Removing Odors From Furniture

RE: Removing Odors From Furniture Post By Lynda (Guest Post) (01/26/2007) Try renting a Rug Doctor steamer and using OxyClean per container directions. BUT, RINSE, RINSE, RINSE and DRY< DRY< Dry> before sitting on it again. It took out odors from a twenty year old rug my friend had that had never been cleaned! Smells NEW!!! It's a deodorizer and lightens slightly if the item is heavily soiled because it removes the SOIL layer that made it darker. Some upholstery has a naturally bad odor, AND some upholstered pieces have had the smells WASHED INTO THE PADDING. However, the OxyClean is truly good IF YOU WILL BE CERTAIN TO RINSE IT OFF SINCE IT WILL EAT YOUR SKIN IF YOU DO NOT RINSE SEVERAL TIMES AND LET IT DRY......THEN, do NOT sit on it unclothed!! RE: Removing Odors From Furniture Post by jess_admin (25) | (01/17/2007) Blog! | Contact Use baking soda AND sunshine. By Sherry from Parsons, KS RE: Removing Odors From Furniture Post by wldthng064 (6) | (01/11/2007) Contact i have had the same problem. my solution was (its a pain i know) sprinkle sofa and cushions thoroughly with baking SODA. and put out in the sun. sofa by itself, and cushions standing up leaning against something. be sure and get both sides of cushions and turn every few hours. be sure and sprinkle sides of sofa also. leave out side overnight if no rain. The baking soda by itself doesn't work, but add the sun and i think you'll be surprised. RE: Removing Odors From Furniture Post by Allison (59) | (01/10/2007) Profile | Contact I got rid of a cigarette smoke smell by leaving a couch outside on the back porch (so it wouldn't get rained on) and spraying it with vinegar and febreeze every day for about a week. I took the cushions off and soaked them in the tub with some downy, and it took those a while to dry... I actually had to cut them open with an electric knife and let them dry over the vents in the floor. But anyway, the couch doesn't stink at all anymore, even though my grandparents had it and smoked for years. RE: Removing Odors From Furniture Post by eyelovecats (28) | (01/08/2007) Profile | Contact try a light covering of baking soda; let it set for at least a day then take a lightly damp cloth and wipe the furniture, when dry vacuum. for cat urine on carpet i spray lightly with white vinegar then later damp cloth to wipe. try both. good luck! RE: Removing Odors From Furniture Post By Teri Van Hecke (Guest Post) (01/08/2007) have you flipped it on it's back and removed the cover underneath? you may have something in the frame of the furniture that the cleaning didn't get! while you are there, and there is nothing visible, spray the heck out of it with febreeze or buy charcoal-absorbing containers to leave in there and reattach the under-covering.