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Smoke Odor Elimination: Deodorizing Your Facility
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
odor control
Smoke Odor Elimination: Deodorizing Your Facility
When you think of “bad smells,” one of the first that comes to mind is probably smoke odors. Whether they originate from cigarettes, cannabis, cooking, or car troubles, smoke odors seem to cling to any space they get into, causing a real headache for your facility.
At State Chemical, we manufacture and distribute chemical solutions for various problems, including smoke odors. Smoke is adept at permeating any area it enters—a remarkably frustrating thing when you’re tasked with eliminating all traces of its presence.
To help you get rid of the smoke odors in your building, we’re going to explain how to identify the source of a smoke odor, different methods of treatment, and the overall impact of smoke odors on your facility. After reading, you’ll know how to eliminate your facility’s smoke odors and present a cleaner image to customers.
Sources of Smoke Odors
Wherever there are people, there is potential for smoke odors. When this smoke is released inside, you will be dealing with odors—after all, it’s now trapped in the confines of four walls. This can quickly affect almost any space, so to most effectively fight it, you must first trace the source of the odor.
Pay attention to which parts of your space smell the strongest of smoke. Do you notice it in a particular hallway? A specific stairwell? A certain room or entryway?
If you can pinpoint it to a specific room, pay attention to what’s in that room that could be absorbing the smoke. It’s possible that the smoke could linger in the wallpaper, wood flooring, or open air, but fabric, textiles, and upholstery more easily absorb stenches. So, if you’ve had a velvet office couch for the past twenty years, it’s likely that it absorbed odors it frequently came into contact with—including smoke.
Meanwhile, you might be trying to find the source of your smoke odor, but in all honesty, the entire building smells like smoke. In this situation, the smoke has permeated the building enough that the problem might be relatively evenly distributed. Even in this case, you have solutions available.
How to Eliminate Smoke Odor
Knowing where your smoke odors are coming from is one thing; how do you start eliminating these odors?
If your odors are relegated to a specific area (e.g., an entryway), your solution may be odor spot treatment. With spot treatment, you can directly apply an odor eliminator to a problem area to neutralize odors. Odor eliminators change the chemical composition of odors so that they’re no longer recognizable to the nose. You can even purchase an odor eliminator specifically designed to fight smoke odors.
However, be careful when determining if an odor is lingering in a space or in a space’s furniture. If you try a ready-to-use odor eliminator in a space and notice no difference, your issue might be your space’s furniture, carpeting, upholstery, drapes, or other fabric. Drapes, in particular, are known for holding onto smoke odors. Use a fabric refresher on these problem areas, and you’ll eliminate odors while adding a pleasant fragrance that freshens the entire space.
Meanwhile, if your smoke odors have permeated through your entire building, invest in automated scent diffusers. These are automatic systems where an odor eliminator and fragrance will be released to simultaneously fight smoke odors and add a pleasant scent to the area.
You can use different systems to fragrance anything from a small room to an entire building. Whatever your smoke odor’s prevalence, if you can’t consistently use a handheld odor eliminator to manage it, scent diffusers are a powerful, consistent solution.
Your Facility After Getting Rid of Smoke Odors
Smoke odors, like any odors, can give your business a bad reputation. Scent is a powerful trigger of memory, so it goes without saying that bad smells can trigger bad memories.
When your facility smells like smoke as soon as someone walks in, they’ll probably view you as less professional than your competitor, whose facility smells like fresh cotton. And this is true for any business.
Conversely, a powerful yet pleasant scent can give your facility a boost in the minds of customers. Think about your favorite restaurant. When you walk in, you can probably already detect the aroma of your favorite dishes. This stands out in your mind because it’s a pleasant experience, giving the restaurant a higher status for you.
Meanwhile, if you visited a restaurant that smelled stale and musty when you walked inside, you probably wouldn’t trust them to handle your food, and you likely wouldn’t return.
Knowing the balance between good and bad smells can help you to forge positive associations in customers’ minds, and it can help you to build a brand scent personality. Use the science of memory to your advantage, and you’ll reap the benefits.
Learn About How State Chemical Can Help You Eliminate Smoke Odors
No one wants their facility to smell like smoke; it’s a frustrating source of discomfort for staff and customers alike. Now that you know methods to eliminate smoke odors from your facility, check out this video to see how State can help you eliminate smoke odors in your business!
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