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Post by JCF on Aug 29, 2014 11:04:43 GMT -5
PM member PJ he always has a great answer to this question
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Post by jcjdotcom on Aug 29, 2014 12:54:27 GMT -5
It's extremely hard to get out. I bought an E8 Edge and unbeknownst to me, the seller was/is a smoker. Edge is on his second ziplock bag with a box of baking soda in there with him. It's been two or three months, I believe, and he still has a faint smell of smoke. This is the only way to remove the scent, not just mask it, but it does take several months. It will not fix yellowing. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 13:20:43 GMT -5
Is Isopropyl Alcohol safe to use on figures for cleaning dust off? I use it with Q-Tips to clean out my computer internals.
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Post by bharrisfan on Aug 29, 2014 15:46:28 GMT -5
ive been burned by smokers on ebay too. i always message the seller now and say "smoke free home?" if the listing doesnt say it.
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Post by poindizzle on Aug 29, 2014 16:12:13 GMT -5
In the case of light odor, time is the key. I've had things with faint smoke odor disappear within a week of having them. Unfortunately with heavy odor, I've tried the drier sheets in a Ziploc bag trick and it didn't work.
I've seen some horrendous damage done to figures when smoked on. I'm not one to tell people what to do, but if you buy nice things and then smoke in your house, they become not nice things. My wife and I inherited a house from her Grandparents who smoked for thirty years in this home, and it took completely repainting and dismantling every fixture to clean it, and it was still vaguely odorous. We decided not to move in after all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 15:59:34 GMT -5
In the case of light odor, time is the key. I've had things with faint smoke odor disappear within a week of having them. Unfortunately with heavy odor, I've tried the drier sheets in a Ziploc bag trick and it didn't work. I've seen some horrendous damage done to figures when smoked on. I'm not one to tell people what to do, but if you buy nice things and then smoke in your house, they become not nice things. My wife and I inherited a house from her Grandparents who smoked for thirty years in this home, and it took completely repainting and dismantling every fixture to clean it, and it was still vaguely odorous. We decided not to move in after all. My grandparents bought a house at some point in the 1960's that I inherited in the 00's. My grandmother smoked unfiltered Pall Malls and my grandfather smoked a pipe the entire time they lived there. When they passed and I inherited the house, there was a light brown, thin spam on the walls throughout the house. I didn't notice it until I began washing the walls. It's almost like they were acting as a filter for the smoke or something. |
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Post by poindizzle on Aug 30, 2014 16:10:12 GMT -5
In the case of light odor, time is the key. I've had things with faint smoke odor disappear within a week of having them. Unfortunately with heavy odor, I've tried the drier sheets in a Ziploc bag trick and it didn't work. I've seen some horrendous damage done to figures when smoked on. I'm not one to tell people what to do, but if you buy nice things and then smoke in your house, they become not nice things. My wife and I inherited a house from her Grandparents who smoked for thirty years in this home, and it took completely repainting and dismantling every fixture to clean it, and it was still vaguely odorous. We decided not to move in after all. My grandparents bought a house at some point in the 1960's that I inherited in the 00's. My grandmother smoked unfiltered Pall Malls and my grandfather smoked a pipe the entire time they lived there. When they passed and I inherited the house, there was a light brown, thin spam on the walls throughout the house. I didn't notice it until I began washing the walls. It's almost like they were acting as a filter for the smoke or something. It was a different time, of course, everybody smoked. As a society most people, even smokers, wouldn't smoke in their house. My dad pops out the back door to have a cigar, wouldn't dream of doing it inside. |
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Post by averagefan on Aug 30, 2014 16:55:40 GMT -5
Hang them in a pillow case from a north facing tree from 4am until 6am on a full moon night howling various Jim Ross quotes
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Post by Halloween King on Aug 30, 2014 21:01:29 GMT -5
This is why I always let people know I keep my figures in a Smoke Free/Pet Free home.
This is also why I love RSC loose figures, you know they've been kept in a warehouse.
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Post by 3B on Aug 31, 2014 7:50:49 GMT -5
You can try soaking it in white distiller vinegar. It helps deodorize without damaging the figure. But overall, it's difficult to get tobacco smells out once they set in.
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