Tricks to Keep Your Car Smelling Fresh

BY Editor

For some people, their car is their pride and joy, and they’ll do anything to keep it looking and smelling its best. If you’re one of those people or if you simply like driving around in a car that won’t make your passengers curl their noses, then you’re probably looking high and low for all of the different ways you can keep your car smelling fresh.  While some basic actions can remove odor sources, if you need to remove smoke odor from a car, you will want to use an ozone generator.

Keep Your Car Clean

First and foremost, make sure that you keep your car clean. At the end of the day make sure that you’ve got all of the unnecessary items and trash out. This is especially important if you have children who ride around in your car a lot. By cleaning out your car on a daily basis, it won’t be as hard to keep up with, and you won’t have so much trash to get rid of, making it easier and faster on you. This will allow you to remove some odor causing materials such as food or drink containers.  It is also a good idea to shake out your car mats and vacuum your car regularly.

Use an Ozone Generator

Even removing food and trash from your car may not be enough to eliminate odors.  Odors are often caused by molecules that are challenging to eliminate.  One odor that is hard to remove from a vehicle is cigarette smoke.  That is where an Odor Free Machines ozone generator comes into the picture.  This small machine plugs in and uses the power of electricity to split oxygen molecules, which combine to create ozone.  The ozone attacks odors on a molecular level and gets rid of them.  About an hour after the treatment is complete, the ozone molecules will dissipate and return to their natural O₂ state.

Remove Smoke Odor

Not only can you use an ozone generator in your car to remove smoke odor, but you can also use it to eliminate other noxious smells.  Before you use an ozone generator, you’ll first want to make sure that the inside of your car is as clean as can be. After that, you will set the ozone generator inside your vehicle. Place the ozone generator on the seat, crack the window a few inches, and run an extension cord through the window to the machine.

Make sure that the vehicle is unoccupied during the treatment. Depending on the severity of the odor and the size of the vehicle, the treatment will take 30 minutes to several hours. As ozone fills the interior of the car it will oxidize odors that are clinging to surfaces, air vents, and even small cracks and crevices. To thoroughly remove smoke odor and other deeply entrenched odors, turn on the vehicle fan and select the “re-circulate” option 15 minutes to one hour prior to the completion of the treatment.

Whether you are trying to remove odors from a car for personal reasons or you want to sell your car and want to make a good impression on the buyer, using an ozone generator is a natural and highly effective method of odor remo