Removing Tobacco smell

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Postby Emperor » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:56 am

Leon wrote:
Emperor wrote:I smoke in my car,


Stop it! Your nose might not detect it, but you're very likely totally ruining a car!! :lol:


Not bothered lol, most people jump in it and complement the smell (regular cleaning and air fresheners). Only person who picks up the smell is me old lady who hates smokers so she can sniff it a mile away
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Postby Mad Murphy » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:48 pm

I had an old Corona coupe that someone smoked in, you can never get it 100% clean but it certainly made a difference when I cleaned the headlining, it changed colour after being cleaned and scrubbed a few times. I would imagine without stripping out the whole interior and air vent system and cleaning it it'd always be a bit smelly. Car/house smoking is gross. I'd never buy another car that'd been smoked in much.
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Postby thornz » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:53 pm

Mad Murphy wrote:I had an old Corona coupe that someone smoked in, you can never get it 100% clean but it certainly made a difference when I cleaned the headlining, it changed colour after being cleaned and scrubbed a few times. I would imagine without stripping out the whole interior and air vent system and cleaning it it'd always be a bit smelly. Car/house smoking is gross. I'd never buy another car that'd been smoked in much.


Yeah have gone right off the idea. The dealer has been pushing for us to take another look once they have it cleaned, but going to walk away still, not worth the hassle of it coming back again. Shame, as the car was immaculate to, took it to one of the top Subie mechanics in CHCH and he could fault it.
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Postby Tagged » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:54 pm

when I 1st bought my levin it had a smoky smell as well. my mates told me it was weed lol.

all I did was getting one of those "leaf" shaped air fresheners and left it in the cars for like a month.

and now it doesn't smell at all
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