Cigar/Cigarette Smell on Chips (1 Viewer)

[aggie]

Anybody have experience cleaning/removing pungent cigar or cigarette smell from chips (apparently used in a cigar lounge)?

*unleaded Paulsons

 

[Shaggy]

I've heard vinegar... Not used it first hand.

I'll bet is you search "smell" and "vinegar" you'll find some threads on the topic.

 

[bsdunbar1]

I would think this is the same problem the China clays have with their shitty smell. Smells like burnt wood or something.
I sprayed a rack of Royals with Febreze and kept them in a Matsui rack with a lid and the next day they smelled like Burnt Wood & Febreze

 

[Nanook]

Dilute white vinegar 5% or 20:1 with water & soak them for a few minutes & it'll take care of it

 

[aggie]

Dilute white vinegar 5% or 20:1 with water & soak them for a few minutes & it'll take care of it

Thanks I’ll give this a shot!

 

[Marius L]

Thanks I’ll give this a shot!

Please report back. I've been considering trying these before as well (but ended up selling the dirty, smelly, chips instead, lol) if it works, would be good to know.

 

[AfterTheFact]

@Ben8257

 

[Coyote]

I have always enjoyed smelling tobacco off my hands.
Most of my female partners agreed, throughout the years.
I have now resorted to heated (grilled - iQOS), rather than burnt tobacco, to avoid the tar and stench from burnt paper.
Hell, my after-shave (Trussardi Black, at the time) had tobacco as one of its ingredients.

 

[BGinGA]

What kind of chips? Different chip materials will require different cleaning solutions....

 

[aggie]

What kind of chips? Different chip materials will require different cleaning solutions....

Newer Paulson clays … NAGB

 

[SiouxperStack]

I had this issues and removed the smell by storing dryer sheets in the chip boxes. Left them in there for a week and the smell went away.

 

[Gear]

Definitely don't do that on leaded chips. Vinegar dissolves lead.

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

I clean Chips soaking them in this
Like 60/40 soap
Try this
It’s great at cleaning doesn’t dry out chips
And they smell like a summer breeze after a good soak

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

Definitely don't do that on leaded chips. Vinegar dissolves lead.

That’s a really good idea
I do the same with my pickup under the back seats

 

[Prototypep3]

Would sticking them in a box with an ozone generator work? Works with removing smoke smells from cars and houses.

 

[Perthmike]

I have always enjoyed smelling tobacco off my hands.
Most of my female partners agreed, throughout the years.
I have now resorted to heated (grilled - iQOS), rather than burnt tobacco, to avoid the tar and stench from burnt paper.
Hell, my after-shave (Trussardi Black, at the time) had tobacco as one of its ingredients.

Lol now I've got a mental image of a hairy Greek dude rubbing his smelly fingers on ladies faces.

 

[buzzmonkey]

Lol now I've got a mental image of a hairy Greek dude rubbing his smelly fingers on ladies faces.

 

[Perthmike]

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[GreekRedEye]

I bought some chips that have a cigar or cigarette smell to them. Seller disclosed they were used in a smoking environment so I knew what I was getting. Thought I would try a few experiments to see what works best. I left the chips for a short time in the hydrogen peroxide and oxyclean solutions because I was afraid of damaging the old ASMs. If they show no damage and promise, I might run these again for longer periods of time.

Label	Method	Smell after 1 hour	Smell after 1 week
D	Cleaned with dish soap	still smells like cig
G	Cleaned with Simple Green	smells cleaner, but I can detect cig
V	Soaked 10 minutes in vinegar + water solution	smells like vinegar mostly - I'm optimistic
P	Soaked 5 minutes in hydrogen peroxide + water	smells distinctly different than others...like a new car smell. Not bad.
O	Soaked 5 minutes in oxyclean + water	smells much better, but I can detect some cig still
Dryer (not in photo)	Cleaned with dish soap and then a dryer sheet is placed in the rack	N/A. This one has to set
Baking Soda (not shown)	I am out of baking soda. When I get some, I will create a water + soda solution and soak chips and add to this experiment	TBD

 

[GreekRedEye]

Sorry, should have made clear that I just cleaned/soaked these. So I will report back in one week on how they smell. Stay tuned.

 

[Coyote]

I 'm afraid you are insane.
Chips should anyway smell alcohol and tobacco.

 

[GreekRedEye]

I 'm afraid you are insane.
Chips should anyway smell alcohol and tobacco.

