Removing tobacco smoke from suede jacket?

[Taiyaki Daisuki]

I've inherited a suede jacket with faux fur lining (not an antique,
I'd guess about three years old) from a chain smoker, and I cannot wear it
until I get the smell completely out. I took it to a dry cleaner who
wanted to charge me $45 for the cleaning, but couldn't be sure he'd get
rid of the odor. Does anyone have any good tips?

[DrClean]

"Taiyaki Daisuki" <uguu~@kanon.hokkaido.false-trail.nyet.jp> wrote in
message news:pan.2005.01.21.04.48.45.766948@false-trail.nyet.jp...
> I've inherited a suede jacket with faux fur lining (not an antique,
> I'd guess about three years old) from a chain smoker, and I cannot wear it
> until I get the smell completely out. I took it to a dry cleaner who
> wanted to charge me $45 for the cleaning, but couldn't be sure he'd get
> rid of the odor. Does anyone have any good tips?

Hi All

This is tough because it's a skin and not a cloth, so spraying anything onto
the surface may cause colour change, colour loss or a change on the feel of
the suede.

You could try spraying a smoke treatment as a last resort or putting the
jacket into a bag with an odour treatment, such as an odour gel, or a
natural moth repellant.

Take a look at www.DrClean.co.uk/Retail_DrClean/Odourtreatments.asp and also
www.drclean.co.uk/Retail_DrClean/ProtectGarment.asp for specific treatments
and moth repellants. The pot-pouri odour is probably strong enough to work
on the smoke over a period of time.

Hope this helps

--
DrClean
www.DrClean.co.uk
The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web

[Phisherman]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:44:06 GMT, Taiyaki Daisuki
<uguu~@kanon.hokkaido.false-trail.nyet.jp> wrote:

>I've inherited a suede jacket with faux fur lining (not an antique,
>I'd guess about three years old) from a chain smoker, and I cannot wear it
>until I get the smell completely out. I took it to a dry cleaner who
>wanted to charge me $45 for the cleaning, but couldn't be sure he'd get
>rid of the odor. Does anyone have any good tips?

Take it to someone that specializes in leather work. You might try
placing the jacket in the sun for a few hours.

[gpjones2938@mchsi.com]

Dear Taiyaki,

Try hanging it outside for a day, preferably a mildly windy day. Too
bad
Febreeze can't be used on leather--it works wonders on other things.
But I
hang my stored things outside to get out the mothball smell and it
works.

Teri

[mamahays]

"Taiyaki Daisuki" <uguu~@kanon.hokkaido.false-trail.nyet.jp> wrote in
message news:pan.2005.01.21.04.48.45.766948@false-trail.nyet.jp...
> I've inherited a suede jacket with faux fur lining (not an antique,
> I'd guess about three years old) from a chain smoker, and I cannot wear it
> until I get the smell completely out. I took it to a dry cleaner who
> wanted to charge me $45 for the cleaning, but couldn't be sure he'd get
> rid of the odor. Does anyone have any good tips?


Dry cleaning is your best bet. Are there any other cleaners close by? Call
a few others and see what they say.

There are products like Odorcide on the market. But I would be very careful
putting that stuff on a suede jacket. Look around and read labels.

Sharon

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"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig."

[Karen Maslowski]

Have you tried baking soda? It absorbs odors very well.

What I would do is to put the jacket in a box (maybe a Rubbermaid
container, if you have something like that), and in the same box place a
container of baking soda, at least 1/2 cup. Leave it in the box, sealed,
for at least a couple of days and then see how much of the odor is left.

Hope this helps!

By the way, there are tons of tips for using baking soda on the Arm &
Hammer website. This is an amazing product, environmentally friendly,
and it's dirt cheap, too.

http://www.armhammer.com/basics/

Karen Maslowski in Ohio

Taiyaki Daisuki wrote:

> I've inherited a suede jacket with faux fur lining (not an antique,
> I'd guess about three years old) from a chain smoker, and I cannot wear it
> until I get the smell completely out. I took it to a dry cleaner who
> wanted to charge me $45 for the cleaning, but couldn't be sure he'd get
> rid of the odor. Does anyone have any good tips?

[Charlie]

Could you hang it outside in sunlight for a few days? That works with
beads, so it might work with fabric!

Charlie.

"Taiyaki Daisuki" <uguu~@kanon.hokkaido.false-trail.nyet.jp> wrote in
message news:pan.2005.01.21.04.48.45.766948@false-trail.nyet.jp...
> I've inherited a suede jacket with faux fur lining (not an antique,
> I'd guess about three years old) from a chain smoker, and I cannot wear it
> until I get the smell completely out. I took it to a dry cleaner who
> wanted to charge me $45 for the cleaning, but couldn't be sure he'd get
> rid of the odor. Does anyone have any good tips?

[BEI Design]

Taiyaki Daisuki wrote:
> I've inherited a suede jacket with faux fur lining (not an
> antique,
> I'd guess about three years old) from a chain smoker, and I
> cannot wear it until I get the smell completely out. I took it
> to a dry cleaner who wanted to charge me $45 for the cleaning,
> but couldn't be sure he'd get rid of the odor. Does anyone have
> any good tips?

Activated charcoal is very good for absorbing odors. I think you can get it
cheaply at a pet store, they have it for aquariums, etc. I would place the
loosely folded jacket and a mesh bag of charcoal in a large tub with a close
fitting top, and leave it for several days. Check and refresh the charcoal
if necessary.

Another way, if that fails, is to place the jacket in a bag with some cedar
chips or the little cedar balls you get in the closet supply department.
The jacket may end up smelling like cedar, but that is probably preferable
to cigarette smoke. This worked for me when I won a serger on an eBay
auction, and it smelled awfully of cigarette smoke.

And if none of the above works, well, $45.00 to have a *free* leather jacket
professionally cleaned doesn't sound unreasonable to me.

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Beverly
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