Wierd Smell from inside the car!!!
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Help!!! Weird Smell From Inside Car!!! About 3 weeks ago i axedently left my windows down at night and some cats got in my car, i know they where cats because they left little prints everywhere. I noticed a funky smell, and i found the spot where it was coming from, its right behind the pasenger seat so i bought some carpet cleaner and i scrubd the hell out of the carpet and it helpt alot but not completly. its driving me crazy!!! do you guys know of any carpet cleaner that really does the work/ should i shampoo the carpets? HELP!!!
Last edited by fastss; Jan 21, 2007 at 03:20 PM.
Cat **** is the toughest odor causing stain to get rid of. Cat's **** to mark their territory and the smell can linger for months. Best bet is to cover the whole area with baking soda and then put a plastic cover or sheet over it and leave covered for 2-weeks. Then remove sheet and vacuum throughly to remove the backing soda, should be cleared up by then. 
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We had bad gas spill in the back of our old van, once. We picked up some kitty litter, with special odor obsorbing B.S. Covered the entire section of the van (behind the rear seat) with that stuff about 1/2 inch to and 1 inch thick. I think we left it there for about a month, and left those back windows poped open. After we swept it up we vacumed with baking soda, the smell was gone.
Hope this helps.
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Hope this helps.
-bryan
I personally would shampoo the carpets, only because I don't have 2 weeks to wait while baking soda festers in my car (can't imagine you could get all of it out that way).
Get a heavy pre-treater, they make sprays just for nasty stuff like this. Follow the instructions to pre treat, and then rent a heavy duty carpet shampooer and have at it.
Get a heavy pre-treater, they make sprays just for nasty stuff like this. Follow the instructions to pre treat, and then rent a heavy duty carpet shampooer and have at it.
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Originally Posted by keliente
I personally would shampoo the carpets, only because I don't have 2 weeks to wait while baking soda festers in my car (can't imagine you could get all of it out that way).
Get a heavy pre-treater, they make sprays just for nasty stuff like this. Follow the instructions to pre treat, and then rent a heavy duty carpet shampooer and have at it.
Get a heavy pre-treater, they make sprays just for nasty stuff like this. Follow the instructions to pre treat, and then rent a heavy duty carpet shampooer and have at it.
One of my parents' tenants had cats pee everywhere in their house.
They tried everything to remove the odor (so they didn't have to pay for new carpets) and finally found something they swear by to this day.
It's called "Nature's Miracle" ... two of my local pet stores carry it. Works like charm.
The bottle should be under $10. Might want to give that a try.
They tried everything to remove the odor (so they didn't have to pay for new carpets) and finally found something they swear by to this day.
It's called "Nature's Miracle" ... two of my local pet stores carry it. Works like charm.
The bottle should be under $10. Might want to give that a try.
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oh man, I feel for you, one of my old roomates had a cat in heat that sprayed everywhere and I moved out because of it. That is the most rank *** foul smell ever. I HATE cats because of that house.. Yuck
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Originally Posted by Revelation Z28
just find the cats and kill them 
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Originally Posted by bmccrary
The main reason my neighbor bought a paintball gun... had more entertainment coloring the cats than sending peices all over the yard... dog kept dragging them in...
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