Need advice on getting out cigarette odor..

[jjoseph]

As the oldest child in a brood of ten..... soaking stuff in borax (from diapers to dad's "wreaks of cigar" shirts does wonders): warm pail of water, cup of borax from the local grocer's, soak your wet item overnight, then launder normally w/ some clorox II and detergent. Does wonders and is pretty gentle on cloth.

The lemon, vineagar, soda solution works too, but it weakens material and is more likely to yellow synthetics (as will bleach).

If the material is dark (navy, black, black watch), you may see a bit of fading from borax (no more than you'd see from 10 washings), but if you've already laundered several times, and the wreak is still there, it's worth it.