Best product to get rid of bad odour

[NickZ]

Need a bit of help - my wife's corolla (shameful I know, but she bought it before I met her!!) has a very bad odour as a result of some spilt milk which was allowed to sit in the car for too long. The smell seems to have penetrated into the carpet and, despite numerous shampoos has been impossible to get rid of.

Do any of you guys know of a shampoo or other product that specialises in removing these odours? I was thinking of trying Meguiars car odour eliminator or Autoglym odour eliminator, but wanted to see if any of you have any experience with these or other products.

[gavs]

Nilodour is pretty potent, as is some eucalyptus oil. If your after car-specific products, i'm not sure....

[h100vw]

Ground coffee took the smell of some nasty stuff out of our fridge-freezer 2 years ago. The power got switched off while we were away for 2 weeks and the smeel was awful, defrosted meat and all sorts.

Only the coffee did it. Still using the fridge now.

Gavin

[bujna]

Glen 20 might make a difference too.

I used that in my car when i left my smelly squash gear in it on a hot day :-(

[fuzion]

OC120 would be the best. Im not sure if its avail to the public tho (trade thing?)

Happy to give you a small bottle of it which would make double/triple of its litreage if your local in Sydney, just drop me a pm sometime.

Smells like spearmint/peppermint. General purpose cleaner for cars + works well in bathrooms too LOL

[bugayev]

I've got the Meguiars one after my dad left fishing bait on the back seat of my car overnight. Whilst it is fairly good it isn't great and i still need something to really comprehensively deep clean the seats and get rid of the stench.

[Timbo]

I've got the Meguiars one after my dad left fishing bait on the back seat of my car overnight.

Bloody irresponsible parents!

Back OT -- I had the same problem some years ago, and really only got rid of it by pulling up the piece of carpet and underfelt stuff, and giving them both a thorough clean outside the car. Also cleaned the floorpan. It's hard work but it works ;)

[gavs]

Ground coffee took the smell of some nasty stuff out of our fridge-freezer 2 years ago. The power got switched off while we were away for 2 weeks and the smeel was awful, defrosted meat and all sorts.

Only the coffee did it. Still using the fridge now.


This is a good cheap solution also, hense why drug smugglers used to put bags of their product in coffee shipments, the dogs etc couldn't pick it up because of the coffee grounds!

Maccas also seems to get rid of smells also......:banana:

[KWICKS]

http://www.iaonews.com/archive/images/febreeze.jpg

From the Supermarket. Brilliant stuff. You can use the whole can/bottle in a few applications if needs be and not worry about damaging anything.:)

[DMS_Dan]

Yes try the febreze first. If that dosnt work hire a shampoo machine and give it a shampoo or get a detail

[XXX-1.8T]

so with the coffee do u just leave a few bags in the car open over night or how do u do it?

Got a bad smell in the Jetta not sure if its fruit gone bad or my boxing gloves that i left in there but the car smells funky :(

[JVLR32]

Trucksteam from autosmart products....works JVL Detailing:biggrin:

[DMS_Dan]

Trucksteam from autosmart products....works JVL Detailing:biggrin:

Hardly a helpful reply considering Autosmart is trade only :duh:

[JVLR32]

Hardly a helpful reply considering Autosmart is trade only :duh:Did i tread on your toes?....Autosmart products have some smart cleaning products.Some detailing shops (that use this product) might supply you a small amount in a bottle to help out.....

[DMS_Dan]

Did i tread on your toes?....Autosmart products have some smart cleaning products.Some detailing shops (that use this product) might supply you a small amount in a bottle to help out.....

Lol nah mate you didnt step on anything. Your hardly competition to me considering your a good 6 hrs away :) Its just hard to get the autosmart stuff unless your trade

[JVLR32]

Lol nah mate you didnt step on anything. Your hardly competition to me considering your a good 6 hrs away :) Its just hard to get the autosmart stuff unless your trade

haha lucky for you:)m8 autosmart man up here deals with anyone here who wants to buy or within the trade.:drinkbeer:

[Golf Houso]

I tried to find Febreze to get rid of the curry smell in my VR6, they didn't have it and instead spent it on a $4 bottle of citrus upholstry cleaner, used the 750ml bottle over the weekend and it still smells :frown:

[XXX-1.8T]

I bought some Fabreze at the Coles in Edensor Park try them!:driver:

[Golf Houso]

I bought some Fabreze at the Coles in Edensor Park try them!:driver:

Cheers mate, I might drop by there tomorrow! :driver:

[karmen]

same stuff that keeps your fridge odourless

B A K I N G S O D A

sprinkle on affected dry area (after cleaning any messy residue) and rub it in

vacuum it off when the smell is gorne.

cheap too

[mikinoz]

so with the coffee do u just leave a few bags in the car open over night or how do u do it?

Got a bad smell in the Jetta not sure if its fruit gone bad or my boxing gloves that i left in there but the car smells funky :(

Baby vomited secretly under the cloth in the car seat?

And baking soda is good. there is another thing that is called washing soda that may work.

[leasaunce]

ok, i havent read all three pages, so my tip would be steam clean...