on how to get cigarette smoke out of my 04' F-150,the wife smokes alot about a pack a day or more and inside the truck smells like a damm bar any help would be appreciated.

 

I'd use a whole lot of Febreeze on any of the surfaces that could absorb the smell. Shampoo the carpets. Clean the whole interior including seats. Do you have cloth or leather? But, in all seriousness. Whats the point? . . unless she's quitting, it's going to start smelling like smoke in a matter of a day. .

 

It's not just the materials in the cabin that smell.
The smoke gets circulated round the ventilation system and air-con.
Basically, you will never remove that smoke smell.

I am a smoker but I NEVER smoke in my truck. If I need a cigarette, I stop and have one outside the truck.

 

Exactly, what I suggested should help though.

 

Locate a local detailer that has an 'ozone machine'.

While this may or may not 'solve' the problem, I assure you that it'll put a SIGNIFICANT dent in it. Ozone treatment has long since been a way to deal with odors in vehicles. The advantage is that you're utilizing a 'gas' to deal with odors and thus, it can infiltrate into all the nooks and crannies in a vehicle where odor-causing 'stuff' can reside.

Upholstery is one of the hardest things to get to shed the odor though... if the person really knows what they're doing with the O3 machine, they'll treat the 'foam' in the upholstery individually with some type of treatment -- maybe not 03.

While Febreeze is something that can help, you'll *never* accomplish much with that stuff. You're better off leaving your windows open on a fresh-air day and bouncing around in your interior in an effort to free the foam's air-space of the odor-causing source... Thinking that Febreeze is going to solve the problem is like putting a band-aid on a compound femur fracture.

-RP-

 

You may also want to consider one of the following options: Tell the wifey no more smoking in the truck, get her to quit smoking, or divorce the wifey.

 

Tell your wife to quit smoking. It will put her in an early grave.

As for your truck. Just leave it outside the garage for a few days straight with the windows down. If it's raining, just bring it into the garage. If you can't leave the windows down for whatever reason, take you old respirator filters apart and sprinkle the carbon bits onto the floor mats. Leave them until you get tired of looking at them. But leaving your doors/windows open is the best way to remove ANY odor. Besides cleaning, etc. I don't know anything about O3 treatment. That's a new one on me, but when I get diesel fuel all over my seats/carpet, I just leave it under the shelter with the windows down for a few days. The smell eventually goes away. And diesel is worse than smoke.

 

The previous owners of my truck smoked. The smell from the interior is gone (never really was one), but when it sits in the sun for a few hours, I can smell it when I get in. And my truck hasn't had a cigarette near it in 2.5 years.

 

Try the carbon trick! It works purty good. My uncle got some "yellow chemical" in my carpet one day. It has a very weird odor. Well, I let that carbon grind its way into my carpet for a few weeks, and the smell went away!

 

this is not a joke but find a time where you wont me driving the truck alot and put a bowl of vineger inside it on the floor it will suck the smoke smell out after awhile... then after that find your best smelling stuff and spray inside it. i also use some dryer sheets and i put them in my air vents and turn the heat on so it blows out a nice smell every now and then

 

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Same here.

BTW--You can get an 03 cig outlet deal at walmart...probably works like crap, but maybe it woul help...

Carbon is probably the best bet. G'luck

 

I second that one! If she's makin the payments, she can smoke in it. If not, get the #@%# out and smoke!! Replacing wife = mucho dinero in alimony and possibly child care and lose half your stuff. Replacing stinky truck with new one = $30k plus. Anyhoo, lots of febreeze and leave the windows down all weekend might help.

 

Ever tried that stuff? I've seen it advertised in a trade magazine that I recieve...

 

It's only on a hot day, and only I can really smell it, just cause I'm so damn picky. I've also got a really sensitive nose.