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Originally Posted by Car-Addicted
Good luck. I'm particularly sensitive to cigarette smell. If you can drop back in with your results as this could help a lot of folks.
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I have to say that it’s getting better and better. Especially the fact that it’s sitting in the sun, it’s not that bad anymore. My wife who is pregnant can smell it from a mile away though.. lol.
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Originally Posted by omgzirra_exe
Deep clean the interior again because I'm 100% positive your local detailer did not use a carpet extractor and a steamer.
Step 1: Clean the air vents
Thoroughly scrub the vents and use an air blower to blow out all the cigarette ashes.
Step 2: Work the leather
Since you have leather seats, deep clean them as follows:
- Use your favorite leather cleaner (I use the Colourlock Leather Care Kit). Spray the seats, let it sit for a bit, use a soft brush to work the grime off, and then wipe it down.
- Use a steam cleaner and wrap it with a microfiber towel. If you do not use a microfiber towel around the head of the steamer, it will stain your seats.
Step 3: Clean the carpet
- Remove the floormats, deep clean, scrub, and vacuum them. I suggest using a carpet extractor, which can be rented for $60 at Lowe's or Home Depot with the attachment.
- Spray the carpet liner, scrub, and extract it.
Step 4: wipe it all down.
- Use the steam cleaner to remove ALL the grime on the interior pieces, it is safe to use it directly with no microfiber towel. wipe down with a microfiber towel as you go. (if you have leather on your interior panels, please cover the steamer with a microfiber towel)
- Remove microfiber towel if applicable to get between all the crevice's.
- Finish using your favorite interior detailer (I use Griot's Interior Spray).
Optional: I do recommend this
Run this product in your car with the AC on high circulation mode after deep cleaning: https://biobombs.com/collections/all/products/starter-kit?variant=47822537949487 .
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Thank you, this is very helpful. With vents cleaning, what’s the best way to do that? Romove them? A member here suggested the FrigiClean, which has been ordered.
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Originally Posted by dscabra
Once you've cleaned everything, try using one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JAP7388/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I did use it, good results!
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Originally Posted by cbpip
Make sure you follow directions on FrigiClean, Must block off / plug the evaporator drain under the car so the product doesn't just drain out. Let it sit for 30- 40 min before unplugging it.
Stay away from the Ozone machines. The reasons you don't want to use it in you car. Not immediately seen but takes a toll on plastics and rubber. It also leaves a coating on surfaces that you'll need to clean.
https://www.satra.com/spotlight/article.php?id=390
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I heard about the issues, a local detailer with 14 years of experience who does Barrett-Jackson show said you can do it as last resort. I did it in small increments and let it air out. I did wipe it down as well.
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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium
Soak some vinegar in a small pillow and lay it down in the car on the floor .
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Question is, will vinegar smell come out?
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Originally Posted by Josh-PA
One last suggestion: anytime it's parked dry (inside or out) leave the windows and roof open. Getting air circulation helps quite a lot to the point you may want to set up a fan in the garage to blow air through it.
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Yes, I do this all the time and I think this probably helped the most.
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Originally Posted by Wolf 335
Key areas of concern are:
- Headliner and pillars (foam underneath headliner)
- Carpet (foam underneath)
- Ventilation including the vent passages, evaporator, blower fan.
- Door panels (behind them)
Headliner foam and carpet foam soak up the nicotine/tar and thats where the issues lies.
All other hard surfaces such as vents passages, evaporator , seats and dash can be cleaned easily and are not necessarily a problem once surface is cleaned.
If your budget allows, best course of action would be to replace the whole headliner including the pillars, with new or used non smoker liner.
When it comes to carpet keep in mind nicotine and tar are embedded not only on top of the carpet surface but rather in the foam underneath it.
To do this right you're going to have to remove the seats completely, front and rear, and have someone with a professional strength extractor try and tackle this.
This is not a one time spray and extract. It needs to be repeated a few times on the carpets, to allow the cleaning agent to really penetrate into the foam.
This is why you can't do this on the headliner as it will begin to sag as glue/foam is saturated.
Another thing that i didn't see anyone mention (or maybe i missed it) is door panels.
You must remove the door panels and clean behind them. I discussed this way back with a professional detailer and he mentioned that a lot of smell comes from there as well.
Door cards must be cleaned from the back side and so does the vapor barrier and metal surface of the door.
Definitely not a one day job, but over time [...]
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I ordered a strong carpet cleaner, but I’m not sure it will be that powerful. Many times I smelled the carpets, there was no smell at all, literally my nose to the floor. I’m planning to remove all the seats and clean underneath, you never knew there might be cig butt somewhere still.
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Originally Posted by FrankMstein
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lol, hopefully my smell will be gone.
I’ll update everyone after carpet cleaner shows up and I do the FrigiClean!