I've been given a really good sewing machine complete with wooden lid/case by someone and can't wait to use it but problem is it came from a smokers home, and every time I lift the lid I get that stale air smell from it. Are there any good tricks for getting rid of the smell? I've currently got it outside in the fresh air with the lid off- maybe that will help but I was hoping for a better solution....
start smoking yourself and it wont worry you.
On Saturday, 20 October 2012 11:27:03 UTC+1, tg wrote: =20
Storage with trays of fullers earth (grey cat litter) or bicarb soda will h= elp.
Sunlight is certainly a great help. I'd also wipe the machine down (plasti= c and metal, but not gears) with an anti-bacterial wipe. You don't need ant= i-bacterial for tobacco smoke, but the alcohol content makes a decent wiper= . Or else just isopropanol on a rag.
This won't work on the works of a sewing machine, but if you have bare wood= to de-stench, then rubbing it with powdered fuller's earth (coffee grinder= or pestle and mortar) can help, or in extremis (good for drawers and cupbo= ards) a coat of cheap shellac.
Fabrics are best replaced, if possible. So something like a simple stool is= usually best dealt with by recovering.
Also Febreze works better than you'd expect!
and metal, but not gears) with an anti-bacterial wipe. You don't need anti-bacterial for tobacco smoke, but the alcohol content makes a decent wiper. Or else just isopropanol on a rag.
de-stench, then rubbing it with powdered fuller's earth (coffee grinder or pestle and mortar) can help, or in extremis (good for drawers and cupboards) a coat of cheap shellac.
usually best dealt with by recovering.
+1 for febreeze. I inherited an armchair from my heavy smoking parents and initially it stank our front room out but after 3 heavy doses of Febreeze we could not smell it at all. I don't know how it works,(it does not just have a stronger smell of its own like other air fresheners) but it is superb stuff for problem smells.You might need to be careful about direct spraying onto the mechanism
Bob
'Oust' is very good at getting rid of smells
AWEM
Sugar soap cleans it off paintwork quite well. And ammonia is exceptionally good for sticky residues.
NT
Including removing the gold transfers on old black Singers.
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