Getting smoke smell out of a bat

[Tyce]

I had a brilliant bargain on some second hand TT equipment... But when the package arrived I realised that part of the reason is a very strong smell of (tobacco) smoke.

Does anyone have experience with this specific problem? Anything in particular that works great for smoke?

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

I've read that at least for getting the tobacco smoke smell out of cars, theres no better method than ozone treatment

 

[Tyce]

It seems the worst smell is coming from the batwallet they were in, I'm just going to chuck that out in the trash. Hopefully I can get the smell out of at least the newer blade, the older one might be too far gone.

 

[zeio]

Try activated carbon.

 

[codebop]

Get a portable ozone generator. I just used one on a car I bought and it removed all the smells of the previous owner.

 

[Doum]

Put them in a box with a sheet or two of bounce. They will smell like laundry.

 

[olive-nguyen]

Typewriter repair geek, i put silica gel on the bag and spray down a mist of diluted essential oil. Can try.

 

[Tyce]

Put them in a box with a sheet or two of bounce. They will smell like laundry.

I actually just chucked the wallet in the laundry but it's too much for that. Came out with maybe 80% of the smell still on it.
Prepping a ziploc with baking soda now

 

[StreamOfWater]

I actually just chucked the wallet in the laundry but it's too much for that. Came out with maybe 80% of the smell still on it.
Prepping a ziploc with baking soda now

Bro is going to try everything and end up with a racket that has a cocktail of 10 distinct scents all at once 🤣

 

[olive-nguyen]

The actual Xiom Ice Cream AZXI-multi flavour

 

[vossi39]

If the bat smells this awful the ball might return on its own.

 

[Jafar]

When I saw the thread title, my initial thought was that you were fooling around with a hardbat and somehow managed to hit/brush the ball so hard that the scent of smoke appeared! 🤣

 

[Tyce]

When I saw the thread title my initial thought was that you were fooling around with a hardbat and somehow managed to hit the ball so hard that the scent of smoke appeared! 🤣

That happens all the time of course, my sandpaper bat overheating

 

[WingTT]

Don't waste your time on smoke infused gear. It's going to take too much time and effort to get it to be non disgusting. Just return it for a refund if you can.

 

[Tyce]

Don't waste your time on smoke infused gear. It's going to take too much time and effort to get it to be non disgusting. Just return it for a refund if you can.

That's one way to put it. I actually enjoy the challenge and getting a €50 refund for two expensive Butterfly blades with T05 on them just sounds unwise.

Update:
I cleaned off the baking soda and gave the bats a wipe down. The smell is now maybe 10%, but what's even better, the smell seems to be mostly on the rubber now. I can put my nose on the handle, sniff, and just get a hint of nicotine. I'll give that one more round of rubber cleaner but after that it's going to stay that way until the rubbers are changed.
Happy so far!