We bought this house a few months ago and the guy had smoked in it. He replaced all the carpet throughout the home and repainted several of the walls. We paid to have a guy come in and clean out our AC unit and we cleaned the air vents and just about every other thing you can think of. Now we can still smell the smoke when we are walking around in certain areas, and I have a strong feeling it's coming from the walls... maybe he didn't use a base coat like KILZ and now the odor is seeping through? I'm not sure. Any suggestions? I really don't want this smell to get into our carpet, and if we wait too long, I'm scared it's going to do that!
2006-08-06 15:56:12 · 0 answers · asked by woo_wee_hawt_ee 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
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2006-08-06 16:48:46 · answer #1 · answered by Excel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kilz is for stains and covering dark paint but its not going to take care of smoke smell though, the carpet will absorb the smoke odor and the best way to get rid of the smell is to shampoo it, the only thing the paint will have on it would be the tar from the smoke,it will cause the paint to yellow.
2006-08-06 16:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by Paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the guy smoked in the house after it was painted so again it will smell.
2006-08-07 04:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