Interior smell

[fastss]

Well the camry was my grandmas so it has that kinda old lady/ garage smell. now its winter so its starting to smell worse with the snow and wetness. i want this smell out and shampooing the carpets doesnt work for shit. any ideas besides a shit load of air freshener?

[Gun5]

our 95 has the same smell have shampoo'd twice (carpet/seats/doors)

[2win2rbo]

Originally Posted by fastss

Well the camry was my grandmas so it has that kinda old lady/ garage smell. now its winter so its starting to smell worse with the snow and wetness. i want this smell out and shampooing the carpets doesnt work for shit. any ideas besides a shit load of air freshener?

The previous owner of my car spilled water from a fish filled tub so you can imagine what it smelled like. I just mixed 2 tbsp baking soda + 1/2 cap bleach + 1 liter water solution and just massaged the affected area with this during summer and dried it under the afternoon sun. In the morning, the smell was gone. I massaged the whole interior then to get rid of the greasy smell. I've been doin' this for about 15 years by now.

[Shelbrain]

I found these "odor bombs" (works similar to a bug fogger) at my local detailing site. Pretty cheap, could be worth a shot....

http://www.topoftheline.com/odorbomb.html

[Jimnist]

Originally Posted by 2win2rbo

The previous owner of my car spilled water from a fish filled tub so you can imagine what it smelled like. I just mixed 2 tbsp baking soda + 1/2 cap bleach + 1 liter water solution and just massaged the affected area with this during summer and dried it under the afternoon sun. In the morning, the smell was gone. I massaged the whole interior then to get rid of the greasy smell. I've been doin' this for about 15 years by now.

Won't the bleach remove the dye from the material? Like the seats or carpet?

[ASG14]

Go rent a steam cleaner and take out the front seats. Clean the entire carpet, headliner, and seats.

[davemac2]

as already suggested, clean everything including the headliner and make sure it all drys out thoroughly. Then get an ozone treatment done by a professional. There is likely a lot of mold in the car, including the heater and A/C cores from the car being left in a damp garage undriven for extended periods.

dave mc

[Heat]

Smoke a cigar in the car, with the windows up. The old lady / garage smell will be gone.

[Albuynp Ryeno]

Originally Posted by Heat

Smoke a cigar in the car, with the windows up. The old lady / garage smell will be gone.

lmao, his right tho. One cig will smoke up the car for a good half-week. if not more if u always keep the windows up.

[fastss]

Originally Posted by Albuynp Ryeno

lmao, his right tho. One cig will smoke up the car for a good half-week. if not more if u always keep the windows up.

done it. makes my car smell even worse so when i do i open the window. hate smoking or smokers smoking in my car

[White95Cam]

I have used this and it removed the smell from my a/c heat system.
http://www.dwd2.com
W95C