How do I not make my truck smell like a ashtray?

I remember reading leaving an open can of coffee grounds in it overnight.

There's a thread here somewhere.

 

on your days off----grab some paper towel---soak it in vanilla--leave it in truck with windows up----when you get back should be nice and fresh

 

used to use the coffee thing in trailers after they had a stinky load---works good
and its a common drug smuggler trick--supposed to throw off the dogs i guess

 

Clean the carpet and wash all hard surfaces, you will never get it out of the A/C.

You did document it's condition and got signatures before accepting the truck, right?

If not you may be held responsible for it's condition.....

 

As for the smell in the a/c vent's thier is a spray that you can use its call frigi fresh
its made buy CorMax tech (aka BG products) alot of car dealerships sell it or you could
check thier webpage and find someone who sells it , ive used it and it work's
pretty good.

 

Lol nice sig. Thats my birthday!

 

Here's a "trick" I was told...I've used it, and it works very well...place a scented dryer sheet in between a sheet of cheesecloth, on the A/C filter.

Replace once a week. Not only does the scented dryer sheet make the truck smell nice, but the cheesecloth also keeps a lot of hairs, and dust, and debris off of your air filter, thus saving you having to replace the filter as often.

Judi Kay

 

there may already be dust and hair in there now. what i have done is use a can or 3.......of those "canned air" that you use for a computer. get under the passenger side footwell the best you can, and spray and blast as much of that air intake area you can. use up all the canned air you have. once this is as clean as possible, i would spray lysol disinfectant in there to kill off any germs. then do the drier sheet trick.

also, if this truck is a sleeper, then you must repeat this process in the bunk a/c system as well.

then what i would do is buy some "simple green" and with several clean rags, i'd get into every knook & cranny, and crevice in the sleeper interior, header(ceiling) the mattress, everywhere the smoke will permeate into.

this is all going to take a long time to clean and deodorize. once the truck is as clean and odor free as possible, have a sign that says, "no smoking" and tape it to the dashboard, so that when a mechanic or other service person jumps in it, he will see the no smoking sign(s)........usually though, "most" service techs will not smoke in a truck as a matter of respect.