Can't you smell that smell?

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 04/10/2017 at 12:00 • Filed to: Soul

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In which I remove the seats from my wife’s car in order to do some deep cleaning and rid the car of the awful smell of rancid milk.

The calm before the storm.

Front before. Nasty.

Rear before. Grotty.

I love wrenching I can do while sitting.

That’ll be the source of the smell.

Front during.

Rear during.

Seats out for Kia.

With the seats out I wiped all the interior plastics and metal down with a bleach solution and scrubbed the hell out of the metal under the rear seat. It also got a liberal application of Lysol.

I shop vac’d the interior and spread some baking soda all over the carpets and vac’d that up later. After that I used a carpet cleaner to clean the tops of the seats and the carpet in the car.

For the bottom of the rear seat I used much bleach and a stiff brush to kill and remove all the mold and the seats spent many hours in the sun drying.

The floor mats were given a bath and a scrub but were not ready to reinstalled because they were still kinda wet and one was stinky. I’m hoping a day of sun will fix this.

Before and after re-assembly the car got a liberal application of Febreeze and I made sure to get the headliner in case it decided to absorb that smell.

Front after. Much better.

Rear after. Not perfect but so much better.

Not picture: the lack of smell.

bob and john > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 12:01

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jesus was that all her?!

CalzoneGolem > bob and john 04/10/2017 at 12:02

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No, our son spilled chocolate milk in the back seat ... twice.

Ash78, voting early and often > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 12:05

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Momma told me, when I was young. Don’t leave your spilled milk, out in the sun. Listen closely, to what I say. And if you don’t, well, you’ll just throw that car away.

TheRealBicycleBuck > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 12:07

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My wife’s car also reeked of spilled milk. My solution? Trade in the car....

CalzoneGolem > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/10/2017 at 12:09

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That’d work.

Sweet Trav > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 12:11

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Spoiled milk is the worst.

CalzoneGolem > Ash78, voting early and often 04/10/2017 at 12:12

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And be a simple Kia Soul

Oh, be something you love and can control

Baby be a simple Kia Soul

Oh, won’t you do this for me, son, if you troll

For Sweden > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 12:15

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I’m going to assume you don’t have kids, and your wife is just this messy

CalzoneGolem > For Sweden 04/10/2017 at 12:18

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You’re going to want to ignore the picture of the seats out then. You can see our son’s bike and booster seat in the background.

Also, my wife is very messy.

HammerheadFistpunch > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 12:26

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I’ve been there. Milk smell is pervasive

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 04/10/2017 at 12:27

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I believe I banished it but we’ll see after a day parking in the sun with the windows up.

Captain of the Enterprise > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 13:22

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Great effort!

CalzoneGolem > Captain of the Enterprise 04/10/2017 at 13:24

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Many brownie points were earned that day.

TheHondaBro > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 13:41

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That smell. That smelly smell. That smelly smelly smell.

CalzoneGolem > TheHondaBro 04/10/2017 at 13:42

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This smell will fit your Honda.

TheHondaBro > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 13:49

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My car still smells like leather. It’s cool.

Captain of the Enterprise > CalzoneGolem 04/10/2017 at 13:49

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I would hope so

SilverBRADo totaled his beigeslushboxmatrix > CalzoneGolem 05/08/2017 at 12:16

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FWIW, I prefer OdoBan over Febreze. I even use it in smelly laundry and it gets the dog smell out of my bed linens.

CalzoneGolem > SilverBRADo totaled his beigeslushboxmatrix 05/08/2017 at 12:23

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Good to know. I’ll have to try to remember if I need it again.

It's a "Porch-uh" > CalzoneGolem 05/08/2017 at 13:34

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