Should Have Listened!
#21
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas (that's me!)
Posts: 3,771
Oh goodness, all the Pros and Cons of smoking......
We all smoke at my house, including myself.
I was raised in a house of smokers, every member in the family smoked from rolled tobacco, Bugler, Lucky strikes, Winston, and now the best quality cigarettes are Marlboro 100s, what I smoke for many years now.
My grandma is 98 years old and still smokes daily.
My great grandma smoked daily and died when she was 86 years old.
Both quilters and never complained off cigarette smoke, washed their quilts and air dried them.
My two cents is: Wash the quilt or fabric, hang it on the line and you're good to go.
We all smoke at my house, including myself.
I was raised in a house of smokers, every member in the family smoked from rolled tobacco, Bugler, Lucky strikes, Winston, and now the best quality cigarettes are Marlboro 100s, what I smoke for many years now.
My grandma is 98 years old and still smokes daily.
My great grandma smoked daily and died when she was 86 years old.
Both quilters and never complained off cigarette smoke, washed their quilts and air dried them.
My two cents is: Wash the quilt or fabric, hang it on the line and you're good to go.
#23
Originally Posted by Mattee
Since they have both been mentioned, just a word of caution, do NOT use bleach AND ammonia. Mixing the two will kill you. That's knowledge that people once had, but I'm finding more and more (maybe with the removal of home ec classes?) that people are unaware.
Good luck with the smell!
Good luck with the smell!
#24
I am a smoker and I can smell smoke on a person, house, fabric etc. I have non-smoking rooms in my house - the bedroom and the sewing room are two of them. I never get a smoking room at a hotel because they reek of smoke and I can't sleep. I've brought my quilts to work to have non-smokers sniff them for smoke - they passed :)
Can't believe a professional long-arm person would smoke around her customers products. That's incredibly rude.
Amonia ... just one word of caution about amonia. To a dog (and possibly cats too) amonia smells like urine. This is why you NEVER clean the area a dog soiled with amonia - to the dog - it smells like the proper place to potty. So if you wash your stuff in amonia and have dogs, don't be surprised if your dog thinks it's a great place to potty (especially the boys, and in particular intact boys, as they tend to "mark").
Can't believe a professional long-arm person would smoke around her customers products. That's incredibly rude.
Amonia ... just one word of caution about amonia. To a dog (and possibly cats too) amonia smells like urine. This is why you NEVER clean the area a dog soiled with amonia - to the dog - it smells like the proper place to potty. So if you wash your stuff in amonia and have dogs, don't be surprised if your dog thinks it's a great place to potty (especially the boys, and in particular intact boys, as they tend to "mark").
#25
Married to an ex-smoker (thank God - it's been years since he quit) I know exactly what you mean....! Frankly, am kind of surprised that someone who performs a service as personal as quilting wouldn't be cautious about their habit. Hope you can get the smell out easily enough....and no, you're certainly not being picky!
#29
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 601
It actually happens with some regularity. Usually it's people trying to get something very clean.
I hope everyone heeds your advice. Years ago a woman did die from the fumes after putting bleach and ammonia in the toilet bowl to clean it.
Originally Posted by LivelyLady
Originally Posted by Mattee
Since they have both been mentioned, just a word of caution, do NOT use bleach AND ammonia. Mixing the two will kill you. That's knowledge that people once had, but I'm finding more and more (maybe with the removal of home ec classes?) that people are unaware.
Good luck with the smell!
Good luck with the smell!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ND-Mom
Pictures
33
08-14-2018 06:55 PM
AngieS
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
38
06-19-2011 07:40 AM
lalaland
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
49
12-19-2010 05:25 AM
lalaland
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
14
12-11-2010 11:27 AM