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Cleaning stinky wet car carpet!
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Amanda65
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DH and DS and some friends went camping at the weekend and took my Alhambra. The problem is that they woke up Monday morning in the midst of a monsoon and just shoved everything, including a sodden tent, in the back of my car to bring home and I have been left with wet, VERY smelly, carpets in the boot of the car.
I've tried leaving the windows open in the hope that it will dry out (it was sodden, it's now only damp :rolleyes: ) but this awful smell remains. Any ideas you clever people
DH and DS and some friends went camping at the weekend and took my Alhambra. The problem is that they woke up Monday morning in the midst of a monsoon and just shoved everything, including a sodden tent, in the back of my car to bring home and I have been left with wet, VERY smelly, carpets in the boot of the car.
I've tried leaving the windows open in the hope that it will dry out (it was sodden, it's now only damp :rolleyes: ) but this awful smell remains. Any ideas you clever people
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it fades after a few days of being dry.. my stepdad is a window cleaner and his smells like that ALL the time!! .. it is gross!!
I'd just keep giving it an airing whenever you can.. it will goLB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
You could try generously sprinkling on bicarb as this absorbs odour. I used it on my carpet after my son had been sick and no odours there!
Or get some Febreeze or something if you'd rather try that.I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife Louise Brooks
All will be well in the end. If it's not well, it's not the end.Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars0 -
no febreeze.. it makes it smell like sick!!! truly gross!!LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0
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Am going to go and sprinkle with Bicarb - I'll let you know!0
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