303 Aerospace Protectant Question

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areaseven

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After years of reading all the raves, I picked up 303 Aerospace Protectant. Had no problem applying it on the exterior trim of my Mustang, but it stunk up my whole interior. Some people say it emits a chemical odor, but on mine, it just reeked of B.O. I was gagging as I rushed to the nearest Schuck's Auto Parts for some air freshener to counter the stench.



Hopefully, as other people have said, the odor will disappear after the 303 dries off.



My question is this: will I compromise the quality of the 303 if I spike it with a bottle of air freshener?
 
You have a bad bottle. It was discussed a couple months ago. Yes you can add a water based fragrance.
 
I find it to have a musty smell and it always goes away by the end of the day. If a air freshener is used I cant smell it at all.
 
salty said:
You have a bad bottle. It was discussed a couple months ago. Yes you can add a water based fragrance.
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Really? "Bad" as in "it just stinks," or "Bad" as in "the contents have expired?"
 
I actually didn't pay for it. My uncle bought it, as I was helping him pick up some car care stuff.



Nevertheless, maybe I should just dump the entire bottle. I should've read salty's post first before I poured some alcohol-based freshener in it.
 
Not sure on what solvent would be in your air freshener, some like IPA dissolve in water.



If you don't want to use it on the interior try it on tires and wheel wells.
 
Matt@Autogeek - I got the 303 from Schuck's Auto Parts.



CleaningFool - Did that last night. Checked this morning and so far, the stench has disappeared.



salty - After the nauseating experience, I will not use 303 on the interior again. I'll just use it on the exterior trim. Switching back to Meguiar's for interior cleaning.
 
I've had 2 32oz bottles that had the smell. Its kind of like damp dirty sweat socks that have been sitting in a gym locker too long. The smell has always gone away by the next day. Iv'e heard that if the product freezes a foul odor can result. But unless the bottles froze while in Autogeeks possesion I don't know how they could have been frozen.
 
Most of the stench is gone, but there is a faint smell of ammonia that will hopefully go away over the weekend. Managed to remove most of the stench with Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer Wipes over the areas affected by 303. Also sprayed the interior with Auto Expressions Odor Eliminator.



By Monday, I'll get my Air Spencer CS-X3 Squash refill (as well as a can of My Shaldan Squash for backup), and everything will be back to normal.
 
I've had a few partial bottles go bad after leaving them in my shed during freezing temps. Seems that has something to do with the BO smell. I just relegated the remainder to exterior dressing. 303 should have a dull, chemical-type scent if the bottle is fresh.
 
I have not yet experienced any odors from my Aerospace Protectant. If I were you I would just use that batch for the inner fender wells where it won't matter if it has a stench. It stays in my climate controlled garage so its never in cold or hot temperatures. Hate to hi-jack this thread but it saves me from starting a new thread just for this plus it might help others. My question is if 303 Aerospace Protectant available in 54 oz.? I could have sworn I have seen them in that size and I believe they did not have the spray nozzle. I know they come in 16 oz., 32 oz., and 128 oz. i don't need another spray bottle one, I'd rather just have the refill bottle, but 1 gallon of the stuff seems like it might be too much cause I would hate to see it go bad halfway through because I didn't use it up fast enough. Other than that it is a great product and I highly recommend it to anyone!
 
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