The Civic is dry! :D

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 07/13/2015 at 12:44 • Filed to: None

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So after my run-in with a flash flood last week my Civic was left with a thoroughly soaked floor. Frantic wet-dry vacuuming and removing the front seats ensued because I left Thursday on vacation and had to leave the car in whatever state it was when I left. After getting 3 gallons of water out of the floor it was still soaked when I left. I had my dad pull it out in the heat (black car, Kansas sun. It’s actually hotter here than it was in Texas, wtf). Came back and...

The floor is dry! :D

But it’s growing orange mold D:

But this stain remover I have makes it go away! :D

But I’m almost out of stain remover D:

Gonna go buy a bunch of athlete’s foot spray, more carpet cleaner, and some febreeze and I’m gonna DOUSE that shit.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/13/2015 at 12:48

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Tear out the interior, and roll down bedliner. It will smell terrible for a week or so, but you won't grow mold, and will never have to clean the carpet again.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 07/13/2015 at 12:50

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Bedliner? Instead of the carpet, or under it?

Party-vi > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/13/2015 at 12:50

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Should have rented a dehumidifier and stuck it and the car in the garage with the Civic’s doors open. Is it possible to pull the carpet out of it and wash it?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/13/2015 at 12:53

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Instead of the carpet. Tuck all wires to the sides, and have an easy-to-clean car. If that fails to appeal to you, may I suggest going on a junkyard crawl?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/13/2015 at 12:53

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Dry and anti-fungal ALL THE THINGS. A coworker I had once had a rancid dead animal-like smell in his car, and it turned out to be fungus under the rear floormat that he’d let run away. I don’t know if he ever got the smell back under control after that.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/13/2015 at 12:55

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One thing you can do to deodorize and help kill things off would be an ozone generator, if you know where to rent or borrow one.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Party-vi 07/13/2015 at 13:21

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Yeah, but I’m trying very very hard to avoid doing that because there is nothing in this universe I hate more than interior work and half the interior has to come out for that to happen.