[Zmagnette] Preservation

[Steven Trovato]

While all the ideas presented may help, I would look at car detailers 
who specialize in this sort of thing.  The headliner may not be the 
only thing that is harboring the smell.  Carpets, seats and other 
surfaces are probably contributing as well.  Time and ventilation 
help a lot.  If you do a google search for "fabric headliner smoke 
cleaning" or something like that, you will see a lot of 
suggestions.  Not all are applicable to the soft, unsupported fabric 
of a Magnette, but some may be.

-Steve T.

At 10:51 AM 1/28/2014, Allen Bachelder wrote:
>I suspect this is why we have the charcoal filters in our late MGBs. 
>The charcoal absorbs airborne combustibles (gasoline/oil vapors and 
>perhaps also the products of incomplete combustion such as old 
>cigarette smoke.  I would suspect the more surface area of the 
>charcoal is exposed to the air, the more effective it would be, so I 
>wouldn't just  put an open bag in the car, I'd put the bag in a good 
>sturdy plastic bag and go at it with a BFH - pulverizing it as much 
>as possible, spread it out on large trays and put it the trays in the car.
>
>FWIW...
>Allen