How to get rid of cigarette smoke smell?

retroguy

Any suggestions please to get rid of cigarette smoke smell from furniture?

I bought some faux leather chairs about 6 weeks ago off of ebay, but although they look great I didn't realise until I got them home that they absolutely stink of cigarette smoke.

Thinking I could get rid of the smell easily enough, I googled it and have tried, in no particular order: a bowl of vinegar, sprinkling with bicarbonate of soda, a bowl of bicarbonate of soda, covering with newspaper, leaving in the sunshine outside for days on end, washing with 50/50 water/vinegar solution, spraying with febreze underneath, saturating twice with febreze all over before leaving to dry and finally a strong reed air freshener in the room for several weeks and nothing has worked so far!

I've just googled activated carbon/charcoal, but would I just be wasting my time? I am at my wits end coming home to this absolutely vile stale cigarette smell every night.

Thanks

j.e.j.

I bought a bag second hand and only realised when I got it home that it stunk of cigarettes. Unfortunately after trying all sorts of remedies (pretty much all the ones you've mentioned) the cigarette smell still persisted and I had to throw the bag out

I can only suggest you ring around and see if you can get the chairs professionally cleaned?


I am very wary of buying things second hand, especially upholstery, which can harbour all manner of beasties, not just cigarette smoke :eek:


Good luck, I hope you manage to get it cleaned.

jayII

Try using cat litter and leaving it on the chairs for some hours or days (maybe cover the chair with an old sheet first). Cat litter is very good at absorbing odours.

Other things I'd try would be a solution of biological washing powder or spraying them heavily with neutradol air freshener or another odour destroying air freshener. Neutradol stinks a bit but it's very effective at removing odours.

retroguy

Thanks, will try the bio first and had not thought of cat litter either