How do you get cigarette smoke smell out of furniture?
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Mary Insana on Jun 03, 2013If its wooden like a dresser you can paint the drawers with a poly or any clear coat to "seal" in the odor. You could also try spraying with a Febreze type product or a vinegar and water solution before putting a clear coat on. If you are painting it you could do a coat of primer first to also seal in the odor. When we had new carpet installed there had been a place where one of our cats had peed and I didn't want him doing it again on the new carpet. The installer told me to pull up the carpet in that area and put a coat or two of primer to seal the area. It worked and kitty has never peed there again. Or you could call a fire restoration company and ask what they use to remove smoke smell.Helpful Reply
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Danylle M on Jun 04, 2013Very difficult. If its a fabric piece I have heard that Lisol spray will sometimes kill the odor. On wood a really good cleaning of every surface with an ammonia based product.Helpful Reply
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Taunnie on Jun 04, 2013I bought a used car a few months ago and the previous owner was a smoker. The smell was very difficult to get rid of. I tried Frebreze and other air fresheners. They only worked for the short term. I even steam cleaned everything and that didn't work very well either. The thing that worked the best was coffee. I placed a couple of scoops of ground coffee in a coffee filter. I made a little satchel of it by gathering the ends and securing them with a twist tie. I made several of these and left them in the car. After about 12 hours they had done the trick though I left them in for about a week. The coffee smell is much nicer than the cigarette smoke and it works by absorbing the odor. That's why I threw them out after one week. They smelled more like stale cigarettes than coffee.Helpful Reply
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Cyndi on Jun 05, 2013you could try mixing a few drops of lemon essential oil and lavender essential oil in a few cups of baking soda (mix really well) then rub that on the fabric and let it sit a day, then vacuum well and repeat if necessary... you might want to clean it with Woolite foam upholstery cleaner first and let dry completely before using the baking soda... I would use my steam cleaner with plain water and just keep cleaning it till the water comes out mostly clear then use the baking soda after it was dryHelpful Reply
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Jennifer @ Decorated Chaos on Jun 06, 2013I like to use baking soda to help soak up those nasty smells. If its something cloth, like a chair, I would shampoo it with your carpet cleaner, let it fully dry...say for a couple days, then sprinkle baking soda over it and let it sit for a day then vacuum i up. The baking soda absorbs odors. Then I would febreeze it and take off the pillows and wash the cover if you can. IF it is a piece of wooden furniture, I would wash it down with murphys wood oil soap then again, after this fully dries, sprinkle baking soda on the DRY furniture and let it sit for a day or two, then sweep it off and wipe it down with furniture polish or another washing with murphys wood oil soap and repeat until the smell is gone.Helpful Reply
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Patti Nicholas on Jun 09, 2013If you are going to refinish the piece usually sanding the surface will get rid of the stain/varnish that contains the scent, but for inside the drawers a really good cleaning with vinegar water (really drown it) then set it out in the sun to dry. If it can sit out for several days that's even better. Then pour coffee beans into the drawers, add some essential oil like cinnamon or eucalyptus, close up the drawers and forget it for a week at least. My husband and I used to be smokers, I had a dresser in storage for few years and when I got it out I was appalled at the stench! This is the only thing that worked. It did take two weeks and a second batch of oils (I used 5-10 drops each time), but the dresser is fabulous now and only smells like the lavendar drawer liners now.Helpful Reply
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Sally Roesner Fuhr on Sep 30, 2015Try filling the drawers with charcoal briquettes then put out in sunshine.Helpful Reply
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Della on Feb 05, 2016All the ideas are great but don't forget to scrub the top of the vehicle as well our all your work was for naughtHelpful Reply
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Kathy Owen on Feb 05, 2016I've read that sitting the piece in the sun for a few days will remove the odorHelpful Reply
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