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Try AMBI PUR (the one for tobacco smells)
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Not long back from Tesco's with a carrier bag of assorted sprays and gels, including Nutrodol, Febreze, Tesco's own brand, you name it, I've probably got it! I realised walking round the shop that my coat also stank, so that's hanging up dripping with deodoriser, and will go in the wash later. Have sprayed the carpets, seats (leather), headlining and boot, and left the hatch and front doors open for an hour. The open bag of charcoal is still there too.
As someone said above, the smell is actually OKish, but not in your car!!
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I once had a bottle of milk roll off the seat and dump it's contents in the passenger footwell. It was an old Nissan Prairie and the underlay was about an inch thick. Smelled like cheese for weeks.
To tidy up sales cars with black carpets, after vaccing, we used to spray them with black cellulose from a can. This hid all the bits the vac didn't get and made the car smell brand new.
Ted
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Drive the car with heating on max, then periodically open all windows for 10 minutes, keep doing this for a week or so....
Creosote smell does go with heat and a draft.
My fences are treated every 6 months and after 1 week no smell.
Same applies for workjacket used when applying creosote.
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I thought creosote was banned for being carcinogenic - or is that an urban myth?
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I thought creosote was banned for being carcinogenic
It's the EU again. Various highly sludgy/toxic/carcinogenic products used in industrial applications (e.g. railway sleepers, telegraph poles) in parts of Europe, described as "creosote" were legislated against, with the much lighter stuff used in this country for domestic use being lumped in with them. So yes, creosote is banned - theoretically, if you've got any, you could be "done". There's a "creosote substitute" available, though, which looks and smells rather like real creosote, although I'd *guess* it meeds more frequent applications.
If you are to use this stuff on cars, I should think it's only useful on really old ones with himber components, and then only underneath. There's probably an more accepted substance to use on these anyway.
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you want a smell. summer, concentrated Mc Donalds milk shake syrup. leave in hot sun for a couple of weeks to ferment and then return to said cortina estate....now thats a smell.
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>> I thought creosote was banned for being carcinogenic It's the EU again.
So when are they going to ban diesels then? ;-)
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It didn't smell much different despite the amount of deodorants sloshing round it it so I've spent some time today cleaning out the car (too many trips to the tip, not enough cleaning in between!).
Anyway, I have found a darkened very damp patch on the sort-of-carpeted back of the back seat (in the boot side, it becomes the loading bay when you fold the seat down). I think I had a spillage after all... It still seems pretty wet, so it may have seeped into the actual cushioning of the seat, which I realise may be a bigger problem.
The "carpet" (more like furry cardboard) is firmly glued to the seat back, and I'd sooner not wreck it if I don't have to.
So, how best to deal with it? For now, I'd like to try to dry it out (I guess a fan heater would help?) and/or clear it. Right now, I have simply swamped it with sprays. Quick bit of research suggests as it's oil based, a detergent should break it down (though it's runny already). There seem to be specialist products, but only in the US. One suggestion was Coca Cola, on affected clothes in a washing machine, but I don't think I want to try that one.
I'm going to drive over to Wickes to see what they've got. I have some hand cleanser called GoJo (Costco) which is supposed to clean diesel and grease from skin, how about that?
Also considering removing the seat back temporarily - if anyone knows how, please advise!
Edited by smokie on 06/01/2009 at 13:14
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Anyway I have found a darkened very damp patch on the sort-of-carpeted back of the back seat
Rip it off (carefully) ASAP. Clean whatever you can underneath. Stick a piece of cloth or carpet back on where the contaminated stuff was, using contact adhesive. You can put the creosoted sort-of-carpet through the washing machine on hot wash with detergent several times if you want, and I bet it'll *still* smell.
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Is it likely to leave a smell in the washing machine?
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Buy a load of cheap lemons, slice up and put in a bowl or bucket, add hot water and leave in the car. You probably will need to keep heating up the water in some way as what you want is the hot water to steam off the lemons and get the lemon scent moving around your car. Limes work as well - why not try half and half?
You can do the same thing on a much smaller scale to get rid of smells from your fridge although I hope you have not been keeping creosote in your fridge! :-)
The creosote fumes will have invaded into the fabric of your car - seats, roof lining, carpets, etc. You need something pleasant that does similar so it would be lemons and limes for me but the onion option suggested might also work. You are going to need a load of lemons also so I suggest a trip to somewhere cheap like Aldi or Lidl.
As always children, be careful when using hot water.
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The carpet doesn't come off - it's integral with the back of the seat, which is obviously properly fitted with the leather trim covering edges etc. I would stand a good chance of wrecking it if I tried to get it off. Just done some tamping with kitchen towel and have got quite a bit up (managed to break the display on new work phone in the process!!) so am going to do some more of that for now. My thinking is that it will be easier to deal with once it's dry.
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I have put creosoty clothing in a washing machine, an ordinary front loading one, and there were no ill effects to the machine. The clothes still smelt rather strongly for a couple of further washes, though. I wouldn't be inclined to put anything else in the machine at the same time as the creosoted stuff, though!
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Also considering removing the seat back temporarily - if anyone knows how please advise!
Someone over on vectra-c.com will probably know.
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Thanks Dave, have now posted there.
I've got the carpet off after all, seems that might be the least of my probs - the creosote has soaked into the foam at the bottom of the seat back (backrest) so unless it dries out without a whiff, I reckon I'll have to replace the seat back.
Having broken my phone earlier, I have just finished unblocking the loo where I (probably wrongly) ditched the kitchen towel which I was using to soak it all up. Not having a fun time here!!
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Good grief! Anyone else got the "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" theme rattling around their bronzie?
:-)
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