<VV> bad car smell-not a Corvair

[alan WESSON]

> You could try baking soda. Sprinkle it around on the carpet and let it
> sit then vacuum it up. You may also have had mice inside your seats and
> headliner with them leaving their calling card in those hidden places.

Yes, I can second this. Baking soda is incredible for removing urine smells!
We have a really well-behaved cat that was house-trained by the previous
owners of the house (she stayed when they moved!), and she is so
well-behaved that she only ever 'goes' on a pile of ash.

Unfortunately, our log burning stove has an ash leak out of the back, and I
was mystified as to why our sitting room had a really bad smell of cat p***.
Then I discovered that, when it was bad weather, the cat used the 'ash box'
that she had found behind the stove, instead of going outside to do it.

The stench was unbearable, and efforts to remove it with household
disinfectant just resulted in a new smell that was a mixture of household
disinfectant and cat p***.

Then someone suggested I use baking soda - and the smell vanished within
half an hour and hasn't returned. I actually dampened the area as well, with
a water spray, to ensure that the baking soda soaked into the old, dry
urine, but I am not sure if this was strictly necessary. I am sure that it
worked, though...

My Lancia Appia van that I just bought in Italy has had mice under the seat
in front, and has 'the smell'. I know what I shall be removing it with
(because the problem with air fresheners and things with another, stronger
smell is that they also remove the 'original old car' smell that I want to
keep, whereas the baking soda ONLY neutralises the urine smell).

I recommend it!

Cheers

Alan