You will get it. Ozone has been working since Genesis and the first lightning storm. Lightning is the first, natural ozone generator. That's why when you go outside after a thunderstorm the air smells so fresh and clean. Remember to run your ventilation system every so often like the...
Yes just open one window a few inches and close all the other windows.
This link will tell you all you need to know about using a ductless ozone generator.
https://www.odorfreemachines.com/car-odor-removal/
Mike,
Taught me how to polish paint by hand over 10 years ago on a cold and rainy day in Dallas. So yes, I could do it by hand... with a grinder? No way! LOL
Technique takes into account all of the other choices. You adjust technique to properly use whatever you have at your disposal. You may not get optimal results but you may be able to greatly improve the look of vehicle while using the other inferior choices. Just give me meg 82 and I'm good...
You had a box type unit that you placed INSIDE the car. If you would have cracked a window a few of inches that smoke smell would have been attacked by the ozone that generator made and destroyed.
You had a good ozone generator but tried to get rid of smoke smell with an ozone generator...
I forgot to ask what type of generator do you have? If it the one that is placed TOTALLY INSIDE the car, with the cord going through the window, then you must leave the window cracked so it can get a fresh supply of oxygen(O2) and convert it into ozone(O3).
If yours uses ductwork, as shown in...
Ozone is a sanitizer. It will react with numerous items but its main intended victim is carbon. Guess what the biggest natural ozone generator is? Once you understand how it works, understanding an ozone generator is easy.
ozone machines needs a fresh supply of oxygen to continue making ozone. The ozone machine with the duct work has all the oxygen it needs to make ozone because it is OUTSIDE of the car. If your ozone generator is INSIDE the car leave one window cracked so it can continue getting oxygen and...
"I then sprinkled baking soda over all the carpets", and finished it off with an ozone machine for 2 hours."
I am not sure but this may have reduced the ozone from working also.
Also, the interior should have been dry. With the carpet still wet from shampooing, ozone couldn't get to the source of the smoke smell. Remember an ozone generator takes oxygen from fresh air and makes ozone, an army of oxygen atoms that will easily float to and combine with it the molecules...