Further to the enquiry about redoing a smoker's room, we've recently inherited some good furniture, in particular a dining room table and upholstered chairs. Unfortunately they came from a smoker's home and even after a month with us still smell strongly. Any ideas about getting them to kick the habit?
thx
Marc
I had this problem, we used ambersil anti static foaming cleaner, the tar just rolled off and it stopped being smelly.
mrcheerful
Have you tried those patch things? If you use enough, that should work.
"mrcheerful ." wrote in news:rwjLe.88039$ snipped-for-privacy@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:
Does it work on fabric?
M.
"VisionSet" wrote in news:8FjLe.5770$CM.4667@newsfe7- win.ntli.net:
Well, we've already given the chairs a stern talking to but I'd prefer to try aversion therapy first.
M.
If you've inherited them they must be over the legal age, there's little you can do about it except wait. Time will teach them.
Mary
It doesn't say suitable for fabric, my choice for fabric would be to use the vax machine. (since you don't want to dissolve the smell further into the item, the vax sucks it straight off)
mrcheerful
I would have thought one of the foaming type carpet and upholstery cleaners would be a good bet. You use a small amount of cleaner on a sponge or brush to work up a good lather, and then let it dry. It dries to a crystalline form which you then vacuum off.
My partner will hyptonise then to stop, for 60 quid.
Rick
In message , Rick writes
I want to give up smoking - how successful is hypnotism?
In my experience not at all but others have different experiences.
But the offer was for the partner to hyptonise and I've no experience of that.
Mary
My girlfriend's dad had hypnosis to help him to stop smoking - a few days later he didn't turn up at work and nobody knew where he was until he phoned home having travelled half the length of the country for no apparent reason. Now I'm not saying that happened because he was hypnotised, but ...
Richard Faulkner wrote in news:R6X $ snipped-for-privacy@estate.demon.co.uk:
Hyponotism doesn't give up smoking. You do!
Having just done so (over two months now), the greatest help for me was a partner who had also just done so. She was about a week ahead of me.
In the months before giving up, we had progressively pushed smoking from something we did pretty much anywhere, to "downstairs only", to "kitchen only", eventually to "outside if you really have to". This also had the effect of breaking links between things like using computers, watching tele, eating, drinking tea/coffee, etc. and smoking.
And think why you want to give up. If the want is strong enough, the doing is easy (well, easier).
Well done, both of you. I think it's probably the hardest thing to do. I hope you're feeling better - your wallet certainly will - and that you keep off it.
I think that's probably true for some people. In fact I think that different methods work for different people. I tried very many methods and none of them worked. I didn't even enjoy smoking, I wanted to give up but I was a junkie :-( I'm now a reformed smoker of 21 years and although I don't want another and hate the smell I wouldn't dare have even a puff because I know I'd be hooked again.
Mary
The entire English football have given up smoking, but only because they keep losing their matches. :-)
The old ones are, er, the old ones.
John Schmitt
I've never heard that, I like it. Both of them.
I'd also like to think I'll remember it but I probably shan't :-(
Mary
Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around the eyes, look into my eyes.
[click] You're under!You will give up Smoking
[click] You're back in the room!MBQ
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