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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Baking soda is great for both stain removal AND smell removal.  You can 
sprinkle it all over the upholstry and brush it in.  Leave it a few days and 
then use the shop vac to remove it.

Lynda
Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers 
so we can identify their corporate sponsors.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:00 PM
Subject: [Homestead] Tobacco stains


> I recently made a very good deal on a used pickup.  It is a '93 Nissan with
> 55,000 miles, one owner and well maintained.  It needed nothing, tires 
> were
> new, oil changed recently, new battery.  It runs great, getting almost 26
> miles per gallon with my running around.  Its only problem is the PO was 
> an
> extremely heavy smoker.  In fact he died as a result of heart failure and
> had lung cancer.  I have scraped layers of smoke off the steering wheel,
> head rest, gear shift, door panel.  Some places it was thick enough to 
> peel
> away.  With all the scrubbing there are still stains and there is the 
> smell
> of tobacco.
>
>
>
> I am wondering what I can use to clean the stains and get rid of the 
> smell.
>
>
>
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
>
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
>
>
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