Alcohol is fine. But cigarettes...hard, hard, pass for me. Maybe I should try soaking a batch in whiskey?

 

[Coyote]

Tobacco smells great. My only objection towars classic burning cigarettes is the stench of burning paper.
I have found hapiness in electrically heated / grilled cigarettes. Best aroma, and only 5% of the tar. No fire, no ash, no smoke (that can be detected in a hotel room eg)
I 've asked an American friend why they aren't being advertised in the US. He said "too complicated for Americans"

 

[BigJackJones]

I 'm afraid you are insane.
Chips should anyway smell alcohol and tobacco.

I believe this is as God intended it.

 

[pipdenny]

I bought some chips that have a cigar or cigarette smell to them. Seller disclosed they were used in a smoking environment so I knew what I was getting. Thought I would try a few experiments to see what works best. I left the chips for a short time in the hydrogen peroxide and oxyclean solutions because I was afraid of damaging the old ASMs. If they show no damage and promise, I might run these again for longer periods of time.

Label	Method	Smell after 1 hour	Smell after 1 week
D	Cleaned with dish soap	still smells like cig
G	Cleaned with Simple Green	smells cleaner, but I can detect cig
V	Soaked 10 minutes in vinegar + water solution	smells like vinegar mostly - I'm optimistic
P	Soaked 5 minutes in hydrogen peroxide + water	smells distinctly different than others...like a new car smell. Not bad.
O	Soaked 5 minutes in oxyclean + water	smells much better, but I can detect some cig still
Dryer (not in photo)	Cleaned with dish soap and then a dryer sheet is placed in the rack	N/A. This one has to set
Baking Soda (not shown)	I am out of baking soda. When I get some, I will create a water + soda solution and soak chips and add to this experiment	TBD

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[greenchip]

Baking soda water got rid of Majestic Star deep cigarette smell. Also dishwashing soap would work too

 

[BNads86]

Tobacco smells great. My only objection towars classic burning cigarettes is the stench of burning paper.
I have found hapiness in electrically heated / grilled cigarettes. Best aroma, and only 5% of the tar. No fire, no ash, no smoke (that can be detected in a hotel room eg)
I 've asked an American friend why they aren't being advertised in the US. He said "too complicated for Americans"

"Grilled cigarettes" is not a term I ever thought I'd hear, and I'm extremely intrigued haha

 

[BNads86]

I actually like the smell of cigarette smoke in general, I agree. However after putting my primary PCA set through the ultrasonic, it's like it angered the smoke molecules and made it more than I could tolerate.

 

[GreekRedEye]

Picked up some baking soda and added some new samples to the experiment. In an attempt to appease God, on the advice of his oracles @Coyote and @BigJackJones) I soaked a couple chips in whiskey...and (WTF!)...they smelled great after 10 minutes! I can't tell if it was eliminating the smoke smell or just masking it with bourbon smells. So, I did an ever clear batch too.

Agent	Method	Smell after 1 hour	Smell after 1 week
Dish soap	Cleaned with dish soap	still smells like cig
Simple Green	Cleaned with Simple Green	smells cleaner, but I can detect cig
Vinegar	Soaked 10 minutes in vinegar + water solution	smells like vinegar mostly - I'm optimistic
Hydrogen Peroxide	Soaked 5 minutes in hydrogen peroxide + water	smells distinctly different than others...like a new car smell. Not bad.
Oxyclean	Soaked 5 minutes in oxyclean + water	smells much better, but I can detect some cig still
Dryer Sheet (not in photo)	Cleaned with dish soap and then a dryer sheet is placed in the rack	N/A. This one has to set
Baking Soda +Water	Soaked in baking soda + water for 10 minutes	mitigated smell some, but I can detect cig
Baking Soda	Dusted with dry baking soda and set for 10 minutes	eliminated most of the smell...I'm optimistic
Whiskey	Soaked 10 minutes in 50.5% ABV bourbon	smelled like bourbon - no trace of cig. I could play with these all day! Dried the hell out of the chip though.
Ever Clear	Soaked 10 minutes in 95% neutral alcohol	eliminated most of the smell, but I think I could detect a trace. Dried out the chip.

Dry Baking Soda:

I might now be legally required to label these two "Bourbon Street"

Planning to let these sit for 1 week and then report back. If some of these methods seem to work but don't fully eliminate the smell, I will do a second round with longer soak times.

 

[BGinGA]

Maybe you can beat the smell out with a rock tumbler.