I quit smoking recently and now I can smell the lingering smoke in my car. How can I neutralize it?
2006-09-01 04:51:43 · 17 answers · asked by dorothy 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Also, I don't live in the kind of neighborhood where I can leave my windows rolled down or car doors open. (I don't have a garage or even a driveway.)
2006-09-01 05:00:05 · update #1
Hi,
Some good answersl, some not so good. I just bought a car from a smoker and the thing to remember here is that you don't want to make the odor worse by adding smells that do just that.
Fabreeze will cover the odor for a while. Spray the headliner, carpet and door panels. Take the mats out and sprinkle baking soda liberally in the carpet. Let it absorb a day or two then vaccum. Repeat. Bottom line is that if you don't stink it up with other odors the smoke smell will be gone in a matter of weeks.
Congratulations on not smoking!! You didn't stink it up overnight, you're not going to get the odor out overnight either.
2006-09-01 05:43:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a bag of charcoal (plain) and make a slit lengthwise. Place the bag in the floorboard in the back or under the seat. Allow the charcoal a week or two to clear the smell, then follow up with febreeze. This will work. Congrats on quitting.
2006-09-01 05:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by B rad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First answer - obviously not a smoker.
Use a name brand 'Odor Neutralizer', sprinkle 'Baking Soda' inside let sit for hours, over night, vacuum, 'Vanilla Extract' poured into a saucer will absorb the orders from paint, try this for the smoke odor. CONGRATS ON THE STOPPED SMOKING!!!
2006-09-01 05:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by 4mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drive with your windows down as much as possible. If you have a shop vac, soak all of your upolstry with hot water and suck it back out with the wet/dry vac. Make sure you can drive around with the windows down when you are done. Febreez and all that crap just masks the smell.
2006-09-01 04:56:59 · answer #4 · answered by Mike Hunt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your poor car. I bet it's got cancer by now. There ought to be a law....... Try leaving the doors open tomorrow morning, in a nice breezy spot.
2006-09-01 04:55:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Febreeze and leave the doors open for a few days, that might work.
2006-09-01 04:57:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deodoroc from Home Depot
2006-09-01 04:59:22 · answer #7 · answered by gert14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vacuum your car at the car wash, use the liquid air freshener, clean all non-fabric surfaces with pine-sol then armor all. then spray all your fabric with febreze fabric refresher and let it air out. a little time consuming but it works. good job for quitting!
2006-09-01 05:00:21 · answer #8 · answered by tina l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
air freshners- kind you hook to your vents work good and so do the hanging pine trees, i buy vanila car scent in a bottle too or you could just use a glade aerosol can type
2006-09-01 04:57:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frebreeze make a 'new car scent'. You may have to reapply a couple times, but it should work!
2006-09-01 04:57:49 · answer #10 · answered by monkey jacket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