On 3 Apr 2006 13:10:33 -0700, Cindy wrote:

Any tips, hints or products someone could recommend to remove the smell of
cigarette smoke from the home of ex-heavy smokers?

Flair ionozer by Ecoquest. Had a fire in my son's room- smoldering
mattress smell would gag you. My brother-in-law brought over his Flair
ionozer that he paid $350 for. 2 days later the room smelled like a
spring day.

Went to ebay & bought one for about $150.

These are *real* ionizers, not the toy [ionic breeze] that you see on
TV all the time. [another family member bought one of those to get rid
of ciggarette smell and it didn't work for her]

The literature says it will kill mold & mildew but I haven't had a
chance to test that.

Jim

Get an old ...or new for about 35.00...oil burner transformer....take
wires from the two high voltage terminals and jam both leads into a
large ball of loosly crinkled aluminum foil....40.00 ozone generator
that does the same thing as an ionizer......it generates ozone which is
a disenfectant and deodorizer.

ozone is harmfull to breathe in large amounts so what you must do is a
room at a time...with a window open and the doors closed.

The oil burner transformer is a current limited device so jamming the
two high voltage leads into a wad of timfoil wont "short" the
transformer windings.

I wouldnt let it run more than an hour or so continuous though as it
will heat up and might begin breaking down the windings.....but you
could put it on a timer.....or run it while working in other parts of
the house.

On 3 Apr 2006 18:57:54 -0700, wrote:

Get an old ...or new for about 35.00...oil burner transformer....take
wires from the two high voltage terminals and jam both leads into a
large ball of loosly crinkled aluminum foil....40.00 ozone generator
that does the same thing as an ionizer......it generates ozone which is
a disenfectant and deodorizer.

ozone is harmfull to breathe in large amounts so what you must do is a
room at a time...with a window open and the doors closed.

The oil burner transformer is a current limited device so jamming the
two high voltage leads into a wad of timfoil wont "short" the
transformer windings.

I wouldnt let it run more than an hour or so continuous though as it
will heat up and might begin breaking down the windings.....but you
could put it on a timer.....or run it while working in other parts of
the house.

jeeze, if you're gonna do that, you might as well build
a jacob's ladder and have some fun with it.