CarPro Fabric Coating Warning!!!

rlmccarty2000

rlmccarty2000

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I just had my carpet cleaned and bought some new matching carpeted mats for my BMW 335d, so I thought the best way to keep them clean would be to try some CarPro Fabric Coating. I sprayed it on the carpet, easy enough and shut the car doors like I normally would. The next day I got inside the car and the smell was overwhelming. I came very close to vomiting or passing out. No exaggeration here. I rolled down all the windows and opened the sunroof trying to get the smell out before I passed out. I finally just parked the car and let the gas escape. A day later you can still smell the coating off gassing. This is just a warning to everyone that tries this product. Give it time to cure with the windows open. I could have been the fact that the outside temp was well over 98 degrees and it heated the interior to an ungodly temperature and it caused the product to evaporate. It kind of worries me that all that coating is now all over the interior of my car. Scary.
 
Are you sure it was the CarPro coating, and not the mats themselves? My Weathertech and Husky Liners smelled for a while when I got them.

By the way, I have a 2016 and 2015 Honda Fit, both identical everything. I got the Husky Liners when I got the 2015, because I had a decent job, so I wanted to be cheap. I got the 2016 a year later and got the Weather Tech liners.

Overall, the Weather Tech Liners are of better quality than the Husky Liners.
 
TheAverageMan said:
Are you sure it was the CarPro coating, and not the mats themselves? My Weathertech and Husky Liners smelled for a while when I got them.

By the way, I have a 2016 and 2015 Honda Fit, both identical everything. I got the Husky Liners when I got the 2015, because I had a decent job, so I wanted to be cheap. I got the 2016 a year later and got the Weather Tech liners.

Overall, the Weather Tech Liners are of better quality than the Husky Liners.
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His mats are carpeted mats, not plastic..
Dan F
 
100 percent sure it was the CarPro. I haven`t touched them to see if they`re sticky or not, but after airing it out the smell is much better. You could call this user error and if the label would have said not to close the car up I would not have done so. This is just a cautionary tale about what can happen if anyone applies this to a customers interior. In today`s litigious society I can see someone getting sued over such an incident. It was the worst thing that has happened to me right next to spilling Iron-X on my bare hand (whew). More and more fabric coatings are hitting the market and detailers need to be aware of the cure times and be aware of the toxic fumes these things put off.
 
FWIW Garry Dean has a new fabric product out, looks pretty amazing really. I dont remember him mentioning that is has a smell to it.

Its funny this smell issue though. There is a product I use from time to time called Siloxaine for waterproofing masonry. There is a solvent one that is clear and smells just like the Carpro stuff, and there is a white water based one that has no odor at all but both protect well , allow moisture to escape from the inside, and bead water for around 5 years or so.
 
Do you find that you can close the car up when you use 303? I never have been brave enough to try that. I just figure the air circulation would help the coating dry out much better than leaving it closed up.
 
To be fair I think you would have had the same happen with just about any interior fabric coating.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
Yep, that`s the smell. I think I will stick to 303 products for my fabric protection.
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Perhaps many of the young guys won`t know about this but well over a decade ago perhaps 2 decades ago, there was a product called ScotchGuard that was supposed to be the same thing.

It was sold for awhile through Dealerships who charged huge money for some guy to spray the can all over the car floor and interior...
Then your Interior was ScotchGuarded... :)

I don`t remember it having such a powerful smell that Rlmccarty2000 experienced...

I believe you may still be able to find it - some auto parts places used to sell it.. Perhaps now Amazon, Ebay, etc...
Dan F
 
Stokdgs said:
Perhaps many of the young guys won`t know about this but well over a decade ago perhaps 2 decades ago, there was a product called ScotchGuard that was supposed to be the same thing.

It was sold for awhile through Dealerships who charged huge money for some guy to spray the can all over the car floor and interior...
Then your Interior was ScotchGuarded... :)

I don`t remember it having such a powerful smell that Rlmccarty2000 experienced...

I believe you may still be able to find it - some auto parts places used to sell it.. Perhaps now Amazon, Ebay, etc...
Dan F
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I love ScotchGuard. Luckily I have a family member in the carpet cleaning business. I just wished it would last longer.
 
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