In article .com,
wrote:

i bought a nice kenwood vfo 230 and it smell's so strong of cigarette
smoke it is sicking it is outside any good idea's how to get it
smelling good agn thanks del k9fcm

I saw an article in an audio magazine some years ago, by a guy who was
servicing a stereo receiver which had this problem.

His advice was to open it up, and leave it outdoors in bright summer
sunshine for several days to several weeks. The heat helps drive out
the smelly volatile compounds from the tobacco-smoke tars, and the
ultraviolet light breaks down the tars.

Depending on the equipment's construction and what it can tolerate in
terms of solvents, you may also want to try a washdown with a
plastic-safe circuit-board cleaner - one designed to remove flux
residues and organic contaminanants without damaging components.

Switches, potentiometers, and other sliding contacts will probably
need to be cleaned to remove the tobacco tars... a properly-
formulated contact cleaner spray, or a liquid applied on chamois swabs
or other cleaning pads, should be used for this.

Unfortunately, tobacco-smoke tar is tough and tenacious. Consumer
Reports apparently uses it as their "hard to remove" contaminant when
testing glass-cleaning products.

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