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Removing Old Cigarette Smell
How do you remove the lingering smell of cigarettes from an apartment?
Can you recommend any air purifying or enzymatic sprays that might eat up the smell?
Does bleach help?
Will leaving an air purifier or industrial strength fan on in the apartment for the next couple of days help?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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Here's where I'm coming from:
I'm moving into a new apartment this weekend. Closer to campus, better management, smaller complex with only graduate students, HUGE open kitchen with a smallish living space. Managment has replaced carpeting and there's beautiful colors of fresh paint - everything about this place is nice. Utterly ideal in nearly every way - except one thing: the previous tenant(s) were smokers. Even with the new carpet, when you walk into the apartment, you're overwhelmed with the lingering remnants of cheap cigarettes.
This smell is only in the living room.
The bedroom, bathroom, kitchen - all free from the smell of smoke. I assume this means they only smoked in the living room.
I currently have the windows open. Trying to air the place out. I don't want to spray anything that will only cover up the smell.
After visiting for a half hour, I returned to my car and was shocked at how much of the smell I picked up. We're starting to move our stuff over today, but we won't be moved in completely until Sunday.
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