How do I get rid of old cigarette smell on stuffed toys?
Okay, I have a bunch of stuffed animals that I had when I was a kid. My mom was (still is) a heavy smoker, and 30 years later, all my stuffed animals smell like strong, stale cigarettes! I can't put them in the washer, so how do I permanently get rid of the smell? These toys are of great sentimental value to me, and I really don't want to throw them out.
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Answer by Katie
There’s something about vinegar that gets rid of smoke smell. Because the smell of smoke is caused by the leftover resins and tars, vinegar (an acid that cuts through resin and tar) is a great way to clean those surfaces that aren’t made of fabric, and perhaps, some that are fabric. I know what you’re thinking; vinegar doesn’t smell much better than smoke. Well, that’s true, but the smell of vinegar eventually diminishes, cigarette smoke doesn’t.
The carpets need to be shampooed if you want to remove smoke smell. You have a couple of options here; you can either go to your local hardware store and rent a carpet steam cleaner and shampoo the carpets yourself, or you can hire a professional to bring in a big truck and do the dirty work for you. If you want to save money, the choice is obvious, and the guarantees some businesses will make these days smell funnier than the smoke odor you want them to remove.
Baking soda is a good way to get rid of smoke odor. Now, this takes time because what you want to do is get a box of Arm & Hammer, dust the furniture and the carpets (if they haven’t been shampooed), and leave the baking soda to settle for a day or so. That will give it time to absorb some of the smoke smell and moisture around it. Then, vacuum it up and repeat the process a few more times over the course of a week. Use scented baking soda if you like.
Shades, curtains, and fixtures need to be cleaned to get rid of smoke odor. A lot of people forget to clean things like shades, chandeliers, curtains, and wall hangings, but these things have probably collected quite a bit of tar and resin from years of hanging smoke. Do yourself a favor and put the curtains in the washer, buy new shades, and wipe down the chandelier with a good dose of ammonia, just to make sure that smell is gone.
Fresh air is probably the best way to remove smoke smell and odor from a home. It turns out that opening the windows and doors every couple of days for a whole day will help get the stink of cigarettes out of a home. Lord knows why, but I imagine the air flow allows tar and resin particles to escape, leaving the house smelling more like a house than a tar pit.
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febreeze?
You may not be able to, tried washing it at a high temperature.
It shouldn’t be a problem to put them in the wash and dry them immediately. But if you really don’t want to do that, you can also use Febreeze. Buy a bottle of it, it does a great wonder. But after spraying it, don’t leave it inside the house. Take all the toys and put them outside for half a day to air dry. That should help eliminate the smells that are trapped in the stuffed animals. When you take them back inside, spray them with Febreeze again and they will smell like they were just washed clean!
Try putting them in the dryer (air only) with a nice smelling fabric sheet. It won’t hurt them.
I saw on on TV but never tried this, that you an put stuffed toys in the washer but put them inside a pillowcase so it wont damage them
Try Febreze, but if its really ingrained an ozone generator could be used in a confined space like a box with the the stuffed animals inside.
Well I have put stuffed animals in to the wash and had them come out great. But they problem with that is if they don’t come out great, there is nothing you can do to fix them.
Vacuum them first. I have put stuffed animals into a plastic bag, taken the hose from my vacuum, put it snug on the toy, close the bag around the hose and turn it on. the vacuum will “flatten’ the toy- turn off the vacuum and the toy will bounce back-then wash it
I would get some cold water and vinegarr and hand wash the surface of the stuffed animals. Let them air dry-outside on a nice windy day if possible.
Can you handwash them? Treat like fine wool, with gentle detergent, not much of it, very warm water, double rinse, press between towels to remove excess moisture, and then they should be fine to go in the dryer on air only.
Try Febreze, and airing them out by on the clothesline.
The lady I work with says the nurses have to spray themselves with something so they don’t smell as their break but she doesn’t know what it is and if anyone can get it.
There are no smokers in my home.. but I had a sister to visit a couple weeks ago that SMOKED IN MY HOME.. (I had rather she didn’t but just couldn’t tell her no.. )
Anyhow, as soon as she left (she lives several states away).. I put fans in the windows to blow the air out.. I put fans on in the house to stir the air ..
AND! I brought up the “odor eliminator” up from the basement.
They’re lava rocks.. or something like that.
I really believe it works.
here’s a link: http://www.achooallergy.com/basement-odor-eliminator.asp
You can get them cheaper at Fleet Farm