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  • Eradicating nicotine/ smell from antique furniture.
  • brack
    Free Member

    Anyone know how to irradiate the culmulative effects of furniture that has been in a house with a smoker?

    I have just bought a beautiful Edwardian wardrobe, it’s a perfect fit for a very awkward sized recess.

    Only problem is… I gave it a quick wipe inside and it has ‘activated’ a strong nicotine smell, with lots of brown muck coming off the inside. It is a very well looked after piece…but years of being around at a time when smoking was much more fashionable has perhaps left it’s legacy.

    I don’t want rid of the wardrobe .. I love it. And nuking/ burning it is not a sensible option :@)

    So how to get rid of the smoky smell? So far … 2 hot soapy washes, 2 sugar soap wipes, a diluted bleach wipe, a hot water wipe.

    Any other tips/ solutions ?

    Tracey
    Full Member

    We have had the same problem in the past and found that diluted white vinegar works well.

    ernie_lynch
    Free Member

    I gave it a quick wipe inside and it has ‘activated’ a strong nicotine smell, with lots of brown muck coming off the inside.

    Whatever that brown muck is I doubt that it is nicotine tar, unless they were making a point of smoking inside the wardrobe.

    Any other tips/ solutions ?

    Once it’s settled down don’t activate the strong nicotine again ?

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    brack
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    Thanks guys

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