Car Maintenance: 4 Ways to Teach You How to Get Rid of Smoke Smell in Your Car

Whether you regularly use your car as a smokehouse or just bought a used car that smells of smoke, with right tools you can get rid of smell in no time. . Wash your car thoroughly first, then use a combination of natural and chemical cleaners to get rid of smoke smell in your car. In no time, unpleasant smell of smoke in your car will disappear.

Initial thorough cleaning Car Maintenance: 4 Ways to Teach You How to Get Rid of Smoke Smell in Your Car

1. Clean blanket in car with carpet cleaner and then remove dust with a vacuum cleaner. Regular carpet cleaners are effective, but if smell is particularly strong, you may need to use a little more. After you finish using it, vacuum blanket.

Even if you don't want to wash your duvet, you can just vacuum it. It is also very useful for removing odors. With a vacuum cleaner, even if you can't completely remove smell of smoke, you can still suck out tiny particles of smoke that blanket has absorbed.

2. Clean ashtray in car. While this step seems obvious, many actually forget about it. After you have cleaned ashtray, spray it with a regular air cleaner and then wipe ashtray with a kitchen towel. This leaves a thin layer of air freshener on surface of ashtray. This amount will not make ashtray flammable and will not retain pleasant smell of ashtray.

3. Hang an air freshener in your car, or hang an air purifier on your car's outlet. Of course, if you don't want people around you to know that you just cleaned your car, or that your car needs cleaning, putting a particularly strong-smelling cleaner in your car will make people suspicious. But if you just want to get rid of smell of smoke, then hanging an air freshener in your car can do a great job.

If you feel it is necessary, you may want to consider replacing cabin air filter. Ideally, air filter should be replaced every 19,312 - 24,140 km, or at least annually. If you can't remember last time you changed it, do it! There must be a change!

use chemical cleaners Car Maintenance: 4 Ways to Teach You How to Get Rid of Smoke Smell in Your Car

1. Try detergents for fabrics and upholstery. Many brands of detergents have powerful odor removal features. Spray a little on seats, floor mats, and even seat belts—every fabric you see. After spraying, use a large, soft-bristled brush to spread cleaner as directed.

You might want to consider buying a product with an antibacterial function because it has a better deodorizing effect. No matter which one you choose, don't hesitate

An inconvenient but effective method is to remove seat from car before washing it, which can have a very different effect. Because there is a lot of carpet under seats, it absorbs a lot of smoke smell, but is very difficult to clean. By removing seat, you can thoroughly clean every corner. It will take a little more work, but will bring you a big surprise.

2. Try spraying pet deodorant on seats and carpets. It may sound strange, but it works. Pet deodorants, especially those that remove urine stains (and odors), work wonders. You can try popular brands in market.

3. Use paper desiccant. Desiccant can also help your car smell like new. You can leave a few or a box somewhere in car. For example, you can put it under car seat. When paper desiccant is exposed to sun and temperature rises, it gives off a very refreshing scent. A box of paper desiccant lasts a long time and is cheaper than buying a lot of air fresheners.

Paper dryers are very effective at absorbing nasty car odors over a period of time, but this absorption, as well as ability to release a fresh smell, will get weaker and weaker over time. So change it often.

4. If smell of smoke in car is still very strong, you can spray a diluted cleaning agent onto heating pipe. For example, you can use saree or diluted bleach for best results. Find an air intake (usually under hood near wipers), then turn on exhaust in car and spray it with a spray bottle of water. This will remove any lingering smoke odors from the pipe.

5. Wash interior with shampoo. Apply shampoo directly to carpet and car seats, using a brush or cloth (brush is best) to blot cloth. Then collect remaining shampoo with an extractor vacuum cleaner that you can rent from your local auto parts store or store.

Use natural cleaning products. Car Maintenance: 4 Ways to Teach You How to Get Rid of Smoke Smell in Your Car

1. Use baking soda. Baking soda is an effective natural deodorant. It is also very common in use. Especially for car interiors that are made of fabric, this is especially effective. If taste is particularly strong, then you will need a whole package of sodium bicarbonate weighing 0.45 kg. You can do this:

Sprinkle baking soda on as many porous surfaces as possible. This includes carpets, seats, ceilings (try using a feather duster to sprinkle baking soda on ceiling quilt area), and any other places where the smell gets in.

