NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU GET THAT "SMOKE" SMELL OUT

You need an industrial strength ionizer, Mary Lou.

Not a wimpy home use model like they sell at sam's club for $89.99.

Using the proper ionizer for the square footage will result in 100Z% odor eradication 100% of the time, and the smells do not come back, ever. Unbeleivable, I know. but it's true.

So true I sell them with a 100% money-back guarantee. 

See my sister's blog about stinky stenches. See Tori-Lynn's testimonial...she bought one to use for her business and and also rents it to REA's.

We sell  ionizers that eradicate odor and antibacterialize (99% bacteria free) all surfaces in 3000 square feet in two hours, for $649.

No B.S.  It works on every odor, every time. Consequently, we use them for every listing.

Do some research. There is a fool-proof, reuseable, profitable answer to odor problems.

~Michelle

Mary Lou,  My husband sells these units that Michelle is referring to and THEY WORK!  It's worth the investment. We have used them in our home for several years now.  It not only gets rid of odors, but has also improved our families health.

I have air purifiers from EcoQuest that eliminates smoke. They work great !

Great information on the ionizers, thanks for posting it.  I will def remember this for future smelly homes. :-)

Mary Lou,

My first ionizer experience was awesome, because it was an ecoquest, which is the same story as in my sister's blog. then I bought my own ionizer (non-commercial cheapie) and was so let down. I kept buying new home-grade ionizers, which did seem work, at first, but they were not designed for large sqaure footage, not completely cleanable, and lost their strength in two weeks. I just couldn't replicate that first experience's results. So I bought an Ecoquest.

That's when I acheived total permanent odor eradication. If an ionizer can be used with humans and animals in the room, it is NOT GOING TO WORK for 100% elimination. It will help, but the smell will still come back, sooner or later, and it quickly will come to a point where it doesn't work at all.

I personally live with four odor-makers (a cat, two dogs, and a smoker). I have issues with odor! I would fairly venture to say between me, my mom, and my sister, we have bought at least 20 cheap units. Never again will I waste our money on crummy ionizers, glade plug-ins, cans of 99 cent spray from the dollar store, $9.99 "home room spray" spray from the fancy-shmancy boutiques, or lampberge oils for $18.99 a bottle.

Commercial/Industrial grade means you have to leave the house for two hours. The antibacterial action is so powerful, if you stand around breathing the air with the machine on, it will antibacterialize your LUNGS, which is very bad. We need certain bacterias in our bodies and in our organs. It is THAT POWERFUL.

The smell will NEVER return if you have the owners stop smoking in the house after COMMERCIAL ionization. If you can't get their cooperation to stop reintroducing the odor of cigarette smoke, you will still have a mild problem, but not that deep-seated issue of long-lasting nicotine and tar residue inside the soft furnishings and carpet fibers and pad. Re-ionization on a  a less drastic scale will still be warranted, say, 20 minutes out of the house before showings.

Nothing will solve your problem faster or more completely than a commercial grade ionizer. And if they stop smoking in the house, it will never, ever stink of cigarette smoke again.

~Michelle

The EcoQuest unit is the brand that we use.

Would hope to be able to rent a unit rather than invest at that price.  Will bookmark this, just in case I need the info in the future. 

She cannot smoke indoors anymore . Open all doors windows, have carpets cleaned All her clothes, drapes etc must be washed! Maybe its a sign for her to quit! I did 4 months ago never felt better. My nieces commented "your house doesnt small like smoke anymore!

Mary Lou- I agree with the ionizers, however,if for some reason you can't do that- bowls of vinegar in each room overnight will help tremendously. Good luck!

Mary Lou, I totally agree about the eco-quest ionizer.  We have a local distributor that rents the large units to realtors and her units are kept busy.  You might google eco-quest and see if there's a distributor in your area.

Mary Lou- Actually it will smell like vinegar! But then air out and it will be as good as new.(well, maybe)

Jean-Marie beat me to it!  I always stress the importance of removing or cleaning window treatments.  I love the comments about ionizer's!  I am just mad I didn't think of this earlier.  :)

I'm with Michelle Mary Lou and we have them on our site.  They are great, when I bought my car, I wanted the model and color but it had been owned by a smoker and really reeked.  I knew what Ecoquest could do so I bought it anyway.  My husband thought I was nuts, but a few days with it in there and there is to this day 2 years later NO residue of smoke anywhere.  They work by getting inside the walls and under the paint to remove the odor too.  Amazing and Kym uses them and charges her clients $50 a week as another revenue stream.  GREAT product.  We also have a heating duct ionizer, for keeping the air clean coming into your house through the furnace.  It'll pay for itself over and over.  You won't regret having bought one.