Cigarette Smell

[fredk]

Have you got access to a home kitchen blender? Chop up a big onion*, put in the blender with some warm, nearly hot, water, not a little amount, about 1 pint. Blend until you have a watery onion mush. Pour this through a strainer. Mix the resulting onion water into about 2 gallons of clean warm water. Dip a big sponge into the bucket, wring it out but leave it fairly wet. Wash this over the hide. 2 gals should do several hides     

*More onions = stronger solution

[JayEhl]

 

1 hour ago, fredk said:

......kitchen blender?    ..with some warm, nearly hot, water, not a little amount, about 1 pint. Blend until you have a watery onion mush

ahhh,,.... that's why I asked!  Wouldn't have thought to use a blender to make a mush.      

[Frodo]

No need to cut the leather up

Go to home depot  or wally world and buy a 4foot long plastic storage tote

$35.00   55 gallon tote

• Interior dimensions (at bottom of tote) 39 in. L x 14.75 in. W x 17.25 in. H

 

[Handstitched]

20 hours ago, fredk said:

No, the smell will still be on the items

@JayEhl

I had another, perhaps 'ye olde' method of removing smells. Bi Carbonate of Soda. It was once used inside fridges to get rid of unpleasant smells, like mold, musty smells from left overs etc.  I'm not suggesting put the leather inside the fridge, but perhaps inside a sealable  20-40ltr tub  with some bi carb.  It may take a while,  but it might just work . We used it inside cupboards to freshen them up . A bit of bi carb and lemon juice ( or for the Aussies) some eucalyptus oil  in the bi carb.  Makes a change from moth balls. 

HS

[JayEhl]

Man you guys are awesome!    Thank you for all the great ideas. 

I bought two buckets of damprid to help with moisture in the garage which is my biggest issue.  Not sure if it's available everywhere but for anyone that may be curious:  https://damprid.com/

Next thing I'm going to try is the onion wash thing and then cut into larger sections to place these with onions in totes, this evening.  I've got a couple empty ones but will need to hop to the store to get a couple larger ones @Frodo spoke of.    I'll have to report back, but will take a couple of weeks, I should think.