How do you get the smokey bar smell out of a leather coat? with out damaging it?

Answer 1

The best thing to do is to hang it up in an airy place, e.g. put it on a coathanger and let it dangle from a doorframe between two rooms, ideally in a draughty spot or a light breeze. The smell of a very smoky bar can take between 1 and 3 days to leave a coat using this method.

You can try using 'odour removing sprays', such as Febreze, but personally I would definitely NOT spray any such product on to leather as I think it might stain. If the coat has a lining made of another fabric, you could spray that, but only do so VERY CAREFULLY to avoid spraying the leather.

Leather is a natural fabric and will absorb smells over time. You can get rid of the barroom smell the next day but, if you have a very old coat that has spent many years in smoky bars without being properly aired, you might never get it completely smell-free.

Answer 2

Short of going to the dry cleaners- use saddle soap for the outside, follow the directions, then you could use a household
sanitizer like OUST to lightly spray the inside.

Answer 3

Try putting it in the dryer ON AIR, NO HEAT, with one of those bounce dryer sheets for 20 minutes & see if it's any better. If it is, put it in with another fresh dryer sheet(anti static) for another 20 minutes. If that fails, call the dry cleaners & see if they can help.

Answer 4

i would spray the interior with febreeze then hang coat outside in the breeze.

Answer 5

If you can put it outside to air out that would take care of it. thats what i do.