Removing Cigarette Smoke Smell From Car

Guys, I've been asked what to do about the above.

Recently bought car and it has smoke from the previous owner. He now wants to get rid of it. All sorts of procedures online but dont wana just attack the car blindly from an online recommendation!

Have you attacked anything like this before?

Thanks.

The guy who owned my x5 before me was a smoker. My approach to sorting it was simple, a bit like this:

Me: "Chris, can you sort my new x5, the previous owner was a smoker"

Chris: "No problem John. Can you get it to the shed?"

On a more serious note the fabrics and seats were wet vacced a few times, all interior surfaces have been cleaned repeatedly, especially trapped areas like under the dash and the windows.

Before all that was done I put a couple of bowels of baking soda in the car for 24 hours but it made no noticeable impact.

However since I have liberally sprayed Autoglym Odour Eliminator in the car incl on the headlining which has helped. I have a febreze air freshener in the car for when there's a little lingering smell but 5 months in the smell is pretty much gone.

Bang of fart usually gets rid of it, leave the car with me if ya want that method :D

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Originally Posted by HealyC

Bang of fart usually gets rid of it, leave the car with me if ya want that method :D

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Ha, that approach was less effective after you had the x5! I though there was a nappy in the glovebox when I got it back! :D

Ozone generator. A friend used one to remove the smell of smoke from his fire-damaged kitchen. I only know of http://www.ozone-cork.com/ but there's probably others.

I wet/dry vacuum the whole car febreezed it left the doors etc open for a little bit then bought Californian scents air freshner and that seemed to get the worst out of the car .


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Very hard smell to totally remove, its more of damage limitations with smokers cars I find.

You can wet vac all you want but if it can stain paint in rooms where people smoke then it goes to show how powerful it is and hard to get rid of!

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Originally Posted by ChrispyFish

Very hard smell to totally remove, its more of damage limitations with smokers cars I find.

You can wet vac all you want but if it can stain paint in rooms where people smoke then it goes to show how powerful it is and hard to get rid of!

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Is it something you fancy having a look at?

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Originally Posted by kceire

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Originally Posted by ChrispyFish

Very hard smell to totally remove, its more of damage limitations with smokers cars I find.

You can wet vac all you want but if it can stain paint in rooms where people smoke then it goes to show how powerful it is and hard to get rid of!

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Is it something you fancy having a look at?

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Afraid not Keith, im no fan of doing interiors and when smoking is involved "IM OUT" :D:D

Im taking a step back from detailing very soon anyway ;)

I'm gonna have a go at it myself tomorrow Chris.
I was planning to steam most areas in the car with a microfiber cloth wrapped around the steamer including the headliner.

Then planning on wet vac'ing the carpet and mats.

What would you recommend using?
Dilute an APC?
What about the CG odour eliminators on the sheds site?

Is there something that you recommend using?