Bill Wright wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
charles wrote:
It doesn't take 5 grand to valet a car so there is no trace left of it
being smoked in.

it could certainly require a new head lining. You really can't get the
nicotine smoke deposits out of that.

You certainly can. Smoke deposits are all water soluble. Modern
headlining
is commonly synthetics.

My sister bought a car that smelled of fag smoke. The firm said they'd
valet it and so they did but the smell never went. If the car had been
locked up for a while the smell was real bad. The car was repeatedly
cleaned but the smell was there right to day when she crashed it and
wrote it off. Maybe the cleaners weren't trying.

The smell lingers because the deposits penetrate to the bits that you
can't get with a surface clean. A lot of cars have cloth seats or a head
lining with small holes in it, so the smoke gets through the pores and
contaminates the foam behind the porous surfaces. To clear the smell
from the headlining, you have to remove it and clean behind it. The same
with seats, you need to remove the covers and clean them and the foam.

You also need to remove and clean the carpets, and clean the underlay or
other backing.

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John.