Just Quit Smoking How Do I Get Rid Of Odor?
Ok, SO I finally quit smoking but now need to know how to get the odor off my walls, carpet, couch, blinds, etc. ANY SUGGESTIONS would be MUCH APPRECIATED!
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September 9th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Easy, just wash your walls with one cup of White Vinegar and hot water, allow to air dry, when washing to avoid drips and runs wash from the bottom up, no up and down action otherwise streaking can appear, just a firm upward motion is needed, repeat if necessary Also leave a few bowls filled with White Vinegar in the rooms overnight or throughout the day to deodorize the rooms and remove the smoke odor, you can also pour in some vinegar into a clean empty spray bottle and a little added water and spray the room as you would an air freshener this will also deodorize the room and not cover up the smells temporarily as air fresheners do and is less expensive, to do this just add half a bottle of vinegar to the spray bottle and fill the remainder with warm water and then spray the room the vinegar will remove the smoke odors you can also spray this on furniture such as couches and chairs and curtains to deodorize To deodorize your carpet I recommend you clean it with a steam cleaner to which you have filled the cleaning tank with two to three cups of White Vinegar no rug shampoo added and clean as you would normally with a steam cleaner, do not over soak and extract as much liquid as possible to near dryness allow area to dry with no foot traffic set up fans in rooms you cleaned to allow faster drying and open windows to alow the vinegar smell to dissipate which only last for fifteen minutes to one hour Good Luck !
September 9th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
use a steam vac and clean your carpet. you can do the same for your couch but make sure the fabric on the couch is able to take water and carpet cleaning solution. wet wipe your blinds (only if they are metal). if wooden, use a cleaning solution just for wood. for the walls, why don’t you start over and paint them. it helps too if you rearrange your furniture to symbolize you starting over after quiting smoking. after all, smoking is a habit so by changing your environment, you’ll be less likely to fall into that habit.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:00 am
When I stopped smoking I was DESPERATE to get rid of the smell!
It’s not a quick fix, but start with these things…
1. buy a lot of baking soda (get them from from a Dollar store, MUCH cheaper), mix a few drops of any essential oil you like into each box of baking soda. Lemon, lavender, rosemary, fresh smelling ones like that are best, but anything you like. Then sprinkle the powder over all your soft furniture, like cushions and carpets and rugs and sofa. Leave it a few hours at least and then vacum it up. If need be, do it again, as often as you like. Remember to change the bag/filters, as they might have a lot of cigarette smell in them.
2. rewash all your clothes and bed linen/towels. Chances are that everything in your dressers and closets smell of smoking, I know it did when I smoked! Wash them all, it’s a big task, but worth it.
3. the walls and all your furniture need to be wiped down. Use warm water and a couple of drops of oil again (about 5 per gallon), lemon is perfect for this. Get all the little corners and the ceiling! Also, wash the filters from any hot or cold air systems you have… those filters can hold a lot of smell.
I actually found doing all this helped me give up smoking. The better my house and things smelt, the happier I felt about quitting.
Good luck!
September 10th, 2009 at 5:38 am
do a total clean of the house wash the walls curtains shampoo the carpet and your lounges need a clean if they are fabric and a special leather clean for that type of lounge bi carb soda sprinkled on the carpet and leave it there over night and vaccume up next day
September 10th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Everything, walls included will have to be washed with baking soda and water. I’m sure you knew that your just bragging, good luck on staying a non smoker.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
try washing it.
spray glade air freshener inside your house or any air freshener you know or you trust or you like.especially the smell.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
wash curtains and blinds use a steam cleaner on couch,put small bowl of vinegar in room overnight should get rid of smell.
September 11th, 2009 at 3:37 am
keep baking soda all over your house..keep it for a day..that should absorb the smell
September 11th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Stop trumping!