My Car Stinks. Bad. Help.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Aha, thank you.
With my dog gone and my housemate's on the way out, it seems like something I should consider investing in. For the rugs and such.

[Core Shot]

Don’t enter an ozone space.

For rugs or chairs etc you can tent them in plastic.
For whole house it’s nasty. You should have it on a timer and re enter with a respirator as you open windows.
But. It’s the only way to kill smoke odour and old person or pet funk.
Other than a smoke generator, which sucks because it’s just a scent.

[oftpiste]

After a windows open freeway drive yesterday I think there's still a little funk, and will do another shorter treatment, but by and large that shit is magic.

[mcski]

Anti Icky Poo or Natures Miracle do amazing as well if you can spray the contact point of the stank. Took a few dousings but eventually conquered the cat piss soaked into my moms house

[Core Shot]

Anti Icky Poo or Natures Miracle do amazing as well if you can spray the contact point of the stank. Took a few dousings but eventually conquered the cat piss soaked into my moms house

Yes. Enzymes. They also work on wetsuit stank. ( natures miracle is wayyy cheaper than fancy surfer product).

And stink foot. Stink foot. I ain’t lying.
You can rinse it off
Bromodrosis

I’ve sprayed ski liners and soaked and dried them with good success

Extreme cat piss is handled by removing carpet and pad and painting the subfloor.

[beaterdit]

Thank to the ozone loaner from PNWBrit it seems to be remedied. And we had a nice couple beers.

2 hours in the car, and a bunch of time watching YouTube vids on how to do it. No Seinfeld solution necessary..... yet.....

I'm no expert and youtube is basically what I was gonna recommend. Prolly would have gone 30 min intervals myself but seems like you're on the right track.

After a windows open freeway drive yesterday I think there's still a little funk, and will do another shorter treatment, but by and large that shit is magic.

[fatnslow]

Yes. Enzymes. They also work on wetsuit stank. ( natures miracle is wayyy cheaper than fancy surfer product).

And stink foot. Stink foot. I ain’t lying.
You can rinse it off
Bromodrosis

I’ve sprayed ski liners and soaked and dried them with good success

Extreme cat piss is handled by removing carpet and pad and painting the subfloor.

I have a van I bought CHEAP that had serious dog funk and slight mildew issues that defeated multiple sessions of enzyme, vinegar, coffee grounds , 4 rounds of steam cleaning and a few sessions of the ozone treatment took care of it. I'm a believer!

[oftpiste]

In this case there wasn't a point of contact (thankfully) because the packages didn't explode and leak. It was just the stank that had permeated all the soft surfaces so spot cleaning was not a practical answer.

Round 2 tomorrow.

Thanks for all the ideas and support and haranguing.

Anti Icky Poo or Natures Miracle do amazing as well if you can spray the contact point of the stank. Took a few dousings but eventually conquered the cat piss soaked into my moms house

[lowsparkco]

Yes. Enzymes. They also work on wetsuit stank. ( natures miracle is wayyy cheaper than fancy surfer product).

And stink foot. Stink foot. I ain’t lying.
You can rinse it off
Bromodrosis

I’ve sprayed ski liners and soaked and dried them with good success

Extreme cat piss is handled by removing carpet and pad and painting the subfloor.

I’ve done 2 cat piss flips in the last few years. One was fine after Kilz (several coats in places) on the subfloor.

The extreme one, we sanded the hardwood subfloor and refinished it. I’ve never smelt anything in my life like walking up to that job site with the flooring subs running the drum sanders. You could smell it from the street.

OP, I just saw a thing about using dry ice to get funk out of a car. Just like the Ozone treatment but you just toss a chunk of dry ice in a bucket of water and shit the car up. Might be worth a try if you still have any funk.

[neufox47]

Shitting up the car seems like a bad way to get a smell out.


My last house had been eaten by parrots, the previous owners raised them and they were literally living in the walls. Both people apparently died of lung cancer from breathing so much parrot waste. They gutted the house, did structural repairs in places for parrot chewing and covered the whole thing in 2 layers of killz.


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[lowsparkco]

Yes, shut the car up. Don’t shit it up.

Death by parrot shit inhalation. Wow.

[riser4]

Yes, shut the car up. Don’t shit it up.

Death by parrot shit inhalation. Wow.

Ya, wow. That's some serious commitment.

[PB]

More likely to have been this https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/c...fact_sheet.htm.
Or maybe both.
Either way, the bird owners sound deranged.

[JongDoe]

I'll bet all you potheads remember ozium spray from back in the day. It worked wonders on my cat's farts when she had to eat special food. Nastiest farts ever and a couple of spritzes and gone. No masking either, just eliminates the odor.

[oftpiste]

Weeks later update: stench is gone. There is a scent in the car, and my now paranoid nose thinks it's rotten chicken, but I'm not sure. It could just be the weather tech mats or the non-weathertich trunk liner. A couple of other noses have said it's fine. I'm not completely convinced, but it might be psychosomatic at this point.

I've done several ozone gen treatments, have a new cabin filter ready to install. Might do one more after that. I'd sure like to not notice anything in my nose when I get in the car.

I DO remember Ozium. We all had a can in the car.

[mcski]

You always remember the smell of your first dead hooker

[oftpiste]

You always remember the smell of your first dead hooker

That was so long ago I actually don't. Subsequent ones perhaps....

[unitofstuff]

I'll bet all you potheads remember ozium spray from back in the day. It worked wonders on my cat's farts when she had to eat special food. Nastiest farts ever and a couple of spritzes and gone. No masking either, just eliminates the odor.

You older potheads forgot to pass that recommendation down to the younger generations, my girlfriend had never heard of it. She was impressed how effective it is.

[oftpiste]

So, after a new cabin air filter and another ozone sesh, I think the remaining scent is the ozone. If driven a fair bit with the windows open d aired it out in place. Will that go away eventually or should I put more rotting food in the car to get rid of the ozone smell, which is pungent all on its own?

[PNWbrit]

So, after a new cabin air filter and another ozone sesh, I think the remaining scent is the ozone. If driven a fair bit with the windows open d aired it out in place. Will that go away eventually or should I put more rotting food in the car to get rid of the ozone smell, which is pungent all on its own?

I don't have an anti-ozone machine.

If I did you could borrow it.

I can offer a big wet dog to cover the smell though.

[lowsparkco]

I think it’s time for a pine tree on the mirror. Or get the one from Walmart that smells like Drakar Noir. Always gives me a little chub thinking of middle school.

[oftpiste]

Damn it. I was counting on you. I know.... we could smoke with the windows closed!

I don't have an anti-ozone machine.

If I did you could borrow it.

I can offer a big wet dog to cover the smell though.

[fatnslow]

So, after a new cabin air filter and another ozone sesh, I think the remaining scent is the ozone. If driven a fair bit with the windows open d aired it out in place. Will that go away eventually or should I put more rotting food in the car to get rid of the ozone smell, which is pungent all on its own?

A few GILF banging sessions in the back seat will handle that quick.

[Danno]

I think I have some Ozium still in my car!

[oftpiste]

A few GILF banging sessions in the back seat will handle that quick.

Why can't you use your own car?