Getting smoke smell out of non washable item?

kitschkitty

Sprinkle it all over with dry bicarbonate of soda, leave it for a while and then hoover it all off.

If it can be folded up, putting it in a sealed large plastic bag with the bicarb will help the process.

janb5

Having looked at the piccy, how about putting a freshener gel at the base of the cot to` soak` up the smell. Something quite mild so it doesnt exchange one smell for another! When the weather improves(!) or is dry leave it outside with a cover over the top so air can filtrate from the sides HTH

janb5

Just thought you might be able to borrow one of the hand held steam cleaners which wont saturate the cot but would hopefully remove the smell.

clueless78

Thanks very much for all your ideas and thanks to whoever merged the threads - believe it or not I did do a search but it came back with no results!

I have a steam cleaner so will give that a go, I think it's mild enough that leaving it outside for a few hours would do the trick but only if it stops raining!

sandraroffey

upholstery shampoo may do the trick

Charis

I read in a Readers Digest book I picked up recently in a charity shop that if something stinks, wrap it and leave it in the freezer overnight. The book itself had a terrible 'musty book' smell, so I tried it and it worked. Can you cover the pram with thin plastic sheeting (the kind they put on dry cleaning, or sell for decorator's dust sheets? A couple of nights outside in the kind of weather we've had lately should sort it out. Apparently the freezer trick works for (well wrapped) smelly trainers too.

foreversomeday

annie_d wrote: »

You would be ok to put the pram outside in the inclement weather. It was the Silver Cross coachbuilt prams that people had when mothers left their babies outside manyyears ago.
I had a SC pram, they are wonderful and last forever. I hope you can sort this problem out for the new baby. Sorry i don't have any useful advice.

This reminds me of something my elderly neighbour told me the other day - she has had eight children and used to put all of them in the garden in the pram when they were babies. One day a neighbour tapped on her window and said "I don't wish to intrude, but did you know there was 2 inches of snow on your baby's pram?" :eek:

Apparently the baby was fine and perfectly happily snug and warm next to her hot water bottle!

And I'm just there thinking wow, are babies mollycoddled now or were people just mad?? I wouldn't let my DS have a hot water bottle in case it burned him, let alone leave him outside in the snow! :rotfl:

jimjams_mommy

I got my travel cot from a carboot. I used watered down vanish in a spray bottle, gave it a srub then risened it and dried with a white towel. I was lucky as I aired it in the summer.
good luckx

Pennylane

I was just thinking the other day that you seldom see babies outside in their prams. In fact you seldom see babies being pushed out for a proper "walk" only being pushed around stores. I have also noticed loads of tiny babies propped up in buggies with nowhere near enough clothes on. :mad: Mums are done up in Ugg boots, thick coats and scarves and poor little mites are gloveless, hatless and don't even get a blanket over them!

I used to love putting both of mine outside in their prams to sleep for an hour or so. I am sure it did them good. On cool days they were well wrapped up and on hot summer days they'd have parasols over them. I think they benefit from fresh air.

Back to the smoke smell ....... the old silver cross prams I am pretty sure could be dismantled. What about taking the hood right off and cleaning the hood and then wiping it all out thoroughly and leaving it outside in the fresh air for a few days. Obviously fetching it in if it rains!!

mummy_dumpling

am still trying to get rid of the smell - it is a lot fresher when I bring it from airing outside but stinks again by the morning

will have to give some of the products you mention a try when I can get to the bigger town with more shops - there's not much choice here