Removing Odors
God Bless America
 by David W. Bynon Copyright (c), 2000, Autopia Car Care -- All Rights Reserved I get a lot of questions about removing smells. The most common questions are "How do I remove the smell of cigarette smoke?" and "My child vomited, how do I get rid of the smell?" Most bad smells in cars are organic (i.e., food, urine, vomit, tobacco, grass, mold, mildew, etc.). I recently had a professional detailer tell me a client had spilled fish in his car, which I know from experience is not pleasant. As a teen I hid an open can of sardines under the seat of a neighbor’s car. They had to sell the car to get rid of the smell! Smell problems are pretty easy to take care of with some of the new cleaners on the market. My favorite is called "Kids & Pets Brand Stain & Odor Remover," by Paramount Chemical Specialties (www.kidsnpetsbrand.com). This cleaner, and others like it, use enzymes, a surfactant, and denatured alcohol to remove stains and kill odors. The enzymes kill odors in their tracks by stopping the organic material from decomposing.  continued... |
