what is the best thing to use to clean cigarette smoke off walls and windows?

Question

Im about to move into a apartment and it is very smoked up .5 people lived in it and smoked very heavily.I need to know what cleaners to use that is the best to get this smoke out?

Answer 1

Formula 409, Clorox cleanup, and finish with pine sol if needed.
Painting is a much easier and better option and for the windows use The window cleaner you normally buy for your car(works wonders) and a rag. Then finish windows up with some news papers

Answer 2

Commercial air fresheners only mask odors with an artificial scent and don't provide a long-term solution. Instead, try to neutralize the odors.To neutralize the smoke smell, place saucers of white vinegar around the house. Leave it in the room overnight or for several days, preferably with the room closed off. Then thoroughly air out the house. The odor may have also seeped into the second layer of carpeting, which is tough to get rid of. To remove the smell from the carpet, sprinklle with a mixture of 1 cup Borax and 2 cups cornmeal, wait an hour, and then vacuum. If the odor has really sunk in and these tricks don't help, then the smoke residuals need to literally be washed off. I know you've already painted your walls, but you should wash them anyway. For painted walls and ceilings, try a solution of 1 gallon of warm water, 1/2 cup plain ammonia, 1/4 cup white vinegar, and 1/4 cup washing soda (which can be found in the laundry additives area of supermarkets). Refresh this solution frequently while washing, and you won't need to rinse. Start at the bottom of a wall and work your way up. Combining all of these steps should definitely do the trick. I hope this helps!

Answer 3

I used to have to deal with this a lot when I was a professional housecleaner.

What I would do is use a bucket of hot water and Lysol to wash everything down. Then when the windows were dry, I would go back with glass cleaner and clean them again.

You'll need a pile of rags, something with a long handle to reach the high spots, and a toothbrush to get into the fine corners. And the apartment may have to be repainted to finish getting the cigarette smell out.

Good luck!

Answer 4

I feel your pain. My mother smokes pretty heavily and I had that same dilemma. A solution of vinegar and water works really well on the windows. Use newspaper that you have crumbled up to wipe it with, and there will be no streaks or lint. Depending upon the type of paint on the walls, latex or flat, you can use Mean Green or Greased Lightening.

Answer 5

I seen this on TV. They re-painted because the homeowners smoked and the stinch was imbedded in the walls. Windows need some vinegar and thorough cleaning.

Answer 6

Try sugar soap, available in hardware stores.

If you have allergies, try a dilution of white vinegar and warm water. Wear gloves as you don't want that carcenogenic muck (the smoke stains) getting on your skin.

Answer 7

There used to be a product called Soilax that worked GREAT for exactly this kind of thing. Unfortunately, its manufacture was stopped. I tried "Dirtex" but it was LAME LAME LAME.

Then somoene told me about TSP (tri-sodium phosphate). It's still not as good as Soilax but it does come close and it's WAY better than DIRTEX.

Note: Wear heavy duty rubber gloves when you use it.

Answer 8

a bucket of hot water with soap. Then go over the walls with 405 or some other degreaser. then over the walls again with plain hot water. It is a lot of work but it will get rid of the stains. You will have to work hard but it will be worth it.

Answer 9

Sugar soap, failing that, repaint the walls. For the windows, just use newspaper and windex.

Answer 10

Mister clean magic eraser