How to Eliminate Smoke Odor in Furniture

Eliminating smoke odor in furniture takes patience. Since smoke permeates fabric, its odor is often difficult to remove. When smoke odor is apparent in your furniture, chances are it's already affected other fabrics in your home such as your window treatments and carpeting. Although the process of getting smoke odors out of furniture might be long and arduous, the smell will eventually dissipate and weaken. To learn how to eliminate smoke odor in furniture, follow a few steps that will freshen your furniture in no time.

Candles
Commercial odor neutralizer
Air purifier
Furniture cleaning services

Instructions

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  Light candles. Lighting candles doesn't just mask smoke odors in furniture — it can actually neutralize and weaken them. In addition, the fabric will absorb the candle smell, which will replace the unpleasant smoke odors.
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  Spray an odor neutralizer. A commercial odor-neutralizing product can quickly eliminate smoke odors in furniture. Considered safe for children and pets, odor-neutralizing products leave behind a fresh, clean scent without being overbearing.
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  Open the windows. Ventilate your home by opening the windows to eliminate smoke odor in furniture. The fresh air will help dilute odors in furniture and will also help eliminate smoke odors from draperies and carpeting. Opening the windows will eliminate odors more effectively if the weather is cool and dry. If it's humid and raining, the excess moisture in the air might intensify stale smoke odors in the fabric, further locking them in.
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  Bring your furniture outside. If it's not too heavy, taking furniture outside for a few hours will reap the benefits of sunshine. Furniture that sits out in the fresh air and sun will smell fresher, causing odors to fade.
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  Get an air purifier. To eliminate smoke odors from the air and prevent them from bonding to furniture fabrics, get an electronic air filtering system. These portable devices clear the air of noxious odors, releasing healthful negative ions into the air.
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  Call a professional. If smoke odors in your furniture persist despite your best efforts, call a professional furniture cleaning company. A furniture cleaning company can clean your furniture with special solutions capable of eliminating smoke and other disagreeable odors. Professional carpet cleaning companies usually offer furniture cleaning services and sometimes offer a discount when multiple pieces are cleaned.

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