Question from Frank
My wife is an hygienist and she sometimes has patients that smoke which is transferred to her clothing and than to our home. Is there any product that you know of that can alleviate the smoke smell?
Debra’s Answer
Use baking soda. Sprinkle it on the fabric (clothing or upholstery) and let it sit for a few hours, the vacuum it off.
On our recent vacation, my husband and I spent a day in Maryland, where they still allow smoking in restaurants and do not have no smoking sections. We found this out in the middle of our first meal, when diners started lighting up around us. It was enough smoke for me to notice my clothing smelled like smoke when we left. I just aired out the clothes and then washed them with soap and oxygen bleach when I got home, and all the odor is gone.
[No smoking legislation is in process in Maryland, it just hasn’t passed yet.]
