cigarette smoke
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Originally Posted by TigerFan23
I just bought my truck and the previous owner was a heavy smoker (possibly with the windows up). The interior reeks of smoke and I want a new car smell.
Question: Will steam cleaning the carpets and febreezing everything in sight and adding A/C vent air fresheners be enough? Do I have to get this thing professionally detailed?
Question: Will steam cleaning the carpets and febreezing everything in sight and adding A/C vent air fresheners be enough? Do I have to get this thing professionally detailed?
My truck was much the same. Whoever owned it before me used it as a work truck, thus the sweaty smell (GROSS!!!) and it had been smoked in (GROSS!)
MY SOLUTION:
-Every time I drove it, I would spray ALL cloth down with Febreeze before locking the doors. This includes the headliner, back of the cab, seats, etc. I did a week of the normal stuff then a week of the stuff for autos. (I got the latter for free...thats why I used it)
-Steam cleaner + upholstry shampoo
-Park in the sun as often as possible. Do NOT use a shade. You want the heat to increase as much as possible. Crack the windows (if in a secure area, open them up a lot.) Make sure you have a draft going (ie: both sides are opened). The open windows will allow the scent coming from the cloth to go out into the atmosphere.
-Put up a tree air freshner with your favorite scent. Replace every month.
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After about 2 months, you will notice that there is no longer any previous odor. Your trucks new permenant odor will be whatever the tree is.
HOWEVER: There are better options. Things like an ozone generator, baking soda, etc. I reccommend searching around on this-- there are oodles of ideas out there. I did my way because it was before I discovered this site, and it was pretty cheap. I got the trees for free, and one bottle of febreeze for free, so I really only paid for 2 bottles of Febreeze (of which I have half a bottle left), water, and the shampoo for the steam cleaner. Not a bad deal.
Again, do a search.
BTW-- If you like the smell of coffee, I HIGHLY reccommend getting a mesh bag or similar, then filling it with coffee beans. Put under your seats. Everybody used to tell me I must be a cop because my interior smelled like coffee and doughnuts...the latter may not have been on purpose...I did this for a while, until I quit drinking coffee.
(I figured at my age a pot a day was not good. So after years of drinking the stuff, and having had the worst part of the addiction going on for 3 months, I decided enough was enough. Cold Turkey. After the first day or so, I felt 1000x better. I HIGHLY reccommend quitting coffee addictions. Instead of waking up in agony for the coffee pot, I now wake up refreshed/recharged. Just my Off topic 2 cents...)
#32
Originally Posted by TigerFan23
I just bought my truck and the previous owner was a heavy smoker (possibly with the windows up). The interior reeks of smoke and I want a new car smell.
Question: Will steam cleaning the carpets and febreezing everything in sight and adding A/C vent air fresheners be enough? Do I have to get this thing professionally detailed?
Question: Will steam cleaning the carpets and febreezing everything in sight and adding A/C vent air fresheners be enough? Do I have to get this thing professionally detailed?
Something I always did when I smoked was to leave the vents in the open position but turn the AC off. In other words leave the **** where air would be coming out if the fan was spinning but turn the AC/heat off. That lets the truck "breath" without having to crack windows.
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Originally Posted by TigerFan23
Thank y'all both very much. I'll try all of it - now just gotta go find a mesh bag for those coffee grounds and search for "ozone generator."
Oh, and Ian... Sorry about Saturday
Oh, and Ian... Sorry about Saturday
BTW-- you can get a cheapie o3 generator at Wally world, but I am guessing it sucks... Maybe have a pro help??? Good luck searching.
I wish the best of luck to ya, man!