who are you complaining to.. the driver or her boss. If her boss, go higher.......

I would be careful of chemicals, viegar works wounders and is natural, it will also clean stains in carpet that have been there for a long time in most cases. Also takes out cat urine.

Yuck! No never use that long arm quilter again.

My niece in law swears by Coke. I did try it once and it worked.

I agree with trying the ammonia. As stinky as it is, it does a really good job removing odors in the wash.

Ditto. Now I use the money I would of spent on buying cigarets on fabric!! Definitly better for my health!!

All Febreze does is cover up odors. I really don't like that perfumey smell. I like the ammonia idea a lot better because it gets rid of the odor causers.

Yrs. ago I learned that soaking rings in a little ammonia loosens the dirt around stones & can be removed by running under rinse water & using a soft toothbrush. Makes them sparkle like new.

Try Febreeze. I love that stuff.

Robin in TX

Wow, coke? It sure has alot of uses, lol, I heard you can clean toilets with it too!

Glad DH and I quit that smelly dirty habit. Feel so much better. When I smell smoke it gags me and really stinks. Glad I don't smell like this anymore. Vinger usually will remove the smoke smell.

I don't know if it will work, but using charcoal briquettes in a dish to be confined in a small space, like a plastic container, and change the charcoal everyday for a week, might work.

I have used it in a refrigerator that has gone stale and it works.

Something in the charcoal filters the smell out.
Let me know if you try it and if it works.
Carol from NC

Boy, I would never have posted about this if I'd know it would stir up so much controversy. The only thing I have against smokers other than the smell, is the health issue. My mom died from emphysema at 63. She began smoking at 12 and literally tried everything to quit and could not. On the other hand, my MIL smoked til she was 79, quit then died at 92 of unrelated issues. I have managed to get most of the odor out, relying on good old sunshine. We are at our place in KY now and when the sun came out yesterday, I sprayed the quilts with a baking soda solution, laid them over the deck railing and let them hang all day. I'll do the same today and it will probably eleminate the odor completely. Thanks for all the advice. I sure didn't mean to offend anyone.
evy

I work for a company that sells and services sewing machines and I can always tell a smoking home from a non smoking home by the look of the machine. Smokers machines will have a very yellow cast to them even when the machine should be bright white. UGH!!!

I don't think this was an offensive subject, but it is a timely one. As you can tell, I don't smoke, lol.

Customers smoke in stores? It's forbidden in all stores, including grocery stores, in our area.

I really think that if you are going to run a business, such as offering long arm quilting, you should have the consideration for the customer to NOT SMOKE around their quilt that you are quilting. That is just my opinion....

While I totally agree with this thought, smokers don't realize even when they're not smoking, they still exhale smoke. If a smoker just walks past me, I say "there goes a smoker". The smell hangs onto them. If I go to a casino, I have to hang my clothes outdoors overnight.
If I received a quilt back from a LAer & it smelled of smoke, that would be the last time. The smell of smoke stays in the air around them.

before my son quit (last december) He would smoke in his room. When I redid his room I took everything out and then washed one wall and called him in to look. It looked like I had painted over a brown wall with white. all his pictures had a yellow film and the curtains. were a mess. It was the beginning of his working on quitting. imagine what is in your lungs.ewww...

Yes, smoking does deaden taste and smell receptors! I have a friend who wears way too much perfume. I'm sure it's because she is a smoker and can't tell how loud the perfume is!

I am a longarmer and I agree with this advice! I don't smoke, and I have several customers who bring me quilt tops that reek of smoke. I hang them on a bar in my garage for a week before I take them into my home or studio. I have a sign in my studio that says: Smoke-free, Pet-Hair-free Environment.

Somewhere I read that you put a bar of dial soap in a plastic with the quilt. I tried it and it worked. Worth a try.

rinse in cold water with white vinegar. It's how I got smoke smell out of late husband's clothes.

Could not use someone who smoked again once that happened.

As an ex-smoker, I agree how horrid it smells. When you smoke, you have no idea how bad you smell. The thought of smoking now turns my stomach. I had to wash all my stash the same as I washed my clothes. Smell came out. Some of the stain didn't on light colored fabric. Cannot be around smokers now. My problem now is I have some nose hairs. UUUGGGG!!!! Gross. LOL