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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 01:29 AM
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well to make a long story short, it rained here tuesday night, and the car had developed a leak, so my passenger floorboard was absolutely soaked...I didnt discover this until late last night, and just got it completely dry today.

So now the car I used to get compliments on for still smelling like new, smells like a big moldy watery thing. Any special advice for getting it cleaned up and getting the smell out?

I found the leak and fixed it so thats not an issue, the issue here is the funk left behind.
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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 03:07 AM
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get a good foam carpet cleaner..Vacuum the hell out of it first, then rub in the carpet cleaner..
Use a carpet shampooer to REALLY work the stuff in and get it out, let it dry..Vacuum again..then febreeze!
Works like a hot damn!
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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 03:25 AM
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well make sure its dried out.. dont let that water just sit there.. otherwise you will be just covering the problem

rip it apart.. come on
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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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yeah, mine is apart. Found mold under the rear trunk carpet, and front carpet.
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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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Holy crap..these cars leak alot of water! lol
Thank god mine has been good!
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