Valet services - removing smoke odours

CountingCrows

Persistent smell of smoke in my car despite all my attempts at cleaning/airing it out. I'm wondering has anyone had any positive experience with valet services claiming to remove such odours? E.g

http://www.totalvalet.ie/odorremoval.html

http://www.epmooney.ie/servicing/car-valeting/

BTW I have beige leather seats.

Robertr

I'd say to need to start thinking about detailing and not valeting. Big difference.

These guys to a "Interior Sterilising Detail"

http://spiritdetailing.com/Detailing-Services.php

R.O.R

CountingCrows wrote: »

Persistent smell of smoke in my car despite all my attempts at cleaning/airing it out. I'm wondering has anyone had any positive experience with valet services claiming to remove such odours? E.g

http://www.totalvalet.ie/odorremoval.html

http://www.epmooney.ie/servicing/car-valeting/

BTW I have beige leather seats.

We've had a few cars that stink valeted, one at least a couple of times, and the smell still persists - and the company we use are very, very good.

We did have one car that smelled of dead something or other, so they stuck a machine in it over night, then lobbed 6 air fresheners in it. Cleared the smell of dead thing, but you could smell the airfreshners from the other side of the garage.

Supraman

http://www.eliteautoclean.com/

Try this guy, nothing but a perfectionist.

colm_mcm

Munster Auto Detail do this, I've seen the before and after.
they use some sort of vapour machine in the car to kill the smell.

http://www.munsterautodetail.ie/index.php

OldmanMondeo

You first need to kill the source, take the ashtray out and soak it over night in warm soapy water. I had the same problem years ago with a Jap import, once soaked, the smell started to clear. Getting the head cloth cleaned would also help.

CountingCrows

OldmanMondeo wrote: »

You first need to kill the source, take the ashtray out and soak it over night in warm soapy water. I had the same problem years ago with a Jap import, once soaked, the smell started to clear. Getting the head cloth cleaned would also help.

Oddly enough the ashtray looks like it was never used.

colm_mcm

Mates car was the same, ashtray never used, but previous owner smoked cigars. the seats and headlining were the culprits.

Delancey

Forgive me if I'm recounting an ' Old Wives Tale ' but I've heard that an onion ( or two ) cut in half and left for a few days in the car will remove the odour ?