Does anybody smell smoke?

Greetings everyone,
Just a bit of follow-up for those who might be interested. Thanks again for all your suggestions.

(1) 2 boxes of a baking soda in a sealed bag: did not make any difference.
(2) Isopropyl alcohol: maybe cut down the strength of the smoke smell about 10-20%.
(3) Febreze: this actually seemed to make the most difference among the three strategies tried. It was tried after the alcohol. I would say the Febreze both eliminated and masked (it has a fragrance) an additional 30-40% of the odor.

So, some of these strategies were useful, but did not eliminate the odor.

My guess is that the cable jacket is permeated w smoke and you can only really clean the surface. There are strong odor neutralizers that they use in the plumbing trade (you can imagine why). Try putting the cable in a sealed bag w one for a few days and report back.

Maybe you can get some nice clean plastic or rubber tubing and slide it over the cable and tape the ends with clear tape?

Best,
Bob

Sell it on the 'Gon to some chain smoker that gets off on the smell of cigs. His fingers/breath/clothes/house/car/dog/cat/wife/kids/gold fish all smell like cig smoke so he would pay top $$$ for it. Synergy I would say.

Perhaps try putting them in a sealed bag with activated carbon.
The kind used for aquariums. I think that carbon is suppose to absorb odors.