My husbands grandmother smoked in her house day and night.. for 50 years! Her furniture, clothes even walls were ingulfed to say the least with ciggarette smell. We now have a wood dresser and I cant seem to get that smell gone! It is now in my neices room and it is smelling the room up!! HELP! What can I use to get rid of the smell?
Vinigar and water might help, it's helped me in other areas, never tried on furniture though, but worth the shot and it's all natural too no harsh chemicals.
Try placing a bowl of white vinegar inside the dresser for a day or two. We used this trick to mask cigarrete smoke during parties.
Hello R.,
My boyfriend is a woodworker and he says the finish has absorbed the smell. Refinishing the piece would probably do the trick.
Good luck,
Wendy
When our house burned, we went to a commercial cleaning supply store. They have a very stong wood cleaner that removed the smoke smell from the wood. (The store we went to actually had two different types). It really dried out the wood, so you'll need to condition it afterward, but it definitely did the trick and we were able to save our dinette set and hutch.
I'd contact a reputable furnisher refinisher or furniture maker to see what they recommend. I'm going to guess a lot has to do with the kind of wood, it's hardness or softness, and what protective finishes are on the wood.
Good luck!
Good luck! Smokers never understand how much of a stench smoking is to non-smokers.
My father did the same thing. We put his clothes through the washing machine at least twice with Tide and then a detergent I wasn't allergic to before I could wear them or would think of donating them to charity.
Get a good furniture wash/cleaner and clean every wood surface, including the inside of the drawers and inside the wooden cabinet. You may have to do it twice. Then on a hot, hot week in the summer, place it outside in the shade of a carport or awning. This will cause the pores of the wood to open up and the wind/breeze will have a chance to take the smell away. This may also be a good time to clean it one more time.
If cleaning with baking soda, vinegar or other good odor-reducers don't do enough, consider renting an ozone generator for a day. (Be sure the drawers are open and empty during the treatment.)
Ozone destroys many odor-producing compounds (and bacteria and viruses, too), essentially "bleaching" them away. It is also a lung and eye irritant, though, and should only be used in a closed room. Don't allow people into the room again until it's aired out for a couple of hours.
Good luck. That is a disgusting smell, and the aromatic residue can be unhealthy for your niece.
You can't. I am sorry, but it's more than just smoke that you smell, it is residue that has probably infused your furniture. I long time ago, we bought a home from a couple that smoked, and the walls, cabinets and everything in it was covered in this film......we had to wash everything, and then it was easy to paint over in a home, and on walls, but in the cracks of everything you could still smell it. Unless you are willing to take the thing apart and paint it, I would just get rid of it. Sorry, best of luck if others have better ideas.
God Bless!
