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cigarette smell in used car
As with the other four hundred review on using this on a car that has a lingering cigarette smell, I must say i'm impressed. I bought a used 2014 ford f150 that had a dainty, stale, nasty las vegas hotel room cigarette smell to it and I had tried the air fresheners, the deep clean, the home methods you name it and it truly was masked, but wasn't cured. I read the review here and thought i'd say i'm happy with the product and with a truck that doesn't smell.
To make my review different though i'd like to add the pictures explaining how to do it on your car.
First make sure you get the package in the mail, right? :) it comes in a white and blue box, and that box is NOT placed inside another. The actual unit comes with foam protectors so it seemed pretty protected.
Second, find an extension cord with the necessary length to run it to a power outlet. I used 25' of 16G extension cord sold at your local home depot for some $10.
Third set the unit up on somewhere in the middle of your car, making sure not to block the fan, or the intake to the fan to allow the best flow possible.
Plug in the unit to your extension cord and throw that sucker on to 45 min-one hour. Hurry and shut the doors and be sure not to breath in the air it pushes out.
Set a timer on your phone for approximately 30-45 minutes depending on the severity of the cigarette smell. Once the timer is up, go back to your vehicle, hold your breath, start the engine and run heat or A/C at full blast and click the re-circulation button as well. Reclose your doors and set another timer for 10-30 min depending on the severity of the smell and size of the car.
Once that timer is done, go to your vehicle and roll down the windows (while holding breath), turn the car off, and unplug the unit. Let it air out for an hour or two and it should be driveable.
This worked wonders and i'm excited to see how long the clean truck scent will hold up for.
January 2019 · Unknown · verified purchase