OMG!!! How can I get rid of this smell???

Question

Somehow a mouse got into my car trunk and died in the Texas heat. Now I have this God awful smell through out the whole car. Does anyone know how I can get rid of this stench?

Answer 1

first you should clean it all; disinfect with lysol and scrub it with soap. next let it sit overnight. next i suggest you put some arm and hammer baking soda on the area. then spray fabreeze  in the car stick a fan in there for like an hour and hope for the best

Answer 2

wind your windows up, or drive to another state!

Answer 3

Get your carpet shampooed. Meanwhile, set a bowl of ammonia in the trunk over night. The ammonia smell will go away, and will take the offensive odor with it. But for hygiene sake, get it shampooed.

Answer 4

i had my car detailed after a road trip... I spilled a gallon of milk in the car and it reeked... after the detailing the car looked like new and smelled like new too...

Answer 5

We left sardines in out frig at our trailor in Havasu for a month in 120 F heat with no power. The smell was awful. I never thought we would get it out. I used every cleaning product known to man, nothing worked. A friend told me to wrap some charcoal in newspaper and leave it closed inside for a couple of weeks. I tried it and it worked. The smell was gone completely.

Answer 6

you get  special spays wich take spell away from seats and  all thingies in cars.

like ma dad had one that sucks out smoking smell and it worked but i have no idea wot they are called.

i think they will work for the smell in ur car!

Answer 7

You can try to have this "stuff" from a pet supply store that gets rid of pet odors and try to scrub it out or you can simply take out all of the upholstery from it, the mouse probably "soaked" into the fabric and replacement is a sure-fire way to get rid of it.  There is also a type of chemical that can get rid of decomposing "things" that breaks down proteins at the molecular level.  I'm just getting all of this from an episode of mythbusters where they let a pig decompose in a car over the summer...try to check out there site from discovery.com.  In the mean time try plain old baking soda and some sort of lemon scented lysol to cover it up

Hope this helps.

Answer 8

There is a product call Nok Out that worki on the toughest smells. Google it.

Answer 9

I have heard that if you cut an apple in half and place it in your car (in a shallow dish)  the apple will absorb the odor...

if that does not work.. a good shampoo and air fresh product might work..

Good Luck..

Answer 10

if you have a big garage open all the doors on your car and let it air out then use that Oust spray on it

Answer 11

air refreshner for your car?

Answer 12

Dammit has it right, get it shampooed.  Check your trunk for openings or holes to keep more the the little dudes buddies from crawling up your trunk.  (Ha Ha, that sounded funny).  Make sure there aren't food items left in the trunk from maybe a picnc or shopping.  

Answer 13

Get the carpet shampooed, and if the smell remains, get some Ozodium spray. You can find it at you local drug or superstore, and it will really knock the smell out.  

Answer 14

Have you tried Fe-breeze or leaving your vehicle open to get some air flow? You may have to actually scrub and clean the interior, especially the area where the mouse dies, with soap. If all else fails you could take it to a car-detailing/car wash.