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Help! My car got wet in a storm!

Posted: Jul 15, 2010

We had a pop-up storm the other day and unbeknownst to me, my car windows were down! Now I have this horrible sour smell in my car, it is nauseating literally! Any ideas on how I can get this smell out? The seats feel dry as does the carpet for the most part. I've been leaving the windows down during the day and spraying Lysol, but the smell is still there! Can anyone help me? Thanks :)

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Try spraying Febreeze or one of those, over and over. - NM

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nm

try Fabulosa - beNice

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I love Fabulosa household cleaner. Try spraying your care with it or an odor neutralizer.

This may sound weird but put some vinegar in a sm - Kiki

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bottle and spray the areas that smell. Let dry, spray with the vinegar again. The vinegar smell will leave, but after you have sprayed it a few times with the vinegar and it has dried, you can spray with Febreeze or a like product. I am not guaranteeing it will work, but vinegar is a wonder and I have used it to get odors out of everything.

Had some musty smelling towels that someone (ahem, my hubby) left in the washer, forgot to dry them. I found them a few days later when I got back home from a mini girls break and they stunk. I rewashed, putting vinegar in with the water before the wash cycle and it took that smell completely out. I also have used vinegar on a bath mat that my elderly cat had urinated on. I just poured some vinegar on it as I was on my out and couldn't wash it right away and it took that smell out - and the cat never did that there again (they evidently hate vinegar smell).

I hope it works for you. Plus, plain ole' white vinegar is pretty darn cheap.

try a product called Odorzout - just me

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You can find it online if you cannot find it in stores. I have used it before to get out cat spray odor from patio furniture. Good luck!

smell - magsnfla

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All the ideas mentioned are good. A lot of professional furniture refinishers and those who restore home interiors after water damage use coffee. Just the grounds, not brewed. Just buy the cheapest coffee you can, open the container and leave it in your car with the windows rolled up for at least 24 hours if you can. It usually gets any smell out, even tobacco smell from wooden furniture. Some like to spread it out on a cookie sheet, say it works better.

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