Getting smoke smell out of non washable item?

marmiterulesok

Broomstick wrote: »

That's it. I give in. Old style has officially done my head in. I was skimming through the headings in this section and read 'smelly coat' as 'smelly goat'. :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

suzybloo

If its nice and frosty and dry I would hang it out on the line for a couple of days - the frost will sort anything out!

Seakay

Broomstick wrote: »

That's it. I give in. Old style has officially done my head in. I was skimming through the headings in this section and read 'smelly coat' as 'smelly goat'. :eek:

Would bicarb help with a smelly goat?!?

sandraroffey

i think you can still buy a spray called johnsons dry clean. i used to use it all the time. hang the coat on a hanger, spray liberally and leave for a bit. the instructions say brush it off but i found the hose on the hoover worked much better. came up like new.

uropachild

I've washed dry clean only stuff by hand before. They wanted £50 to clean my "wedding" dress (it was just a long gown from debenhams thati happened to get married in). I washed it in the bath and it's good as new!!

When i bought a pram off ebay that stank of smoke i couldn't wash all of the fabric parts so i hung them on the linne and sprayd febreeze on them. It did still feintly wiff for ages after that though.

Ballymackeonan

I am a vintage collector, and have found that a lot of things that are marked "dry clean" will wash well, as long as they're done gently and at low temperature. You need to check the fabric labels, though - acetate linings really don't like water! Of course, with the really vintage stuff, there are no content labels, so it's touch, guesswork and fingers crossed with those!

pigpen

I'd air it first.. a lot of the time the 'smoky' smell comes from the plastic bags they were shipped in.. I have noticed my postage bags having a smoky type smell despite the fact I have never in my entire life smoked a thing.. and absolutely would not have anyone do so in my house. If it is still there in a day or so consider washing it.

I've machine washed my dry clean only items, cook wash and hung to dry after a light spin.

You can also get sheets like tumble dryer ones which are for dry cleaning items in your TD at home.. maybe worth a try.

zippychick

I've merged this with an older threadwith heaps of ideas

Zip

Mrs_Bea

Hello
I have recently been given a HUGE stash of embrodiery silk, all beutifully and meticulously organised and filed in plastic storage containers.
The problem is that the person who owned them smoked and the threads seem to have held onto the smell. I have washed off the plastic containers (they were brown but have come up like new) and have left the threads outside for a while but I think the real problem is that as the thread is threaded tightly around their little organisers they are not going to be giving up the smell easily!
Any ideas. It would seem such a shame to have to throw them
Thanks

Bronnie

If you have the central heating on, try laying the threads on top of the hot radiators or on top of a hot surface on a gas fire for a good few hours etc. This certainly works for me getting rid of cooking smells that linger in clothes, so worth a try, don't know whather it'll work for smoke smells, but nothing to lose!