How to remove smell of cigarette smoke from car?

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iliopsoas

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My brother just got a used car and it wreaks of cigarette smoke. Is there a good way to remove this smell?
 
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Ronstang

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You are stuck with that smell for the life of the vehicle. Even if you manage to remove most of it there will always be a lingering odor. Smokers ruin cars. The secret is to never buy a car from a smoker unless you are a smoker also.
 
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NikPreviousAcct

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If you can remove smoke smell from anything, you can remove the smoke smell from a car. :roll: It takes a lot of work and a long time, but it's possible.
 
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Ryan

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No, go to your local car detailing place and ask them to Ozone your car. They put a machine in the car that produces Ozone gas, and they'll run the air conditioning at the same time. After about an hour or so, the car is odor free.
 
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sygyzy

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Wow, I didn't know about this ozone trick. In the same manner, you can buy one of those fans from Sharper Image. The ones with no motors but they still create airflow. Ionic Breeze (just remembered). Anyway, that creates ozone too. After you are done, you still have a fan for your room.
 
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z0mb13

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put ground coffee on a sheet of paper and put it in various spots in your car overnight.

No I am not joking.

This works
 
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Ronstang

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Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
If you can remove smoke smell from anything, you can remove the smoke smell from a car. :roll: It takes a lot of work and a long time, but it's possible.
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The only way is to remove the entire interior and replace it with new pieces. Is that part of your "possible" assessment? The smoke permeates every pourous item within the car and cleaning won't cut it....it will reduce it but not totaly remove it. There is no way to deep clean the foam padding in the seats so they must be replaced or you will always have some smell. I'm not aimlessly rambling.....one of my good friend used to own an auto upholstery shop.
 
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Ryan

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Originally posted by: sygyzy
Wow, I didn't know about this ozone trick. In the same manner, you can buy one of those fans from Sharper Image. The ones with no motors but they still create airflow. Ionic Breeze (just remembered). Anyway, that creates ozone too. After you are done, you still have a fan for your room.
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In reality, no - they emite such a low amount of Ozone that it would take a VERY long time to have the same effects as a generator. Ozone is harmful, wreaking havok on your lungs in large quantities. The car has to be fully airated after the treatment to reduce human exposure.
 
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NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: Ronstang
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
If you can remove smoke smell from anything, you can remove the smoke smell from a car. :roll: It takes a lot of work and a long time, but it's possible.
Click to expand...
The only way is to remove the entire interior and replace it with new pieces. Is that part of your "possible" assessment? The smoke permeates every pourous item within the car and cleaning won't cut it....it will reduce it but not totaly remove it. There is no way to deep clean the foam padding in the seats so they must be replaced or you will always have some smell. I'm not aimlessly rambling.....one of my good friend used to own an auto upholstery shop.
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Read the thread.
 
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sygyzy

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Oct 21, 2000
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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Wow, I didn't know about this ozone trick. In the same manner, you can buy one of those fans from Sharper Image. The ones with no motors but they still create airflow. Ionic Breeze (just remembered). Anyway, that creates ozone too. After you are done, you still have a fan for your room.
Click to expand...

In reality, no - they emite such a low amount of Ozone that it would take a VERY long time to have the same effects as a generator. Ozone is harmful, wreaking havok on your lungs in large quantities. The car has to be fully airated after the treatment to reduce human exposure.
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It was worth a try :(
 
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monk3y

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One of my friends is a serious smoker but he has these little clip on air freshener things that fit onto the air conditioning vent... His car surprisingly smells better than even non-smoker cars.
 
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BornStar

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My brother used to smoke in my car (before it was my car) and the smoke smell is gone now. It was never overpowering but you could smell it for a while. I'd say it took about a year to take care of.
 

Ozone will rapidly dsetroy all the rubber, plastic and cloth inside your vehicle if you let them saturate it with a Ozone generator.
It is highly corrosive to human flesh as well, so take this into consideration.
 
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duragezic

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Oct 11, 1999
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Well it's obvious no one here is much of a toker. Get some Ozium. It's a spray that neutralizes airborne stuff, pretty much is for smoke (tobacco or otherwise). You can find it at headshops and online, but now the evil Walmart stores carry it, but at least you can now go get a big can of it for the low low price of $4.97 (which is pretty damn cheap). It's very effective, and even a small room only requires an initial spray of like one second or less.

edit: Although that is only for the air really.

Get some other car odor remover that u can spray all over the seats. If you do this and air it out I can't imagine it smelling much if any and you're only back a few bucks and a half hour.
 
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Rilescat

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2 gallons gasoline, spread throughly, apply lit match. Smell will take 5-15 minutes to dispearse at ~450 degrees.
 
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