How to get stale cig smoke out of car?

Question

You guys, it's totally gross!

The car appears clean, but stinks like an old stale cig butt!

The car has leather interior, and I already tried armor-all

Any other way to deep-clean and get the odor out??

Thanks ;}

Answer 1

Armor all isn't good for leather by the way. There are products available which are made for leather care. Shampoo the carpets and the headliner then set a small dish or two of Vanilla extract in the floor at night for a couple of weeks. Make sure you scrub the ash tray also and then fill it with baking soda. Might also try storing an opened, small bag of charcoal in there to try to absorb the odor. If you can get hold of a bag of green walnuts they will absolutely take the odor out. Can only get them in the fall though. Good luck. I fought the same problem once. Tried everything, for over a year, and the walnuts finally did the trick.

Answer 2

I would try cleaning the carpets in there - fabric holds smoke longer...

or close all the windows and light an incense to see if that would work...fight smoke with smoke. :)