Melissa in New York Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 A friend of mine asked if her daughter could borrow a dress from me for an event. While I love to share my stuff, this particular person is a very heavy smoker. Her car, coat, house, everywhere she will be has the cigarette scent. Would sending the dress to the dry-cleaners remove all the smell? Could I possibly remove it by home/natural methods as I am not keen to send it to the dry-cleaners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Smoke is very difficult to get out of fabric. I would call a dry cleaner and tell them the type of fabric and ask them if they can do it and what it will cost. Different fabrics allow them to use different chemicals. Good luck, but honestly I wouldn't loan it out, if you would be heart broken about the result. When I was a teen, my cousin offered to loan me a 2 piece silk dress to wear to a fancy dinner. I couldn't afford anything nice enough and she had borrowed a few of my nicer things over the years, so I accepted. I treated it with care and had it dry cleaned before returning it to her. The dry cleaner lost a piece of the dress. :confused1: I was devastated having to tell her and the dry cleaner replaced the cost of the dress to her, but she loved that dress and I know it really upset her. Edited October 11, 2016 by Tap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 No! I would not loan the dress, unless yoy plan to get rid of it anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davysmom Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 No! There is a very good chance you won't be able to get the smell out ever. Some fabrics are better than others but I wouldn't take a chance on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 if you haven't actually loaned the dress yet - I wouldn't loan it at all unless you're willing to never use the dress again. maybe dry cleaning will get smoke smells out, and maybe it won't. depends upon the fabric. there's a reason there are entire businesses whose only job is to get smoke smells out of stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I would be blunt: "I would, but if I do it will forever after smell like cigarette smoke, so I'm afraid I can't." Being a smoker is not an excuse for stinking and inflicting secondhand smoke and smell on everyone around you. I have a member of my household who smokes. She goes outside. She doesn't smoke in the house or car. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in New York Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Thank you for the replies! I'll ask the dry cleaners what they think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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