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Article: Fixit; Eliminating cigarette odor from an empty house.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2001
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Q - How does one get rid of cigarette odor in an empty house?
A - Because nicotine is a water-based chemical, washing all the surfaces and laundering all textiles in the house should eliminate the smoke and nicotine odors, said Deborah Soeffker, a fire restoration specialist at Darling Cleaners in Minneapolis.
If the odor persists despite your best cleaning efforts, you may need to call a company that specializes in removing smoke odor such as those who do fire restoration work.
Restoring a house after a fire often requires the use of an ozone generator to eliminate smoke odors. Ozone is a powerful, efficient and economical oxidizing agent. ...