How can I clean away cigarette odor and tar buildup from a G3 iMac? [more inside]
posted by mattybonez on Apr 28, 2008 - 8 answers

A friend is moving into a year-old apartment. Everything's great except that the previous tenant was a smoker and stale cigarette smoke has permeated the place. Any suggestions for getting rid of this smell?
posted by Neiltupper on Aug 2, 2006 - 21 answers

One of my roommates put a pot of chicken on the stove and went downstairs to make some phone calls and answer email and while we were drinking beer on the porch we heard a strange, high-pitched, shrieking whine. [more inside]
posted by fandango_matt on May 26, 2005 - 17 answers

I have a nice black leather jacket that has absorbed a bit of smoke smell each time I've gone out downtown, and it doesn't seem to let any of it go. It's gotten pretty stanky. The only advice I'm finding online is to rub baking soda into it, but I'd wonder if it would ever look black again after that. Febreze is not recommended for leather. The jacket is that very soft, pliable glove-leather -- not heavy-duty Harley gear. Anyone have experience with this?
posted by Tubes on Dec 22, 2003 - 13 answers

What's the best way to clear the air in a smokey room? I'm a non-smoker, but someone in an adjacent apartment is chain smoking and it's stinking up my place. It's getting too cold to just crack the windows. [more inside]
posted by tirade on Dec 13, 2003 - 4 answers