Getting rid of smell of smoke?

[SoggyFox]

morning one and all.

I'm in the unfortunate circumstance of having a spare room that smells like an ashtray after a tenant failed to understand the words " No smoking in this flat"

the tenant and i have parted company, well we will of by this evening.

does anyone know any good way of cleaning the room effectively and removing the stench of cigarrette smoke, baring in mind i advertise the room as for a non-smoker and theres no way i could let the room as is, cos it smells so bad.

thanks in advance.

[Kirstie]

Looks like Randy has the same problem as you! Unless you're one and the same person......?

How do you get the smell of cigarette smoke out of walls and fabric?

[Buoyant Babe]

Hi Nick

If the walls are painted try washing them with a nice smelling disinfectant or a mild solution of bleach. If the walls are papered, the best solution would be to paint or repaper as I have found cigarette smoke lingers in wallpaper.

If the floor is carpeted, you might want to hire a carpet cleaner and you should wash any curtains and soft furnishings.

Get some air fresheners such as Neutradol to put in the room too, and open all the windows as well.

HTH

Helen xxx

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Kirstie

Looks like Randy has the same problem as you! Unless you're one and the same person......?

How do you get the smell of cigarette smoke out of walls and fabric?

So, no more cigarette smell, but with all that vinegar and bicarb it'll smell like chips and mushy peas

[SoggyFox]

Originally Posted by Kirstie

Looks like Randy has the same problem as you! Unless you're one and the same person......?

How do you get the smell of cigarette smoke out of walls and fabric?

hmmmmmmmmmmm i ain't no red neck!!!

[Kirstie]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

So, no more cigarette smell, but with all that vinegar and bicarb it'll smell like chips and mushy peas

Mmmm, mushy peas...

That's a smell I could live with

[wilbo]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

morning one and all.

I'm in the unfortunate circumstance of having a spare room that smells like an ashtray after a tenant failed to understand the words " No smoking in this flat"

the tenant and i have parted company, well we will of by this evening.

does anyone know any good way of cleaning the room effectively and removing the stench of cigarrette smoke, baring in mind i advertise the room as for a non-smoker and theres no way i could let the room as is, cos it s so bad.

thanks in advance.

So - I trust you will be keeping his deposit - or part of it - to pay for any treatment you will need to apply?

We bought a car recently that had been used by a smoker - and the purchase was on condition that the garage could remove the smell of cigarette smoke. They did. They hired some form of treatment that used an ionising purifier - which they set off in the car..
My understanding is that it releases particles that attach themselves to the embedded smoke particulates - enlarging them - so they can be removed by vacuum cleaners or other methods of cleaning. I don't know whether something similar would work in this instance.. It left a smell for a while in the car - but that has disappeared now. Nice clean car.

Edit: How to Get Rid of Smoke Smell - sounds involved..

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Kirstie

Mmmm, mushy peas...

That's a smell I could live with

We ARE twins!

[Kirstie]

Originally Posted by Buoyant Babe

We ARE twins!

Just two mushy peas in a pod

[triplefin]

As BB has said washing stuff is really the only solution but I used to find the Ambi Pur Solutions After Tobacco plug in used to work well when I was a smoker. I'd wash what you can carpets/curtains etc and then leave one or two of these plugged in for a couple of days and it'll probably do the trick.