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Location: RI. That small State out East | I had an "ugly" case issue and a few branches of eucalyptus (easy to find)left in the closed case fixed it.
I did the best job of vacuming and cleaned all the metal with a windex prior...
It went away.
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Location: Illinois | Originally posted by Standingovation:
Any recommendations how to reduce the cigarette smell in a guitar and case that has been pretty heavily exposed for a few decades ??? Suggestion:
Destring her. Then with as strong a bleach water as you can stand, THOROUGHLY clean the inside and outside of the guitar. You've got to get all the tar off every surface, nook and cranny.
Rinse well as Chlorine is corosive to metal parts. This may not be doable on unfinished surfaces (back of sound board) Clean with mild detergent and let dry.. don't soak the wood, lest it stain or warp. Since the gunk that sticks to inanimate objects in a smokers home is carcinogenic, you might want to glove up first.
The next trick is getting the 'smell' out of the case. Since it's undoubtedly infiltrated all the fabric and foam, you might want to consider a re-upholster or replacement. I've heard that coffee grounds (unused and dry) can soak up odors. Might give that a try. Dump a 2 pound can of Folgers in the case and close it for a couple weeks to a month. It'll either take the smoke away or smell like coffee. You could do the same with a couple boxes of baking soda. If that don't work, leave it in an open state in the garage or other outdoor building for a couple months.
Great stuff that tobacco. I spent several hours this weekend sitting with a friend who has smoked most of his life. He's dying of lung cancer. He's only 50. His will undoubtedly never walk his daughter down the aisle. D@mn you Phillip Morris! - - - - I'll get off my soap box now. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | If it's an Adamas, just get good power washer and go to town on it. Inside and out! You may need to change the strings and dry it out in the sun, but it should be good-to-go after that. (: |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | OH Yeah! ... DO the same thing to the smoker who screwed up the guitar! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I bet if they re-designed cigarettes so that instead of sucking on them with your lips you had to insert them up your ass, that there would be a lot fewer smokers. Or maybe not. At least it would probably cut down on people smoking whil ethey drive. My wife smoked before we got married. She got herself hypnotized and hasn't touched a cigarette in 27 years. Too bad the hypnotist couldn't have programmed a few other things while he was at it ... |
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Location: Tennessee | You shoulda taken her to the hypnotist in Stepford.
I bet if they re-designed cigarettes so that instead of sucking on them with your lips you had to insert them up your ass, that there would be a lot fewer smokers. Or maybe not. Wouldn't. I already have people blowing smoke up my ass all day long. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Why does every thread in this crowd "go south?" :cool: |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | That's standard operating proceedure on any internet forum. After the first 8-10 replies the whole thing just goes to hell. Dave |
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Location: Tennessee | FIRST, Dave, FIRST. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you blowing smoke up MY arse ???
Hey, good call on the Ozium. Worked like a champ. Why am I not surprised ???
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Location: Tennessee | In response to both of the above, if the shoe fits ...
Actually, I discovered the Ozium trick after an incident I won't go into detail about, but suffice to say it involved a teenage boy, my Q45, a BBQ gone awry, a raw slab of pork ribs in the trunk, three weeks in the summer, and somewhere around a million maggots. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | I think that's enough detail!...... 
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Location: ms | Standingovation,You could just stop smoking :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Stoney, that sounds a lot like a story I heard about another teenage boy, but he just forgot he had groceries in the trunk for a few weeks. And they think us old farts are brain dead. |
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Heavy smoker - any cure ???
