<VV> Musty interior

[Roger Gault]

I've used full strength Clorox on tops and my white interior vinyl for years
without any problems.  If I was going to pour it on the carpet, I'd try one
of the "color safe" oxygen bleaches first.  In any case, I'd let it sit a
while and then hose it out.  But, then, since I have a convert, I have drain
holes drilled in the floor for when I leave the top down and it rains.  (One
day we couldn't even see across the parking lot at work - only had about 2"
in the back floorboards when it finally let up enough to go home.  To
provide some rush-hour entertainment for the other drivers, since I was
already soaked to the skin, I drove home with the top down.)

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Jones" <georgedjones at gmail.com>
To: "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Musty interior


> A word of caution about the use of bleach products in your Corvair.
> Remember, it is a corrosive, and we know what happens to steel floor
boards
> without the aid of corrosive products. I've had luck with Fabreeze (sp?).
>
> On 5/14/07, Bill H. <gojoe283 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >                                      B"H
> >
> > Tom:  Did you try Clorox liquid bleach?  My brother
> > once had a smell in his 78 Impala that was so bad, no
> > one would drive it.  It smelled like it had dead rats
> > inside (he claims to have left some food on the floor
> > that no one could find).  We called it the
> > "Moldsmobile" and nothing got rid of the stink, till I
> > applied some pure bleach on the red interior and
> > carpet.  The smell went away almost immediately and
> > the car was driveable again.
> >
> > You do have to be careful that the bleach shouldn't
> > discolor the carpet, but if you can do it it should
> > get rid of the smell pretty effectively...Bill H.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> -- 
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