not sure how you're going to dislodge the tar in the vents though.
I cleaned out a great-uncle's appartment after both he and his wife died of enphesyma, smoking in a closed appartment for 50 years... Everything was coated with a thick layer of yellow tar. When wet, it would absorb straight through the skin... It's hard to clean up.
As to cleaning up the car, just think of it as cleaning a thin layer of sticky tar off every surface... and you'll get the idea."
Yuck.....sounds nasty
Good luck!
09-09-2007, 08:05 AM
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I had to do this to my first truck. I took out every thing that would unbolt and went to cleaning. I used a steam cleaner on carpet and used pinesol on the panels and whatnot. Took apart a good part of the dash too to remove vents and ducting for cleaning. It took a day of work but came out smellin like a pine tree lol. If you want to cover up the smell you can spray febreeze everywhere or just... 
<---this only covers up the smoke smell temporarily
<---this only covers up the smoke smell temporarily
09-09-2007, 08:09 AM
#4
Originally Posted by Flamin' bird
Try these:
http://www.ehow.com/how_155813_remov...tte-odors.html
Also read this on a forum where someone was trying to get rid if the smoke smell from a car:
"The reason the smell is so persistent is that the smoke tar deposits itself to all the ventillation ducts and in all interior fabric. I'd start with having the car detailed, including having all upholstery steam cleaned. Not sure how you're going to dislodge the tar in the vents though.
I cleaned out a great-uncle's appartment after both he and his wife died of enphesyma, smoking in a closed appartment for 50 years... Everything was coated with a thick layer of yellow tar. When wet, it would absorb straight through the skin... It's hard to clean up.
As to cleaning up the car, just think of it as cleaning a thin layer of sticky tar off every surface... and you'll get the idea."
Yuck.....sounds nasty Good luck!
http://www.ehow.com/how_155813_remov...tte-odors.html
Also read this on a forum where someone was trying to get rid if the smoke smell from a car:
"The reason the smell is so persistent is that the smoke tar deposits itself to all the ventillation ducts and in all interior fabric. I'd start with having the car detailed, including having all upholstery steam cleaned. Not sure how you're going to dislodge the tar in the vents though.
I cleaned out a great-uncle's appartment after both he and his wife died of enphesyma, smoking in a closed appartment for 50 years... Everything was coated with a thick layer of yellow tar. When wet, it would absorb straight through the skin... It's hard to clean up.
As to cleaning up the car, just think of it as cleaning a thin layer of sticky tar off every surface... and you'll get the idea."
Yuck.....sounds nasty
Good luck!
Nozium(I think that is the name) air freshner. It comes in a small aersol can. Just use one shot at a time, it actually eliminates odors instead of trying to cover them up with some other obnoxious smell
