10lbs of linguine and white clam sauce.

I'll look you up in a few weeks for dinner ... I've got a court date in Yonkers coming up.

When I get home I'll ask the little woman about another trick she's used I thought was quite effective for a stinky stain, and get back to you.
 
jsatek said:
Improvement, yes. Worthy of the time and effort.

Odor gone, not completely.



There is still a faint odor of garlic and clams.

I may try a ozone machine next if this didnt help.
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I would highly suggest that you try an enzyme based cleaner. Steaming, disinfectants and ozone machines will take some of the problem away(and mask it), but won't be the permanant fix. Heavy food based spills like this really benefit from enzyme cleaners. Thank god it's not summer time. :sadpace:
 
I once ran over a roadkill that had been around until it hit fur soup stage. At night. In the rain. All over the whole undercarriage. Yes. The muffler too. Lovely.



It stank. I grew up on a farm, and few things I ran into on the farm, held a candle to this stench. We scrubbed, sprayed, went to car washes, over and over again. Still reeked. I don't know if it was time or the gallons of Febreeze (both?) but it finally went away.



Anyone else ever do this or have a customer ask you to fix this?

How did you manage to remove the stink?
 
David Fermani said:
I would highly suggest that you try an enzyme based cleaner. Steaming, disinfectants and ozone machines will take some of the problem away(and mask it), but won't be the permanant fix. Heavy food based spills like this really benefit from enzyme cleaners. Thank god it's not summer time. :sadpace:
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You should check out the Mythbusters where they put a pig in a car, left it in a storage container for a few months, then tried to get out the smell. They had a professional crew dealing with it (Adam and Jaime were throwing up the smell was so bad.)



Enzymatic cleaners were all I remember, but they worked on it for days wearing Hazmat suits.



Might be worth finding a copy of it to look for hints.



Sorry for your ordeal, but you brought back nice memories of my wife making linguine in white clam sauce when we lived in the Bronx.
 
zzzzdoc said:
You should check out the Mythbusters where they put a pig in a car, left it in a storage container for a few months, then tried to get out the smell. They had a professional crew dealing with it (Adam and Jaime were throwing up the smell was so bad.)

...Might be worth finding a copy of it to look for hints.
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IIRC they were never able to get the smell out. The myth was that if someone died in a car, you would never be able to sell the car because you would never be able to get the smell out. It was two large dead pigs, and they had basically liquified in the car (which was a Corvette).
 
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I put 2 of these in the car on Saturday morning. One under the seat, one on the rear seat. As of now, Monday morning, there is no odor. I know this is just masking the scent.

I also purchased a enzyme cleaner called Bio-Kleen from Whole Foods on Saturday. I'll give it a go today after I remove the odor absorbing bags. Hopefully this is over.
 
Justin: Too bad about the white clams, they probably were canned too :(.



Just say the word, I'll ship you my Ozone machine to toy around with. Leave it in overnight and your car will smell like fresh rain in the AM :).



Why did you skip on the SRT-8 in the first place? I like the plan of swapping them :).
 
G35stilez said:
Justin: Too bad about the white clams, they probably were canned too :(.



Just say the word, I'll ship you my Ozone machine to toy around with. Leave it in overnight and your car will smell like fresh rain in the AM :).



Why did you skip on the SRT-8 in the first place? I like the plan of swapping them :).
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Sean - I had a "cheap guy" fit when I moved.

We had to buy an additional car and I didnt know what the bills were going to be like in the new house.



I may take you up on the OZONE. My Dad lives in Wilton, Im going up there in 2 weeks, I could pass by and pick it up. Ill let you know thanks.
 
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