We have the strangest odor in our TT...it smells like an ash tray! (That's my best description.)We bought our TT in March, obviously used from CampingWorld and we were able to go into it and look it over before they even had a chance to clean or detail it. (They got it in that same day!) Never even a HINT of bad odors or even anything attempting to cover a bad odor. (Wife and I are non-smokers and can smell it a mile away.)We stayed in the TT this year for 30 nights throughout the Spring and Summer and had NO issues at all. Late this summer I took the TT to our local RV Repair shop (kind of a ma and pa business) for some minor work. Ever since then it has smelled of cigarette butts. (I know that the wife of the RV shop DOES smoke...but I've seen her doing it and she ALWAYS goes outside. And the repair area is ALWAYS wide open during the summer with tons of ventilation. All that leads to me question HOW it might have picked up an odor there...but that's when it began.I really love the folks who own the RV Shop, and I'm not planning on speaking to them about it. But I wanted to ask here what the best way might be to get an odor out of the TT. Is it just a matter of airing it out sufficiently or is there something we can get to help out?

If it came up all of the sudden it could be a drip/leak causing mold, or overflowing water from the refrigerator drain line or evem condensation leaking onto carpets from "sweating windows".Febreze!It's actually amazing how well this stuff works! They have sprays, de-oderizers, candles, stickups and they actually WORK!

We had similar problem until we realized that our MaxxAir fan was working so well that it was drawing in cig smoke from other campers and they weren't that close to us. Took a few days of airing out and some room freshener to eliminate the problem.

My guess is that someone working on the trailer has left some butts in it, in some place that is not obvious. Take it apart with a fine-tooth comb... under the bed, under the dinette seats/furniture, every drawer, cabinet, the space around the water heater, the wardrobe, medicine cabinet, anywhere else they might have been into.And if you can't find it, take it back to the shop.

Use a Bad Air Sponge. I have problems with fragrances. These things work to remove odors and they don't give off any masking fragrances.They are used by people who professionally clean disaster sites.

Please delete - double post. Sorry.Use a Bad Air Sponge. I have problems with fragrances. These things work to remove odors and they don't give off any masking fragrances.

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Dandy
Explorer
Nov 22, 2013
We just purchased a used car with 20k miles on it. 4 months later started to get a cig smoke smell.

As someone already mentioned, dealers and detailers have just about everything to cover up smells.

Try changing or the cleaning the air filters in the furnace (if there is one) and the AC.
threecamprs
Explorer
Nov 21, 2013
Skunk will do it....and quite possibly mold. Also, I bought a used car that came off lease. I am an ex smoker and can smell that yuck miles away. The car smelled like it had been cleaned; maybe from detailing, but no bad odors. Three months or so later, we both clearly smell cigarette smoke in the car. The dealers have stuff that will cover anything up.
wrvond
Explorer II
Nov 21, 2013
Dead mouse.
LeBout
Explorer
Nov 21, 2013
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Nov 18, 2013
When I think of a ash tray smell I think of a burnt smell. Have you been running the furnace recently? If so it may be burning off dust. Have you looked under the burners on the stove to see if something fell under there? If so not only will it smell but, it will get heated up each time you use the stove and make more smell.
Akeru
Explorer
Nov 17, 2013
I am an x-smoker. There is a few smells that I now relate to an ashtray. One is cat spray/urine. Is it possible a cat got in and sprayed or maybe sprayed at/near the door?

Another would be slight mold/wetness.

Obviously you want to find the source, not cover it up. If you can not find it, a thorough wipe down of walls, cabinets, floors, etc.. with OdoBan (home depot) may get what your not seeing. I spray this on my dog kennel, let it soak in my black/grey tank, and it is good stuff!
oldtrojan66
Explorer
Nov 17, 2013
Tricks from the refrigerator clean-up business. You can crush charcoal brickettes in a pan and put them in front of a fan on low, and/or soak cotton balls in Vanilla extract and leave them lying about on plates. I really don't know how these compares to the modern Fabreeze, and other odor eaters stuff we have nowadays, but it can't hurt.
marcsbigfoot20b
Explorer
Nov 17, 2013
I had a strange smell suddenly after a trip inside the TT . Did NOT smell like propane. Finally found the propane leak OUTSIDE at the generator that somehow turned into a different smell.
powderman426
Explorer
Nov 17, 2013
Passin Thru wrote:
WE have had 2 occasions in 22 yrs of marriage when mice died in the vents. We used Febreeze and it did the trick. Maybe your mice smoke.
out

If theres anything worse that mice, its mice addicted to nicotine.:B
Passin_Thru
Explorer
Nov 17, 2013
WE have had 2 occasions in 22 yrs of marriage when mice died in the vents. We used Febreeze and it did the trick. Maybe your mice smoke.

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