Long story short, I spill some asian food in my passenger seat.
This food has tons of liquid and I did not notice it until after about driving 20mins.

Once I got home I blotted out what I could with dry towel.
I left the car window down over night.
Next day it still smelled horrible.... (average temp 70-90F) the past couple of days.

The following day I take some extra strength fabric soap with warm water.... washed, scrubbed and vacumed out as much of the dried up liquid as possible.
(poured almost 1/2 gal water/soap into the seat)


<FONT COLOR="blue"> any tips? </FONT>

 

sorry to laugh but that's funny.

 

Buy some of that Armor All Carpet shampoo, that stuff works really well.

Just spray it on your seats, let it soak in for a bit (DONT LET IT DRY) then rub a damp warm towel over it. Works good.

 

Thanks guys...

I'll stop by after work to get some of that Armor All stuff...
Any other ideas?

 

Sorry this made me lol.

Just get some shampoo as said. I've used it to get rid of that "old car thats been sitting here for years" smell.

 

i've heard of leaving a bowl of vinegar in your car overnight with the windows up, vents closed, etc etc.

 

I hope what others suggest works....
but i dont think it will, Please let us know how it work out for you with what others suggested, by the way @ least your not like some people i know who forget about it then several months later decide to take care of it...

gl

 

squash

im sure it wont help the fish smell but when you take care of it, use a squash

 

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seriouse?
what? i don't get it
yellow or orange squash? lol

 

Pretty much...your never gonna get it out..Been there done that.

 

hahaha ...no man the SQUASH im talkin about is an air freshiner for your car, it smells awesome ...dont worry it smells nothing like the food squash lol

 

I'm not sure if you'll ever get the smell out without having the source (the spill) being clean.

I was at Hirshfields (paint store) the other day and I saw this tub of stuff that is supposed to soak up stink. I normally wouldn't think twice about this kind of gimmick, but for some reason I wanted to try it. I didn't buy it, but you should, and then tell me if it worked.

 

NO OFFENSE BUT LMAO

 

Rent a Rug Doctor from Lowes or Orchard . Works like a champ. Honestly I'd take the whole carpet out and clean it, that will be the only real way to get it out.

 

<FONT COLOR="orange"> <FONT SIZE="5">Got her done. </FONT>
BTW it was not on the carpet... it was in the passenger seat.

I went to target, automotive department and just grab regular Prestone fabric cleaner/odor eliminator... spray foam with plastic brush....

Worked well.
95% odor gone... much better than before. </FONT>



Modified by Charlie Moua at 5:56 PM 7/2/2007

 

when my crx came over from japan it smelled like the ocean


hang a couple of these damp-rids in.



can buy em at the supermarket.

 

This is honestly worth a shot. I accidently ran over my dog along time ago and then threw the dog in the back seat of my jeep and he got blood all over the seat. I was told by a auto detailer the only thing to get that stain and odor out was hydrogen peroxide. I used it and worked greatly. did not change color of interior or anything.

It has to be worth a shot to try it on the fish smell, anything is better than fish.

 

Also let us know if it works for the FISH smell.

 

dump you girlfriend??? oh sorry didnt read the top I had some nasty funk in my car from delivering asian food way back when and the only way to get it out was to rent a steam cleaner and keep open boxes of baking soda under my seats.

 

hydrogen peroxide works like a dream, i got in a fight and had his blood on my new shirt, i got home like an hour after the fight , the peroxide took it right out.

 

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Thanks, yes it does work wonders.

 

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damn, that's fucked up

 

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I have a white German Shepherd and he was chasing me down the street and then a car past us and it freaked him out and he just ran up under my moving jeep.

it was crazy, but he is alive and well.

Kinda a freak accident

 

buy a new seat...

 

its summer just take it and pressure wash it. It will dry but give it 48 hrs in the sun