RedRyder518

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I found two inches of water under my back seat due to a bad seal with my T-Tops. I have since fixed it and pulled my carpet up to let it dry out. What should I do now to keep it from molding? It hasn't but it does kinda smell musty. Should I just douse the underpadding with Lysol to kill any mold spores? Would that help the smell?

2001chevroletz28

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You may need to change out the insulation underneath the carpet that is what will mold and smell..

Black02Bird

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you said you got the carpet out... steam clean it, you can rent them from alot of grocery stores get a disenfectant type carpet shampoo or something

RedRyder518

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Well the carpet isn't completely pulled up, just the section where it got wet. My buddy suggested I put some baking powder down underneith to trap any moisture or fumes. I don't have the time to pull the carpet and replace it all so I may have to live with the smell until summer when I don't have school.

98ws61le

damp rid at lowes.... pull the moisture out

and get your carpet steamed cleaned... you can do it or a detail shop

JT LS1

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I had the same problem with my car. I had about an inch of water in the floor board in the back. I completely pulled the interior out and just put the drivers seat back in to get me around. I let the carpet dry out then I took it to a detail shop and let them clean it up real good (ozone machine and shampooed). Then I put the carpet back in and left it in for a day before I put the rest of the interior back to make sure it didn't still have a smell. I put all the interior back in on a saturday, and by myself it only took about 2 hrs. to do.

RedRyder518

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I'll probably do that if the smell starts back up. I just doused the insulation with Lysol and it seems to smell good, for now. I will have to wait until summer to do anything else to it though.