Can't get it out!

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thedetailer

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So, I have a client that was catering a mexican meal and the juices from the food spilled all over the back of her van. Smells horrible!



I spent a fair amount of time extracting the stains and got it out, BUT I cannot get the smell to disappear. I need suggestions!



I was thinking of an odor neutralizer, but I want to make sure that the smell disappears forever and it is not masked.



Any suggestions will help!
 
In my experience if the smell is still present there is still juices in the carpet.



I detailed some cars with smoke damage and we ran into this problem. The only solution we found was remove everything and i mean everything, carpet dash everything.



My suggestion is to remove the carpet and pressure wash it.
 
I have used scoe10x, do a google search on it. You have to soak the carpet with this stuff and then extract it. You have to order it online though so it might be a while. This stuff works really well, some even use a steamer along with it to finish up the job.
 
There are "odor eliminators" from various companies that work pretty well IME. But the product has to come into physical contact with the source of the odor so that can mean really saturating the carpet. Yeah, it *does* kill the odor, not just mask it.



AutoInt/ValuGard makes the stuff I have.



Some carpet comes out easily but other times it's glued in place.
 
Stuff like scoe10x and odorcide and the like have encapsulating properties that ecapsulate the live bacteria that is causeing the odor. They work very well when effective. But like accumulator mentioned they have to be able to get to bacteria. If the bacteria is deep down or under the carpeting they really aren't going to be very effective. For your piticuler issue removal of the carpeting is probably the very best option. Most are held in by trim pieces that have to be removed. some are glued in. A quick inpection should net you the answer. just make sure the carpeting is completly dry before you reinstall it. It's not hard by any means providing you have the proper tools to do the job. But it is time consuming so plan accordingly.
 
thedetailer said:
lol...how do you remove carpet? Hard to do?
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It really Depends on the car. Probably more work then you want to do.



It usually means removing all the seats and most of the plastic trim.
 
Auto Immunity avail www.titanautospa.ca



I tried one of there packages on a car with a smoke and dog hair problem. Detailed the whole car, took carpets out and pressure washed them then treated the car with this product once everything was dry and back together. Worked very well.
 
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