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Just a thought. Maybe give your insurance company a call. It's possible they might be able to do something. Years ago, a friend had just picked up two 5 gallon buckets of safety yellow paint for their new shop. The paint store put the two buckets in the back of her new Grand Cherokee. While on the drive back, she had to make a quick stop....the buckets tipped over and the lids came off. Paint ended up everywhere, all the way up do the drivers area. They called the insurance company and they ended up totaling the truck.
In another ‘Seinfeld meets real life” scenario, I have an odor in my car I can’t get rid of. I went food shopping on a 70-some degree day, and accidentally left a 5 pound bag of chicken drumsticks in my trunk. It was about 20 hours later that I discovered it. The bag stayed sealed, nothing dripped out. I sprayed the trunk and inside of the car with Lysol and left the trunk and all doors open for about 6 hours. It still smells like there’s a dead body in my car when I get in! Hoping some of the detailing experts here might have some suggestions. Thanks!
If you haven't found a resolution I recommend enzyme cleaner. You'll have to let it soak but I haven't seen an organic thing it couldn't get rid of.
Hey OP, I had a recent similar incident. I was given a couple lbs of fresh fish that was fortunately vac-packed and forgot about it while I left on an 8 day vacation.
Needless to say, it was a bad smell that took about a week to get out of.
I used baking soda as well as heavy duty Febreeze type spray that I bought at the local head shop.
OMG, I’m amazed that worked for a smell like that! How many days into the vacation did you remember the fish lol?
We ALWAYS carry ice pacs in a cooler (actually 2 coolers) whenever we go shopping. Summer or Winter. All foods that need to stay cool go in them. Even in 90+ degree weather, the food stays cold until we get home. And the coolers will stay cool for quite a few hours. Easy solution.
I do that in summer but I never thought to do it at other times of year.
I can recommend some form of "ozone" - in the form of a car freshener, ozium, or even an ozone gas generator. You do have to air your car out well after that.
Just a thought. Maybe give your insurance company a call. It's possible they might be able to do something. Years ago, a friend had just picked up two 5 gallon buckets of safety yellow paint for their new shop. The paint store put the two buckets in the back of her new Grand Cherokee. While on the drive back, she had to make a quick stop....the buckets tipped over and the lids came off. Paint ended up everywhere, all the way up do the drivers area. They called the insurance company and they ended up totaling the truck.
I think the deductible would be more than just getting it detailed. Nothing spilled in this case, just odor.
I can recommend some form of "ozone" - in the form of a car freshener, ozium, or even an ozone gas generator. You do have to air your car out well after that.
My brother recommended an ozone machine. He said that’s what they used at the dealership he used to work at, for trade ins. He said I’d have to rent it. I’ll try simpler things first.
If you haven't found a resolution I recommend enzyme cleaner. You'll have to let it soak but I haven't seen an organic thing it couldn't get rid of.
I’m going to try the odor eliminator suggested on the first page first and go up in complexity from there.
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