Neighbor had yards sale at the end she bagged up 3 bags of clothes for me to have.This was so nice but my problem is she is a heavy smoker so how do I get the smell out.And she also gave me a box of cookbooks which I love and collect but they also smell like smoke.I left them on back porch till I can figure out how to rid smell.Thanks so much Anne
Not sure about the books, but if you wash the clothes and use a few extra dryer sheets, that should take the smell out.
I would just wash them and if the smell doesn't come out I'd fabreeze them and then wash them. Fabreeze gets rid of smoke odors.
You can wash the clothes like normal, only throw in a/b half a cup of vinegar in the rinse cycle. This typically eliminates the smoke smell. You can also re-rinse in fabric softner to get rid of the vinger smell. :)
As for the cookbooks, throw them in the freezer for a few hours.
ETA: My grandma was a heavy smoker and my mom used vinegar to remove the smell/tar from stuff.
This!
Quoting jltplk25:
You can wash the clothes like normal, only throw in a/b half a cup of vinegar in the rinse cycle. This typically eliminates the smoke smell. You can also re-rinse in fabric softner to get rid of the vinger smell. :)
As for the cookbooks, throw them in the freezer for a few hours.
ETA: My grandma was a heavy smoker and my mom used vinegar to remove the smell/tar from stuff.
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