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Title: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: Jason Ryan on July 06, 2009, 10:38:27 pm
Got a clean to do and one of the rooms stinks of smoke as a result of a heavy smoker, but not actual smoke damage from a fire. The rooms empty apart from the bed and blinds.

Is there any tidy products that can be used, or a good de oderiser,

Cheers
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: BDCS on July 07, 2009, 12:11:35 am
Do you have a fogger ? If not you will need one, you can get a cheap disco smoke m/c that you can use as a thermal and use something like chemspec cherry. Ozone will do it as well
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: jonnyald on July 07, 2009, 05:59:22 am
depends , have you been ordered to totally remove the smell? ,if so tread carefully .   i once found the only way forward was to have the wallpaper stripped to get rid of  the "tang" of smoke .  ceilings hold the smell too  ,artex
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: The Great One on July 07, 2009, 07:43:24 am
Hi

A fogger will do it, the fog with penetrate all porus surfaces but it can be a pricey option. Mine just cost me £225 inc solution.

You could go down the manual route of sugar soap on all the walls, and wipe down all surfaces with a strong degreasing solution, carpet if any will also have to be cleaned a deodourized.

Regards

Martin 8)
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: Jason Ryan on July 07, 2009, 10:21:31 am
Cheers all for replys.

I didnt realy want to get a fogger as its only one room and at mo havent realy had any smoke cleans.

Martin- Where can i get the sugar soap from and degreasing solution-usual suppliers and whats cost.
Im ok with the carpets.

Cheers
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: johnny_h on July 07, 2009, 04:58:54 pm
google clover chemicals they do a cracking product called " deodoriser concentrate"
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: Pristine Clean on July 07, 2009, 06:02:39 pm
Sugar soap can be obtained at your local DIY store if your chemical supplier does not have any. Cost around £3.00

Dave
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: BDCS on July 07, 2009, 07:02:59 pm
A disco smoke machine can be bought from e bay for £20 and will do the job for a starter. Deodorisers either work or not but mostly not - the reason for fogging the room is to get the chemical into every porous surface, every crack, textile etc. Look at this link as an example to see how many there are from just one maker

http://www.chemspec-europe.com/shop/displayresults.asp?UID=2033

For smoke I'd use the thermo 55 cherry but I am no expert - I've used prochem ones for different uses also but the one product does all dos'nt exist.
You can always deodorise cars etc  as and add on
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: Jason Ryan on July 07, 2009, 08:44:00 pm
Thanks to everyone who replied.

Cheers
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: The Great One on July 07, 2009, 09:32:01 pm
Cheers all for replys.

I didnt realy want to get a fogger as its only one room and at mo havent realy had any smoke cleans.

Martin- Where can i get the sugar soap from and degreasing solution-usual suppliers and whats cost.
Im ok with the carpets.

Cheers

Hi

As stated you can sugar soap at any dit store.

for degreasing I have used brillo degreaser with excellent results it's around £12 for 5 ltrs.

Something else I have having amazing results with concerning grease is Bio-Logical washing liquid (persil, ariel etc) I used it to clean the van today and it just shift grease and road grime it seems, plus it comes scented.

£3 for a small bottle of concentrate from superstores.

Regards

Martin 8)
Title: Re: Room smelling of smoke
Post by: Jason Ryan on July 07, 2009, 09:42:23 pm
Cheers Martin