odor removal

[tooklean]

What is a good effective way to remove musty odor from car interiors. Any feedback would be most helpful.

 

[TrueDetailer]

What is a good effective way to remove musty odor from car interiors. Any feedback would be most helpful.

Steam clean the carpets,seats,headliner, etc.. Most likely your ac system will have the odor as well so i would treat it.

Or you can do it the cheap way and get some of that fabreeze stuff.
Spray your cloth/carpet down and air it out for a few hours. And it might make it better.

 

[rollman]

Can you pinpoint where the musty odor is coming from ?

 

[Jngrbrdman]

This would be my advice on how to remove smoke smell from the interior. It works on any other smell too. It's how I get smells out of cars anway. I do it without and extractor, but that would be the best way to do it. It can be done without an extractor in many cases though.

 

[GregCavi]

When i treat odor I:

1.) do seans carpet method on ALL fabrics.

http://www.detailcity.com/showthread.php?t=6916&highlight=gsrstilez+carpet

2.) clean everything with apc

3.) steam clean vents and then spray them with a deodorizer will full blast

4.) finish with pb's leather scent.

For what I have done like pet odor removal/stale odor this has worked very well.

Greg

 

[jpzapata]

What about Ionizing? Anybody do this?

 

[Beemerboy]

Just a suggestion but I wouldn't steam the headliner

 

[Mr. Clean]

Just a suggestion but I wouldn't steam the headliner

:yeah
Two methods: remove, cover up

The key to the first (and best) is to find the source of the odor. You can spend a lot of time scattershooting and may or may not get the orginal source...of course everthing is going to be really clean :lol

Finding odors can be a lot like finding a squeak or a rattle...time consuming and frustrating. If you can't source it yourself, it may help to employ the aid of a friend's nose

Zeolite is a good reuseable/renewable product, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend sending these clients off with a bag in their vehicle.

 

[Secret Chimp]

This would be my advice on how to remove smoke smell from the interior. It works on any other smell too. It's how I get smells out of cars anway. I do it without and extractor, but that would be the best way to do it. It can be done without an extractor in many cases though.

Jngrbrdman, thats a pretty good write up you have there. But with regard to spraying cleaners into the air vents, that's only half the process of removing odor from the aircirculation system. You need to find the air intake vents (typically in the footwell area under the pass side dash board.) You need to turn on the car, get the AC blowing, set to recirculating, then spray that same Meguiars cleaner right into the air INTAKE vent. The air being sucked into that intake will pull the cleaner right into the condensor and hose network behind the dash.

SC~