Dave F Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 No, it's not a new song that I wrote and performed, I'll spare you. Bought a used guitar last week and the case stunk the high heaven from being in smokey bars. In the past, I tried all the remedies such as baking soda and cover-up sprays but they had little long lasting affect and I usually just bought a new case. I thought I'd give this Bissell OXY STAIN DESTROYER a try since it's made for pet accidents and is supposed to eliminate stains and odor's. Worked great. I still have a case from the early '70's from my guitar I used back then. It was in the bars for about 5 years. It's next on the list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabarone Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 This is good to know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I used "Bounce" (or some other brand) fabric softener sheets inside the sound hole a heavily tobacco-scented guitar and it helped a lot. If you select a scent that works for you it will help the cause but it probably won't erradicate it entirely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I quit smoking in Feb.2008. So it'll be 12 years in Feb. 2020. All of this gear except the Bose stuff played smoking bars for nearly 2 decades. Those Peavey SP-2's were bought in 1993. And they are carpeted, and so is the Carvin bass amp. They have "aired out" over the last 12 years and don't smell like tobacco. I must admit all of this stuff has done outdoor gigs since the bar years. I can smell a cigarette a mile away, but none of my gear smells like it after a decade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabarone Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Good on ya for giving them up, Murph...quitting was easy for me; I did it a thousand times! It was not restarting that was tough. But I did...19 years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Me too, 19 years. Let's see. Say at $3.50 a pack a day .... close to $25 THOUSAND dollars ! Wasted on rented beer, apparently. Guitar cases not affected, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 3 hours ago, fortyearspickn said: Me too, 19 years. Let's see. Say at $3.50 a pack a day .... close to $25 THOUSAND dollars ! Wasted on rented beer, apparently. Guitar cases not affected, obviously. My wife stopped cold turkey 19 years ago. Says she still wants one every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dReit1 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 My wife and I quit in the '90s. Both after25+years of tobacco. We were sharing 2 1/2+ cartons a week at the time. Cigs in Anchorage are somewhere North of $10.50/pack now! And I can run all the way around the block without stopping!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I used a car air freshener to disperse an odd case smell. Don’t remember the brand, but the scent was called Clean Sheets. Took the guitar out & placed the air freshener in the case (lid closed) for a number of days until I could no longer smell the offending odor. I chose that particular scent because it was fairly neutral & not overpowering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75 Hummingbird Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 5 years off the smokes for me ...15 -17.50 a pack here in Ontario Canada...gotta pay for our great health care system some how ! I use liberal amounts of Arm and Hammer baking soda ...then take to the gas station and use their 2 dollar vacuum ...works like a charm and baking soda is cheap lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) I use that dog pee spray which kills the bacteria. Ozone sprays like those you use in cars also works.. Edited December 10, 2019 by zombywoof 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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