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What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed the carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a garage with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 months. > What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored > car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed the > carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a garage > with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 months. Shampooing's gotta help, and maybe a fan to dry and move air through it for an extended period. Your Mom used baking soda to remove odors from the refrigerator. >> What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored >> car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed >> the carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a >> garage with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 >> months. > Shampooing's gotta help, and maybe a fan to dry and move air through it > for an extended period. Your Mom used baking soda to remove odors from > from the refrigerator. The Arm & Hammer brand baking soda can be bought in any supermarket. Cheap too. Sprinkle it on the carpet, floor and upholstery, let it sit a few days and then vacuum it. You can then also leave a bowl or plate of the stuff on the floor in the car for long term storage. Cheers, Bill S. >The Arm & Hammer brand baking soda can be bought in any >supermarket. Cheap too. Sprinkle it on the carpet, floor and >upholstery, let it sit a few days and then vacuum it. >You can then also leave a bowl or plate of the stuff >on the floor in the car for long term storage. Basically a good idea, but don't sprinkle on the carpet directly, instead lay a single sheet of newspaper down and sprinkle on the paper, then it is *much* easier to clean up aftwards! <bg> > >The Arm & Hammer brand baking soda can be bought in any > >supermarket. Cheap too. Sprinkle it on the carpet, floor and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > instead lay a single sheet of newspaper down and sprinkle on the > paper, then it is *much* easier to clean up aftwards! <bg> I agree with "not on the carpet", since it can sift it's way through the carpet and sit, like sand, on your floorboards. Add a little moisture, and you're asking for rust. Unless you have dark carpet, I'm not sure I'd use newspaper though. The ink might transfer to the carpet/upholstery. Plain brown wrapping paper or some other unprinted paper might be a better idea. -- ~~R.Banks Sprinkle it right into the carpet. Let it sit a couple of days. Then vacuum it out. Then get a Rug Doctor and shampoo the carpets and anything cloth in the interior. You can also do the leather seats with the Rug Doctor but saddle soap and leather condition them afterwards. Do the Rug Doctor on a hot, sunny day and leave it sit open to air out and dry well or you will have mildew. What is causing the smell has to be killed off and removed, and a little baking soda in a bowl ain't gonna do it. The Rug Doctor won't rust out the floors anyway. Similar machines have been used in high dollar antique car collections for years, places like Harrods', and they would know what keeps them and what destroys them. (BTW, they drove every car on a regular basis, they didn't leave them sit.) And second, real Corvettes don't have metal floors, so they ain't gonna rust. >> >The Arm & Hammer brand baking soda can be bought in any >> >supermarket. Cheap too. Sprinkle it on the carpet, floor and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > -- > ~~R.Banks Thanx for the good info. I appreciate it- Lib >> What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored >> car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > for an extended period. Your Mom used baking soda to remove odors from the > refrigerator. Ferbreze or however it is spelled works pretty well. > What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored > car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed > the carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a > garage with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 > months. lib, a buddy of mine recently used Febreze Antimicrobial spray in his '55 Chevy and he tells me it worked wonders overnight. I just looked it up on the web and here's a link, http://www.homemadesimple.com/febreze/products/antimicrobial.shtml > What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored > car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed the > carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a garage > with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 months. Many professionals use Ozone. You get (rent, borrow, etc...) an ozone generator and put in the car with the windows all up and let it sit over night. It will not have any odors the next day. Works wonders. Dennis > Many professionals use Ozone. You get (rent, borrow, etc...) an ozone > generator and put in the car with the windows all up and let it sit over > night. It will not have any odors the next day. Works wonders. Ozone is tough on rubber and some plastics. I'd be careful about using it in high concentratons. "Professional" often use product that are not good for cars in the long term becasue they work wonders in the short term. Ed Huh...... good catch!! Makes prefect sense. > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >  SignatureRic Seyler Online Racing: RicSeyler GPL Handicap 6.35 ricseyler@SPAMgulf.net http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~ricseyler remove -SPAM- from email address -------------------------------------- "Homer no function beer well without." - H.J. Simpson http://www.carforums.net/showthread.php?t=66 Check that link out, good info on removing odors from your vehicle I just deodorized a smoker's car with an ozone generator. Seems to have worked very well. >> What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored >> car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Dennis >I just deodorized a smoker's car with an ozone generator. Seems to have >worked very well. Or it screwed up your sense of smell! :-Þ Just messing with you! *lol* Another way is to sprinkle a couple of boxes of bicarbonate of soda all over let it sit undisturbed overnight and let it absorb the odors, then vacuum it up. > I just deodorized a smoker's car with an ozone generator. Seems to have > worked very well. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > Dennis I've had good luck with balled up newspaper stuffed under the seats, it took a little while but it worked, got rid of the dead cat odor................ johnnie:-) > Another way is to sprinkle a couple of boxes of bicarbonate of soda all > over [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> > >> > Dennis go to your kroger or alb or swy and by a big can of coffee sprinkle it on the carpets and seats make sure nothing is wet vac up the next day week month odor will be gone >What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored >car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed the >carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a garage >with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 months. I've also found that dryer sheets left in the car on a hot day can do wonders. Probably not the best solution, but it's another option. > go to your kroger or alb or swy and by a big can of coffee > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a garage > >with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 months. >What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored >car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed the >carpets. It was stored in a garage under a car cover. It is now in a garage >with the windows down and will probably be there for another 6 months. Off the topic..... Where did the word ROADSTER originate? Did some one see a lobSTER cross a ROAD ???? > >What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored > >car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Where did the word ROADSTER originate? Did some one see a lobSTER > cross a ROAD ???? Good questions. And along that same line, why DID the lobster cross the road? Fred >> >What is a good neutralizer/remover of the musty odor of a 20+ year stored >> >car?I have cleaned/ vacuumed the entire interior, but haven't shampooed [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Good questions. And along that same line, why DID the lobster cross the >road? He was drawn to the butter? -- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere? > Good questions. And along that same line, why DID the lobster cross the > road? > > Fred Uh, . . . . to get away from his crabby cousin? |
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