Rained inside of my car how do i get the smell out!?

Question

This weekend my car was rained in badly and my seats ended up getting wet, it has this horrible smell what can i do to get the smell out? Should i try vacum the car out! PLEASE HELP.

Answer 1

Theres not much you can do short of replacing the the carpet and seats except for a whole lot of Fabreeze.

Answer 2

Remove as much moisture as possible (towels, wet vac), allow to air and sun dry. Sometimes mold spores will be present (happened one time, not pleasant) in which case a good steam cleaning  (some car washes have these next to the vacuums) will help followed by the first portion of this response. If you do see any mold pop up, wipe down w/ Lysol. Good luck.

Answer 3

Sell the car, you will never get rid of the smell.

Answer 4

take everything out seats carpet and padding, to let it dry out.

Answer 5

if you cannot pull the carept flooring out try this.

yeah vaccum out all the weater you can with a wet/dry vac, park in the hot sun windows down much as possible for the next few weeks. Then get a container of " Damp Rid' in the household section or boating section of walmart etc. Damp rip will eat up a ton of moisture the sun cannot dry out. Will take soem work but does work quite well.

then lastly once it's all dry after a few weeks, take someplates with about 1/2 deep of baking soda poured onto each plate and set them in the car every night for a few weeks, even when in the sum to pull oder out. Lastly you can sprinkle it on the carpet and let it set for a few weeks as well.

If you can pull the carpet use about a medium size box of bakin soda under the carpet once it's dry.

Good luck