How to get rid of smoke smell....

[RachelMc]

I bought a Mk6 Golf about 6 months ago as a VW approved used. When I took it for a test there will a slight smell of cigarette smoke that the garage assured me could be dealt with by a full valet that they would do. Before I made the deal the car was valeted by them and the smell appeared to have gone.

Predictably when I got the car home the scented products the garage had used wore off within a few days and the smell was still there. They repeated the valet with the same result. As the garage I bought it from is a way from my home I didn't go back for a third time.

I've had a mobile valet company out who focused on cleaning anything that circulated air, replaced all the air filters and cleaned all the upholstery. A few weeks later....It was back. It's even more noticeable when the car gets hot as it has a black interior.

As a non smoker it's driving me crazy so I'm after any other suggestions for getting rid of a persistent smoke smell. I've bought every kind of upholstery cleaner I can find but it doesn't seem to be a permanent fix.

I know I probably should have exercised more caution when I bought the car but that's a moot point now. It was the colour and spec I wanted having been looking for a while.

TIA - Rachel

[zollaf]

welcome.
now, are you a non smoker or an ex smoker. i am an ex and everything smells, even some fishing stuff i bought from ebay had a smell of fags to it, yet never smokers don't seem to notice it. anyway, i digress, you will never get rid of the smell. sorry, unless you smoke you will always notice it.

[M1tchy]

Don't think you will ever get rid I'm afraid. It will be in the foam in the seats, the soft sound insulation in the doors and roof and much more.

My dad smokes and I can smell it on everything I take when I visit for days afterwards. In houses I've renovated the only way to rid it of the smoke smell was to remove the plaster!


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[HAWKS]

What about a foam clean from a valeter.
I remember reading something about it a while ago. They fill the inside of your car with foam type stuff an leave your car closed up for about 30mins or so. It cleans everything inside your car, from floor to head liner.
I cant remember the name of it tho.

[belfastmark]

Hi Rachel.
My local valeters have a thing called a smoke bomb. It's like the smoke machines used at a disco, but instead of smoke, they use some sort of
air freshener into it. They set it in the car and switch it on. I think they leave it in for about an hour. Some of the things they use it for would be the likes of diesel/petrol spills, getting rid of dog smells etc.
You should ask around to see if any of your local valeters offer this. I'm an ex smoker myself though before stopping, I did smoke in the car. Needless to say I went through a lot of air freshener after I had quit.
Let us know how you get on.

Good luck.

Marko

[belfastmark]

Hi, me again.

Was trawling ebay and found something of interest. It's a mini version of what I was describing above.
Search ebay for
saniguard professional car valeting fogger bomb.