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Subject:Re: Smokers car
From:Jim Akiba
Date:Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:19:22 -0400

BTW the best way to get smokers residue of glass is plain B&W balled
up newspaper. That's what we used exclusively to use when doing
cockpit cleanouts when I worked for AA at RDU one summer. It's amazing
how well dry newspaper can clean glass.

Jim Akiba

On 7/26/07, Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@vickersdesign.com> wrote:
> Definitely have to get the nicotine off the inside surfaces, but you
> gotta get something down the air ducts and here's what I'd do: there
> is this pet stuff called "Nature's Miracle" that is basically an
> enzyme that eats odor---like when your dog gets frisky with a local
> skunk. It has almost no smell and works great. I would put a bottle
> of that into a pressurized weed sprayer that has a long wand on it.
> Fish the wand into as many ducts as you can and let it rip. It has no
> solvents in it so I don't think it can hurt anything.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On Jul 26, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 7/26/07 11:40:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > Andrew.Richards@NIKE.COM writes:
> >
> >
> >> Okay, no, it's not a van, but I'm sure some of you have been down
> >> this
> >> road with the van you bought from a smoker.  So....  Any tips on
> >> getting
> >> the smell of America's finest tobacco out of one's heating system?  I
> >> bought an '88 Subaru wagon for driving around town but am having a
> >> heck
> >> of a time clearing the stench.  Fabreeze has sort of worked on the
> >> upholstery, but once the heat is cranked on look out!!
>