Apply baking soda to any exposed surfaces. You can use a cloth, brush, or even your hands to rub baking soda into surface.

Wait at least half an hour or a day. The longer you wait, better baking soda will work.

When waiting time is up, vacuum up any leftover baking soda. Remember it's best to suck on both sides to make sure you remove all baking soda, this will also get rid of fine particles that make your car smell really bad

2. Wipe interior of car, including glass, with vinegar and water. You can mix 1/4 cup vinegar (white, not apple cider vinegar) with 2 cups water. Pour into a spray bottle and shake well. Spray on glass, car seats and other trim, then wipe dry. When used, smell of vinegar in car will be very strong, but smell of vinegar disappears quickly. Once dry, there is no taste.

3. Try putting plenty of dry coffee beans in your car for day. If you don't like taste of coffee, there's nothing wrong with that. Because this method really works. You can place 6 paper plates in different corners of car, place a cup of coffee beans on each plate and distribute them evenly across plate. Open your windows 1/8 inch (0.3 cm), preferably on a warm sunny day, to let smell of coffee fill your car. Get rid of coffee beans and you can enjoy latte (flavor) in car!

4. Use crumpled newspapers. While there is no evidence that this method is actually effective, in theory it should be because newspapers have a deodorizing function. Crumple up some old newspapers and place them in different corners of machine. Give newspaper 48 hours to thoroughly rinse off any odors. Then get rid of newspaper and recycle it.

Like many of methods mentioned in this article, newspaper method can be used with many other methods. For example, you can use old newspapers to soak up aromas and store coffee beans in machine. Or you can cover newspaper with baking soda.

5. Put activated carbon in your car as a filter. You can buy activated charcoal at pet stores, health food stores, and even your regular supermarket. Activated charcoal is usually in powder form, you can put a bowl or cup in car, wait a day or two, activated charcoal should do its magic and absorb smell in car.

There are many pet products that contain activated charcoal and are cheaper than pure activated charcoal. For example, cat litter contains activated charcoal. So you can use a bowl of activated charcoal in your car and it can be just as effective as charcoal itself and not as expensive. This will save you from having to buy a whole bunch of activated charcoal, just use a little.

Activated charcoal is a very effective natural odor remover. If you've tried baking soda and it didn't completely eliminate smoke smell, then activated charcoal will do the job just fine.

6. Try leaving some ammonia or vinegar in your car overnight. About a cup or so will suffice. Ammonia is very potent, so don't sleep in a car with ammonia. After deodorizing, leave the windows open for one to two hours. If it didn't work once, try doing this every day for a week or two.

Other methods Car Maintenance: 4 Ways to Teach You How to Get Rid of Smoke Smell in Your Car

1. After cleaning car, you can completely remove smell from inside car with ozone cleaning. Ozone cleaning is different from other odor masking methods, this method can completely remove smell of smoke. Ozone can actually oxidize and decompose odor-causing compounds left in car.

2. Spend some money and entrust this business to a professional. Despite fact that you need to spend a lot of money, you will save yourself from worrying about this. The rich experience and tools of professionals guarantee that when you return car, it will look like new.

Tips

Take some drying cloths and wipe down back seat. To enhance effect, you can add a little air freshener, which is usually sold in stores. If that doesn't work, go to a big supermarket and look for it.

There is no evidence to support fact that an ozonizer can damage interior of your car. An ozonizer with a speed of 4000-8000 micrograms per hour can be used without problems for two hours. The time required for a higher skill is slightly shorter. To be safer, use it intermittently at end to allow air to enter car rather than using it all time.

Pour coffee grounds into ashtray.

Test all cleaners on a less visible spot first to see which one works best.

Do not use aggressive cleaning products, otherwise you will ruin interior.

Another good helper: 1. Cut apple into four pieces, insert apple pieces into toothpicks and dip them into water; 2. Arrange apples in all corners of machine and leave for a day or night. (The best way is to open window during day) 3. It may take a week to repeat deletion. If yes, repeat steps one and two for a week.

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