Mrs Hinch fan shares genius hack on how to get rid of cigarette smoke smell in seconds
MRS Hinch's cleaning tips have become so popular, her fans have been discovering their own.
This fan found one which may come in handy, especially with party season round the corner.
Mrs Hinch is Britain's favourite cleanfluencer and fans fawn over her helpful tips on a Facebook group which has nearly 700k members - themselves a font of all cleaning knowledge.
One member, Paula Champion, asked the group: "Can anyone recommend how to get the smell of cigarette smoke out of a house?"
Going in to a smokers home of 30 years she said, the stench was unreal.
FABULOUS BINGO: GET A £5 FREE BONUS WITH NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED
Mrs Hinch fans flooded in with hacks for removing the unwelcome stink.
Claire Weaver commented: "You are very brave buying a smoker’s home, it’s not for the faint hearted!"
Claire advised: "If you have wooden floorboards I’d say they’d be full of tar, best to seal them then re-floor too, along with getting all the walls back to plaster, washing every wall, ceiling, surface etc. at least five times."
Most read in Fabulous
Lala Plp added: "Sugar soap and lift all the carpets."
Sugar soap is a chemical cleaner typically used before painting walls.
Sure Pro Painting said that Zinsser B-I-N Shellac-Based primer would "get the job done" as it refreshes paint to make it look brand new.
Rhoda Brogan helpfully added that: "There's a smell blocking paint available."
Emma Louise Jones said: ";If it’s in carpets or any fabrics that have absorbed the smoke, then you will struggle to remove it and better replacing if you want rid."
In Emma's experience, the smoke in her home had a "lingering" smell , no matter what products she used.
Rachael BMarvin offered an extremely inexpensive solution, to: "Chop an onion in half leave in each room it absorbs smells."
Joanne Stitt optimistically said that all you need to do is "a good clean of everything and plenty of fresh air."
Chop an onion in half leave in each room it absorbs smells.
Rachel BMarvin
Lisa Humphrey advised: "Have as many windows open as possible for as long as possible."
Abbigail Lee echoed this saying: "I even left my front door open for a few hours" before she used sugar soap to clean her walls.
Plenty of sugar soap as well as buckets of elbow grease could make dents in the lingering smell but you may need to get in something more powerful.
But Von Thatch warned: "100 percent a 'good clean' won't work. It will be saturated into carpets / fabrics, even wallpaper."
For more Mrs Hinch, check out her top tips for the big spring clean – from vacuuming your mattress to washing oven trays in the bath
READ MORE SUN STORIES
And cleaning fanatic gets rid of grim stains on her mattress using £1.50 Home Bargains spray.
Plus this cleaning fan gets sweat & dirt covered sandals looking good as new with easy hack.