Febreeze Smell by dealer

I bought my car used from a dealer. I think that the previous owner smoked in it, so to cover the odor, they used Febreeze. It Smells like shit. How would I get rid of the smell. I have tried scrubbing, and various other techniques.

you could take it back and bitch. or take it to a professional detailer.

Febreeze

 

You know thoes small "anti-moisture" things that come in your shoes? Well Hardware stores sell big ones and they soak up the smell.

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Febreeze

 

You know thoes small "anti-moisture" things that come in your shoes? Well Hardware stores sell big ones and they soak up the smell.

 

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You could try having it professionally steam cleaned.

theres a machine that takes the smell out, its like some ozone thing...

^ What would that be?

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75195&highlight=ozone+odor

^ Thanks

This?

 

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=ozone+cleaner&safe=on&um=1&ie=UTF-8

 

Does this take the smell out of the fabric also?

Use resolve carpet cleaner on the carpeting and roof-liner and throw some arm and hammer baking soda under your seats for a few days. Of course your car will smell like resolve for a couple of days but before you know it all smells will be gone. This is what they do at a local BMW dealership by me.

 

I also tried it on my old car (b/c I used to smoke) and it worked wonders.

There is a deodorizer that is used to get rid of the funk smell from your a/c evaporator. You spray it thru the vents. That might work.

 

There is also a mineral called zeolite. Its a clay mineral with a crystalline structure with holes in it. The odours are captured inside these tiny holes. I bought a satchel that was packed with the stuff. Did a pretty good job at keeping the odors away. Every couple of months you set it in the sun to recharge it. I imagine the heat releases the absorbed odors. If you could get this in a granular form, work it into the carpet like those carpet deodorizers, it would probably fix your problem.

 

Good luck!

The ozone cleaner is suppose to work.

 

It got me thinking though; those Ionic breeze "air cleaners" emit ozone, so why not put one in your car for a day or two and let it do its thing? I don't think the one in your link is quite the same.

leave the windows down for a while and drive around with all your windows down. It will eventually go away.

Sounds like a Seinfeld Episode......

My buddy bought a 92 LeBaron convertible that WREAKED of cigarette smoke when he bought it. He tried everything to get it out. Only thing that worked was the $2.99 bottle of Ultra Citrus spray at AutoZone. Worked the first time he used it and it smells great too.

 

Man I miss that car.