Help me!! smelly interior

[brynu]

Just got my 2nd hand starex 01,
it has been cleaned inside out and everything but it still has the intoxicating odor from the old air freshener that the previous owner used.

I dont want that museum smelll.....
help meeee....

[number001]

As much as possible, leave the vehicle under the sun (esp. in the afternoon) with all the doors, hatch open.

Usually the smell also lingers or comes from every single interior surface of your vehicle. The smell would also be coming from the aircon. Clearing the smell from the aircon would be difficult bec. it clings stubbornly inside and there is nothing that can be done.

If you want something very drastic involves, taking out the carpet and have it washed, as well as the seats.

Try putting charcoal in a can and leave it strategic areas.

[Horsepower]

use a pack of charcoal to absorb the smell.

[[archie]]

interior detail is the answer.

[baludoy]

pa-shampoo na iyan bro! perfect time to have it done now because of the hot weather we're experiencing

[archangel_1911]

have your carpet and seat washed then put an ionizer or maybe put an scent that soothes you.

[_Cathy_]

use a pack of charcoal to absorb the smell.

This worked for me. I placed a shoe box full of charcoal on my car.

[nOnOize]

Definitely charcoal is an effective remedy for bad odors. Yun nga lang, your car interior won't have any fresh scent inside. Still you need to have a car scent, but I would suggest the Odor Eliminator type (cheapest with good quality is the Ambi Pur Odor Eliminator = Php 99.00 only). In that way, you would achieve good interior smell in your car.

Question:

Does charcoal also absorb the air freshner scents?

[spyghost]

nope it does not. parang balanse lang.

[nOnOize]

nope it does not. parang balanse lang.

You mean yung charcoal doesn't absorb any of the air freshner scents? Anyway, thanks! That's what I want to know.

[OldSchoolHack]

Suggestion lang po.

Nakabili kami ng lumang honda accord circa 1988. Ok po yung car. US version.

But the lingering smell inside beats anything you can think of. Malapit po yung sa description ng thread starter:museum smell.

After trying charcoal and activated charcoal (plus baking soda!) the smell remained. Since the users (my parents) and my kins are allergic to any perfumed based "odor" masker, hindi namin ma gamit yung mga scented products. I did try glade (hindi po nakaya) and Febreze (minimal effect) nag try ako maghanap sa web.

The car came in during the rainy season kaya hindi ko mapa shampoo and clean inside. Without shampooing and since charcoal was not that effective I read somewhere na the cause could be fungus and mildew. Hence dapat daw e ma kill fungus and mildew inside the car. I got this advise sa web -

I bought around P100 of chlorine crystals (use po sa pag babad ng damit or sa swimming pool). Tinunaw ko sa 2 liters na tubig at inilagay sa wide mouth jars. Three jars placed sa driver, sa passenger at sa baggage compartment. All windows, vents and the whole interior was sealed (may sun roof po kasi US na Accord). After two to three days open ko car. Amoy clorox which would disinfect the inside. May trace pa ng museum smell so I did it again replacing the chlorine solution with a new set. Six days later amoy clorox na lang. I removed the mix, pinasingaw at 24 hours later nilagyan ko na lang ng baking soda at charcoal. Wala na amoy yung car. Patay fungus at mildew. Gastos - P300 with charcoal and baking soda.

Ingat lang po pag ginawa ito at mabilisan pag lagay ng jars with chlorine solution kasi masama sa ating respiratory system. Wag po singhutin.

Pacensiya na mahaba message. Share ko lang.

[rensom]

Suggestion lang po.

Nakabili kami ng lumang honda accord circa 1988. Ok po yung car. US version.

But the lingering smell inside beats anything you can think of. Malapit po yung sa description ng thread starter:museum smell.

After trying charcoal and activated charcoal (plus baking soda!) the smell remained. Since the users (my parents) and my kins are allergic to any perfumed based "odor" masker, hindi namin ma gamit yung mga scented products. I did try glade (hindi po nakaya) and Febreze (minimal effect) nag try ako maghanap sa web.

The car came in during the rainy season kaya hindi ko mapa shampoo and clean inside. Without shampooing and since charcoal was not that effective I read somewhere na the cause could be fungus and mildew. Hence dapat daw e ma kill fungus and mildew inside the car. I got this advise sa web -

I bought around P100 of chlorine crystals (use po sa pag babad ng damit or sa swimming pool). Tinunaw ko sa 2 liters na tubig at inilagay sa wide mouth jars. Three jars placed sa driver, sa passenger at sa baggage compartment. All windows, vents and the whole interior was sealed (may sun roof po kasi US na Accord). After two to three days open ko car. Amoy clorox which would disinfect the inside. May trace pa ng museum smell so I did it again replacing the chlorine solution with a new set. Six days later amoy clorox na lang. I removed the mix, pinasingaw at 24 hours later nilagyan ko na lang ng baking soda at charcoal. Wala na amoy yung car. Patay fungus at mildew. Gastos - P300 with charcoal and baking soda.

Ingat lang po pag ginawa ito at mabilisan pag lagay ng jars with chlorine solution kasi masama sa ating respiratory system. Wag po singhutin.

Pacensiya na mahaba message. Share ko lang.

chlorine crystals?.... Pangit yan sa metal hehehe.... try ninyo maglagay ng nail sa ibabaw ng chlorine crystals overnite then tingnan ninyo kung anong kulay na ang nail...............