Three tips for removing fowl odors

10/18/2021 (Permalink)

Smoke and other odor removal in Orange County doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. You can do it all naturally with ingredients that you likely already have in your home. If you’re still left with some smoke odors at the end of the week, it may be deeper in the woodwork and you need to hire a professional to help. But before you even think about that, try these three tips for Orange County smoke odor removal.

Pull Out the Vinegar

Let’s start with the vinegar. This is one of the most beneficial ingredients in your home, and not just to make your fries taste better. Vinegar deep cleans materials, without causing a lot of damage. While there is some acid, it’s much lighter than bleach and you will avoid some of the harsh chemical smells that replace the smoke odor.

Just a little bit of diluted vinegar is perfect for fabrics. Use it on your couch, bedding, and rugs to get rid of smoky scents, whether they’re from fire, cigarette smoke, or even BBQ smoke. If you don’t like the stronger scent of vinegar, add a little lemon juice to help freshen the smell.

Sprinkle Baking Soda Everywhere

While you likely have baking soda in the house for cooking, it’s also one of those natural cleaning products you need to use. Smoke odor removal in Orange County takes time, especially in carpets, mattresses, and other materials with deep fibers. Baking soda gets right into the fibers and removes the scents quickly and effectively.

You’ll want to add about two cups of baking soda to a colander for your carpets—a little less for mattresses and rugs. Shake it all over, as you would with the vacuum friendly carpet cleaners, and then leave for about an hour. Give this natural method a chance to work, and help it by brushing it into the fibers. After an hour, you just have to vacuum it up and you’ll remove that stench of smoke.

Use Lavender Along the Skirting Boards

Woodwork tends to hold onto scents, making Orange County smoke odor removal harder here. Cigarette smoke is especially difficult from skirting boards, and will start to discolor the material. It’s time to pull out the lavender essential oil.

The floral scent seeps into the woodwork, helping to attack the bad smells and remove them (rather than covering them up). It also creates a lining over the wood, preventing other scents from seeping into the wood fibers. You’ll need to use it once a week. Just add some lavender essential oil to a tissue and wipe it along the skirting boards generously.

Hire Before Replacement

Before you even think about replacing carpets and other materials because of the scent, hire a professional. They will have products that are tried and tested to work. If you’re worried about chemicals, talk to the companies to find out about the types of materials and ingredients they use. There are green companies out there that will only use natural products.

It is possible to do smoke odor removal in Orange County yourself. Consider the three options above. Replacing your items is not always necessary. Talk to a company first about getting rid of those strong odors.