My Aerospace 303 STINKS!!

**imported_Mighty HD** · 01-22-2007, 08:35 PM

I`ve had it about 6 months and WOW! It stinks.

To give an idea, it smells like a very, very sweaty body odor / sulfer type smell. When I put it on the dash in the work truck I couldn`t breathe for nearly two days and had to "air it out".

Any suggestions on what it could be?

:thx

**paul34** · 01-22-2007, 08:38 PM

does it look different? I think its supposed to look like a milky substance right when you spray it.

I always found 303 to have an almost non-existent smell... there must be something really wrong with yours! eesh

**imported_Mighty HD** · 01-22-2007, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by paul34

does it look different? I think its supposed to look like a milky substance right when you spray it.

I always found 303 to have an almost non-existent smell... there must be something really wrong with yours! eesh

It looks completely normal as it always has. It just has deveopled the awful smell. I hate to throw away the entire bottle.

**sevenrd** · 01-22-2007, 09:30 PM

I noticed the exact same odor on a new bottle began using. I don`t remember the old bottle having that odor. But with the new bottle, the BO scent is pretty bad. I wonder if the formula has changed? Bad batch going around?

I too don`t want to toss the entire bottle. But it`s so offensive smelling I don`t want to use it either. Maybe I`ll send an email off to 303.

EDIT: Just sent them an email. I`ll let you know what they say.

**GlossyTundra** · 01-22-2007, 09:31 PM

Mine stinks as well.

**imported_truzoom** · 01-22-2007, 09:35 PM

I don`t know how much this helps, but I`ve noticed a BO odor from original formula Armor-All. The smell may just be from some common ingredient used in gloss enhancers.

**velobard** · 01-22-2007, 09:58 PM

Has it been exposed to any temperature extremes?

**Bluethundra** · 01-23-2007, 12:51 PM

I just got a bottle 2 weeks ago and mine smells fine.

**sevenrd** · 01-23-2007, 01:39 PM

Got a reply back from them about the BO smell. I must say I`m impressed at how quickly they responded...

"no offensive odor unless it has been frozen (which destroys this product). After that, it separates and often such an odor can occur."

I don`t think mine ever froze since I`ve had it. We`ve had some cold nights even for Southern California, but nothing cold enough to actually freeze my detailing supplies. I wonder if mine was frozen sometime before it found its way to my hands.

**JB_TSX** · 01-23-2007, 01:46 PM

Mines also have a faint body odor smell...

**imported_Picus** · 01-23-2007, 03:00 PM

It could be that they froze during shipping. It`s happened to me before.

**DM101** · 01-23-2007, 03:40 PM

I had some black flakes in my gallon after about a year. I called 303 and they sent me a replacement gallon and a postage paid sticker to send mine back. They said they wanted to investigate and see what happened. IMPRESSED.

**imported_Mighty HD** · 01-23-2007, 07:38 PM

I don`t think mine could have froze. It`s been in Florida all it`s life.

I may pick up a small bottle and see how it does? Then again, others are also having the same issue. :dig

**SHhhhh** · 01-23-2007, 08:18 PM

mine stinks too. after finishing my interior this weekend I had to keep all the windows down for two nights in the garage. my fiance told me repeatedly that I had terrible body odor when we were driving around the next day! it goes away after a few days, so no big deal.

**Cheetah** · 01-27-2007, 11:40 PM

I just used my 303 today for the first time. Jeez. That stuff will never go near the inside of

my car again. Yuck! Now I have to put up with that smell for a few days. The bottle that I have will be relegated to only exterior trim until it runs out.