How do you get rid of smoke smell in your home?

Question

After a while, it tends to leave an ugly yellowing on everything it has contact with. I smoke, but hate what it does in my home. I won't go outside all the time either. Please don't say Quit! lol

Answer 1

burn incense

Answer 2

We just moved back into our house after renting it to someone who smoked. The most significant thing you can do is to wash the walls frequently. That will help a great deal.

Use baking soda on the fabric of furniture and carpets frequently. Sprinkle it on they furniture. Let it sit for a while, or even overnight, and vacuum.

Wash or dry clean fabric curtains frequently. Clean all glass and mirrors frequently with vinegar and rinse.

Let your house air frequently. Don't use things such as incense, candles, etc. That is what our renter did and it actually just masks the odor and makes it more overwhelming and oppressive. You need to focus on absorbing the odor. Use small bowls of vinegar placed in unobtrusive but strategic positions about the house. Vinegar absorbs odors. Charcoal also abosrbs odors. You can buy the boxes of baking soda packaged to use as odor absorber in refrigerators - place some of those around the house in unobtrusive locations.

Hotels, bus companies, taxi companies use a special ozone product to remove smoke odor. Talk to a professional about one of those. Here is one solution I found at the Bob Vila website .....

"Use the Vamoose 1808T Tobacco Odor Fabric Spray. Several Rental Car Agencies and Major Hotels are using it. It works by getting into the fabric and chemically converts the tar and nicotine into a non-volatile gaseous state. It smells strong for about an hour but after that...the odor is permanently gone. This stuff is amazing!! One company that sells it is called Hill Country Distribution in Austin Texas. You can contact them at sales@hillcountrydistribution.... or call them at [phone]. "

You won't be able totally remove it or prevent it but you can make the situation much better. These links have many good suggestions. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

My husband smokes to and don't say quit to him either lol. I have found for my walls a product called Mean Green super strength cleaner, I buy mine at the Dollar General, but a Family Dollar store may care the product too, as for the smell I use Frebreze both in the mist kind and their new product for fresh air. I also place in hidden places small bowels of straight vinegar,I read that in an article one time and did not think it would work but it does help, also burning candles while you smoke it seems to draw the smoke from the cigarette into the scent being released by the candle, my husband burns one every time he smokes in the house and it seems to help. With the candle and the vinegar my house smells less like a bar room lol and again I use the febreze products at diff rent times of the day to help too..Good luck.

Answer 4

Quit smoking, it is a bad habit! If you are getting yellow walls you need to quit before you get lung cancer and have a VERY long death sentence! To get rid of the smell you can try real vanilla beans and baking soda, it sucks up the smell!

Answer 5

Well- I used to clean for a lady who was a heavy smoker. And one of the things I would clean was a mirror she had hanging on the wall behind her sofa. I would have to clean it first with a rag and LOTS of glass cleaner, then again with the normal paper towels and cleaner.

As long as you smoke, you're going to have that yellow film on everything. An air cleaner such as Ionic Breeze might help. Other than that, you're pretty well stuck with scrubbing your place a lot with a strong bucket of hot water and cleaner.

Answer 6

you can get rid of the scent in the air/furniture with fabreeze. I dont know what kind of lasting effect it would have and it certainly wont be permanent. The only permanent way would be to clean everything, repaint and then QUIT smoking. Think of the money you would save, not to mention what it would do for your health.

Answer 7

You can use a humidifier. My mother used hers while she was smoking. She quit a few years ago and so did I. But we won't be able to give you the device because it is built for German voltage! And I don't know if it will work but you can try coffee powder. It works in the fridge , so it could work with the smoke smell either.

Answer 8

I used to smoke in abode earlier pregnant. you would be surprised on the adaptation walking into your place. you will now no longer have the stale scent. you spot it customarily interior the closet. besides, in case you are able to cope with to pay for it, i might get the carpets sparkling. i think of fabric keeps the scent the main. additionally, new paint enables yet once you're pregnant the paint may be undesirable for you. yet is is superb how plenty the partitions take up smells. We had slipcovered fixtures so we in simple terms positioned them interior the wash. additionally, i hit upon febreze particularly works.

Answer 9

You already know the answer to this question, and several fresh coats of paint in the house will help too!
The cost savings on the products that you turn to ash will amaze you.

Answer 10

Don't quit, you'll be dead soon from lung cancer or emphysema and your survivors can repaint and buy new furniture with the insurance money.

Answer 11

light a candle which ionizes the air and will take out bad oders
as for your fabric and furniture, good ol' febreeze!