Best way to remove smoke smell and odors from your home.
Weather you recently purchased a home or rent to someone who smoked inside your property, you know that cigarette smoke can be one of the most difficult odors to eliminate completely.
We have found that the most effective fastest process to get rid of, eliminate and remove smoke odor from the entire house requires that each odor molecule be treated and naturalized at the source.
So what does that all mean….
Leave no surface untouched: Clean all walls, ceilings, door knobs, light fixtures light bulbs, fan blades, and anything the smoke came in contact with.
Wipe down all those knickknacks or just throw them away, photo frames and decorations as well.
You might also consider throwing out any item possible such as lampshades and throw pillows that absorb odors well and are easy enough to replace.
What happens when smoke molecules get missed during deep cleaning?
Any odor causing source that isn’t treated at its source will continue to off-gas for a long time to come.
Cigarette smoke odor comes from a reaction called off-gassing.
Off-gassing happens when “volatile organic compounds” (VOCs) break down.
Off-gassing smoke and nicotine tar materials emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and small particulate substances throughout the life of the source odor material. This can cause many complications inside your home to remove the smell completely.
If you’ve ever smelled fresh paint, dry cleaning, or the inside of a new car, that’s also off-gassing.
New foams and many other manufactured home products experience off-gassing but nothing quite like smoke smell can be so difficult to remove and eliminate.
Most chemicals will off-gas at different rates depending on the materials, but manufactured goods usually undergo their most noxious (and smelly) off-gassing for about a month after they’re produced.
Other harsher chemicals can emit VOCs for years. Carpeting, in particular, can off-gas for up to five years and cigarette smoke odor can go on for even longer.
Any residual leftover nicotine and other smoke molecules that aren’t treated will remain on clothing and all surfaces after someone smokes in the house.
Cigarette smell can linger for years after the smoke has cleared out because the odor penetrates into soft fabrics, water based paints, wood, platics and other any other materials.
The good news is that it isn’t locked in there for ever. For many years, the smelly ingredients gradually seep back into the air or into other objects as mentioned above.
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