I have been trying to get the smell of cigarette smoke from some items I purchased months ago.I have tried airing out, fabric sprays and sheets. Nothing has worked. The smell is pretty strong. I should have asked if the items were from a smoke free home, but I've never thought to ask before. The items are all very nice, but the smell is very noticable..
Anyone had success eliminating or improving the odor of cigaratte smoke on accessories(pocketbook,purse, etc)?
Thanks,
Nita 1|1|Try wrapping some fresh whole coffee beans in cheesecloth|noway|mizzbishop@gmail.com|00:41:45|09/18/2012|
And using that as a sachet. Coffee negates the smell of smoke. I found this out because I had a defective bag of popcorn catch on fire in my microwave and it was suggested to me to heat up some coffee and allow the steam from the coffee to help knock out the smoke smell. There's also a spray at Bed Bath and Beyond, called Zero Odor, which works like Febreze (except this stuff REALLY works on tough smells)...it's like 13 dollars for a bottle so it's $ but worth it. 2|1|the febreeze for fabrics works good for me not the off brand tho and i have heard charcoal in a bag with the item |lydzkydz|lydzmcss@yahoo.com|10:49:54|09/18/2012|
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THANKS!! 3|1|Thanks for suggestions|nitagia|abono79@yahoo.com|15:21:10|09/18/2012|
I will try those ideas.
Thanks
Nita 4|1|Sometimes a strong smelling fabric softener sheet or several in an item gets smells out...or over powers them.|bluh2oeyes|bluh2oeyes@yahoo.com|16:48:23|09/18/2012|
I've also read a bar of smelly soap like zest or irish spring placed in the item helps too.
The bar of soap worked for me on a musty suitcase I got some time ago.
I can tell you that I have a piece of furniture (a wooden chair) and my parents have a piece (a wooden hutch) that came from my grandparents house and every now and then I can smell the smoke in it. My grandfather used to smoke and gave it up for some 20 years before he passed (and it's been another 10 that I've had the item) and believe it or not these items still carry that lingering smell in them. Depends on the weather and humidity I guess as to when I can smell it or not. I'm very sensitive to smell so it's funny when I still smell that in those items after all those years.
Good luck!
Jennifer in North Carolina...the Tar Heel State
5|2|tie it up in a garbage bag with a box of open bakingsoda|couponsnsamples|cpsnsamples@aol.com|18:05:50|09/18/2012|
see if that will absorb the smell 6|3|THE BAKING SODA IS THE BEST THING, I USE IT FOR TONS OF THINGS AND ITS ALSO GREAT FOR TAKING SMELLS OUT OF FABRIC AND OTHER ITEMS|JOYHAPPYONE|DAIDOLA5@AOL.COM|19:25:53|09/18/2012|
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IF YOU DON'T HEAR IT WITH YOUR OWN EARS, OR SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES, DON'T INVENT IT WITH YOUR SMALL BRAIN AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR BIG MOUTH
7|1|I've had that problem before! You have to ask if...|jdlaurie|savethosepennies@aol.com|19:55:45|09/18/2012|
the house is smoke free and if they have a wood burning stove in the house... I got some of the worst smelling stuff once that I could never get the smell out of... and it was from a wood burning stove! It smelled like the item had been in a house fire! Now I'm really careful about stuff I buy. 8|1|I bought some leather purses that had smoke odor....|Abbicca|Abbicca@insightbb.com|01:52:55|09/20/2012|
I'm allergic to smoke, so I really couldn't be around it 24/7, so I first took newspaper, wadded a bunch of balls and put them in between every layer of the leather purses (opened and in between each section/etc)...then put them all in a garbage bag stuffed with more wadded newspaper and tied it shut.
I re-did the paper maybe 2 times per week and it got a bit better each time, but THEN I sprayed febreeze fabric spray onto a piece of regular paper and put some of that between each layer of purses inside still with some wadded newspaper to make sure layers didn't stick to each other or the paper (not drippy but well dampened)...then back into a fresh garbage bag of crumpled newspaper. I moved it and promptly forgot about it (I'm blonde!). That stayed there for probably 2-3 weeks that way.... but when I took them out, I didn't notice any smoke smell on the leather. And it was THICK leather.
Someone else told me to try a cotton ball soaked in vanilla inside. (apparently this works on stinky gym shoes).
And I've heard to leave half an apple in a car overnight to rid it of smoke smell---not sure how you'd manage fruit inside bags, but I'm sure there are creative ways.
I wanted to try baking soda but was afraid of leaving traces of white powder in a purse.....ROFL. It'd be just my luck to have to try to explain it was baking soda!!!
Good luck and please post whatever ends up working for you---I'm always looking for how to get rid of smoke smells due to the allergies. 9|2|Thanks for all the suggestions|nitagia|abono79@yahoo.com|00:46:43|10/04/2012|
Thank you for your help. I tried most of the suggestions, and it did get some of the smoke smell out. But unfortunately I tried wearing one of the items, and right away someone mentioned the smell. Im ready to just throw everything out.
I did learn lots of ideas from your posts.
Thanks again,
Nita