Remove smoke smell
WHETHER its cigarette smoke or an open fire smoke, these odours are not always pleasant to deal with. Intense smoke gives out a stench out of your clothes but don't worry because there's still and always hope your clothes could smell fresh once again. For some easy steps to get rid of smoke odour on clothes, website laundrycare.biz reports a few steps below.
Air it out
The first thing a smoky garment needs is some fresh air. Hang the garment in a well ventilated area…even better hang outside. It's amazing what a little sun and fresh air can do.
Odour eliminating spray
If the smoke smell remains, keep the garment hanging and use an odour eliminating all over the front and back. You can make your own odour eliminating spray by combining equal parts vinegar and water in a spray bottle. Add 20-30 drops of your favorite essential oil such as lemon or mint oil.
Baking soda
Place garment in an extra large plastic zipper bag with plenty of room for the garment to move around.
If you don't have a large enough zipper bag can also use a plastic shopping bag or garbage bag. Add ½ cup of baking soda, seal or tie the bag securely, give it a quick shake and let the entire thing sit overnight.
That will give the baking soda time to absorb the odour. Once it's done sitting, take the bag outside, open and shake excess off baking soda. Tumble garment in low or no heat drying cycle to help.
Steam
Steam is another option to reduce the odour in garments that cannot be washed in the machine. Check the garment care tag to be sure steaming is ok first. Then steam the item slowly, making sure not to miss any portion. Use a 3:1, distilled water to rubbing alcohol solution to the water reservoir for extra odour elimination.
In the washing machine
Vinegar pre-soak
Before washing, give your garment a nice, long, odour-eliminating soak. Add one cup vinegar to sink or wash basin, then fill with warm water. Add a few drops of your favourite essential oil for a fresh scent. Soak garment for 30 - 60 minutes, then wash as directed.
Scent booster
Laundry products have come a long way in the past decade. So much, that they make products just to add a long-lasting fresh scent to your laundered clothes.
Lemon juice
Fresh lemon juice can do wonders for all kinds of cleaning purposes, especially in the laundry room. Whiten whites and remove all sorts of odours, such as smoke, just by adding ½ a cup of lemon juice to the wash.
Vodka
Alcohol is a powerful odour remover and safe on most washable fabrics. Pour ½ cup of cheap vodka (or rubbing alcohol) into the wash to eliminate tough odours.