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Article: Dry cleaning may help remove smoke odors
- Article from:
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2003
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Dear Heloise: I sure could use your help. My mother is a very
heavy smoker. She just gave me about 10 very nice blazers that I
would love to be able to wear -- but they reek!
I washed them with the best-smelling detergent, then rinsed
repeatedly with softener, hung them up to dry -- and did it all
again. I even put them in one of those home dry-cleaning kits, and
nothing seems to work. I even put perfume in the rinse cycle and
rinsed three times! -- T.A., Via e-mail
Many times, smoke can be a difficult odor to remove once it has
adhered itself to a fabric. It sounds like you've done all the right
things. Here are some other ideas:
-- Check with a dry cleaner in your area to see if employees ...