Need Help with Couch That Smells like Cigarettes

I agree with the previous post...try vinegar. I've never tried to get smoke out of leather furniture, but I've successfully gotten smoke and other smells out of clothes, etc with the use of vinegar. YOu may have to apply it and let it dry then repeat the process several times and use the leather conditioner after you are done.

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T.,

Use a solution of soap and water, dry it well. Then fix a spray bottle of 2 parts white vinegar and 8 parts water. Sray rub it in with a soft cloth and dry well. Then go and get a leather conditioner, a good one ask at what ever place you go for that. I am sure you can get a good leather conditioner at a hardware store. Apply that according to the directions and hopefully that will work.

I did that to a leather coat that I had bought second hand and it worked very well. good luck.

E.

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Vinegar! I have sworn by it for years, and it has never let me down. You have to get the covers off the cushions, then spray with a mixture of vinegar and water, about 1:3 mixture should do. This works great on mattress accidents, just mop up, spray with vinegar mixture, then sprinkle baking soda. Leave it all day until the baking soda is dry, sweep up the majority of the baking soda, then vacuum the rest. No stain, no smell. Works on carpet too.
I used it in my car too, before I quit smoking. It's great!

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Furniture is so much easier than cars. Bottom line, a lot of products out there can ruin the leather. Let the furniture breath for awhile. It will take about two to three weeks for the odor to disappear, but it will. Hope that helps.

Hi T.~ You may have to call a professional furniture cleaning company. I don't know of any because I just moved here, but I'm not sure if there is anything safe (over the counter) to use on leather. Good luck!

P. G.

I would call a cleaning company and ask if they can get it out.
I am surprised you did not think about this before buying it. I would find a sunny spot on a dry day, and move it outside all day.

T.,
The smell is coming from the filling, so spraying surface scent isn't solving the problem. Have you tried taking out the padding and airing them out really well, say for a couple of days? Baking soda is a great odor eater. Maybe you can also try sprinkling some on the padding and vacuum it up after a couple of hours. Good luck!

It was suggested to me to try some murfey's oil soap. And to try to sun the chairs. I am not sure but I know it won't hurt.

I would call a leather store and ask them. You probably will need to wash them! But don't know much about leather. Definitely call a leather furniture store!

Natures miracle you can buy it at target in the pet section.... but it gets out any smell....

Sorry, I can't offer any help, but I'll tell you my experience. We bought a BMW from a heavy smoker. It was a fantastic deal we just couldn't pass up. We thought we could get the smell out of the leather interior. The car only had 10,000 miles on it so it wasn't like she had smoked in it for many years....but we never, ever got the smell out despite trying everything everyone recommended, including car dealers' advice. Every day when I got into the car after it had sat all night with the windows up, it smelled like smoke. Of course that was about 20 years ago and there are a lot of products out now that weren't available then, but I would never think of buying anything whatsoever again from a smoker, no matter what a good deal it was.

Good luck though. Leather furniture is really nice. I have a leather couch and a leather Lazy Boy recliner that are more than 20 yrs old and still look great.

I don't know if Baking soda is good on leather but I use it in my shoes and any thing else that smells. I usually sprinkle it on dry or in whatever, then empty or vaccum, but could probably be made into a paste if needed. You check out their website for ideas, K.

I work with a "green" company that has 2 products I would recommend for you - 1. is a safe 3-in-1 cleaner/deoderizer/stain remover that you can dilute - it is great on odors & safe for the material AND your children; 2. is their furniture & leather polish - again safe for the kiddos but works better than anything I have ever used for leather, vinyl, & wood furniture.

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We purchased a used older model car for my teenage son that had belonged to a smoker (at least 3-5 years of smoking in the car). I got the smell out the first time I cleaned it. The trick? Sams Club sells some stuff called OdoBan (I think that is how it is spelled). It is about $9-$13 for a gallon jug. There are directions on the back for diluting it. It is amazing. My only suggestion is that you buy a spray bottle that you use only for the product. The smell is so concentrated that I can usually smell it in buckets and stuff it has been in. A friend told me they use it in large vet offices to clean and eliminate the smell of animal blood and waste. Don't forget to clean the carpets, roof, vents, under seats, etc. Smoke gets everywhere.

we did nothing to ours, suffered or a little bit(hate that smell)but it was just gone after a while .