Need help, my trunk stinks!

[NetViper]

Well, I have been doing my best to get rid of this awful smell and haven't had any luck. Now I need suggestions. A while ago I forget a pack of frozen chicken in the trunk. (don't know what I was thinking). Anyway, the next day I almost threw up. I have tried a million carpet deordorizers, vacumming, sprays etc... and it still smells bad. Nothing like it used to, but still not very nice. What should I try??

 

[jorligan]

Something similar happened to me years ago, a jar of Kim Chee (pickled cabbage for you heathens) spilt in the back of my Fiero. HUGE STINK!!!!!!!!!! I shampooed and vacuumed the entire carpet with only minor improvement. Sprinkled Arm & Hammer Baking Soda on the carpet and vacuumed it up with some improvement. Finally, sprinkled the Baking soda and left it on for a week, vacuumed and did it again. Finally worked. You could also try one of the ozinators.

 

[DocL]

Vinegar. Place a large bowl full of vinegar inside the trunk overnight with the trunk closed. Don't forget to remove it in morning or else it'll spill everywhere. Leave your self a sticky note on the steering wheel!

 

[NetViper]

Originally posted by Dr.Lane:
Vinegar.

I have never heard of that?? I will try it.

 

[(NSX REY)]

IF you add soy sauce to the vinagar along with the smell of chicken you will have "ADOBO" one of my favorite filipino dishes! (Just Kidding) good luck. I have done the same thing before.

 

[BostonNSX]

Originally posted by NSX2B:
IF you add soy sauce to the vinagar along with the smell of chicken you will have "ADOBO" one of my favorite filipino dishes! (Just Kidding) good luck. I have done the same thing before.

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[TigerNSX]

Also, you can leave newspapers. Believe or not, they absorb bad odors very well. I left a ground beef in my trunk, and went on a cruise for a month. Leaving baking soda, paint thinner, and newspaper helped a bit.

 

[Russ]

Try Febreze, the stuff is amazing.

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[Darkcyd]

Originally posted by Dr.Lane:
Vinegar. Place a large bowl full of vinegar inside the trunk overnight with the trunk closed. Don't forget to remove it in morning or else it'll spill everywhere. Leave your self a sticky note on the steering wheel!

Can you still reuse the vinegar afterwards?

 

[insx]

try ozone ionic purifier like this: http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview.jhtml?pid=175000&pcatid=1&catid=101

 

[8000RPM]

I hear Kim Chee and milk go very well together when enjoyed at the same time.

 

[Macster]

Go to a pet store and get an enzymatic odor remover called "Nature's Miracle." It works like nothing else on carpet odors.

 

[NetViper]

Update: I did the vinegar thing. Now the trunk smells like a mix of the nasty smell and vinegar. I will try the enzymatic odor remover.

 

[1HOT NSX]

I'm afraid you are going to have to replace all the carpeting and perhaps even the rubber seals around the trunk, and hope that the smell didn't get into other parts you can't see - this is why: Rotten chicken smell is one of the absolute hardest smells to get rid off. I know, I had to throw away a whole refrigerator after trying a million things to get rid of the odor. Even after you think it's gone you'll get a whiff here and there. I could swear the smell got into the hard plastic of the refrigerator - I know, sounds impossible but I could still smell it.

Pert Shampoo gets rid of the skunk spray smell on my dogs, you might want to give it a try on your carpet. You'll need a lot of hard work and luck or enough money to replace everything in the trunk. Good luck!!

 

[5inchfatlip]

Yes- go get some Febreze at Target or the grocery- and a little air freshener...the Febreze should kill it..

 

[Joel]

Originally posted by NSX2B:
IF you add soy sauce to the vinagar along with the smell of chicken you will have "ADOBO" one of my favorite filipino dishes! (Just Kidding) good luck. I have done the same thing before.

"Would you like dat in cheeken, beep, or pork adobo, ser?"

Hahahahaha!

 

[NetViper]

I have tried febreeze. It is next to useless with odors like this.

Out of curiosity, what would it cost to recarpet the trunk?

 

[FuryNSX]

Originally posted by NSX2B:
IF you add soy sauce to the vinagar along with the smell of chicken you will have "ADOBO" one of my favorite filipino dishes! (Just Kidding) good luck. I have done the same thing before.

Hahahaha. I never thought I'd read a disucussion about Adobo in an NSX forum. Maybe in "Off Topic", but never in "General Discussion".

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[This message has been edited by FuryNSX (edited 08 October 2002).]

 

[DocL]

It will take a few days for you to notice a difference. I've used Vinegar to remove some of the foulest smells. Once a bag of veggies fell into a box in my garage and it smelled like a dead guy in my entire house. I left a few bowls of vinegar out and in a few days the smell was gone. I also used vinegar to air out my room after leaving my stinky lab coat from my gross anatomy class in my clost for over a month.

Give it a few more nights and keep us updated.

 

[NetViper]

Dr. Lane,

I will keep doing it every night this week. I am also going to get a bottle of that "natures miracle"

I hope the combo will do it.

 

[ub2slw]

You may want to consider removing the tool kit and sprinkling some coffee grounds at the bottom. As long as you're not going around corners on two wheels the coffee should stay in that bottom well. Once it doesn't smell any more vacuum it up.

On a camping trip last year, a can of lighter fluid leaked all over the trunk of my mother's car. (She couldn't even leave the window up) She poked some holes in the top of the coffee can and tossed it in the trunk. In two days the smell was gone.

There's also those baking soda boxes that you put in the refrigerator, those will probably work.

Originally posted by NetViper:
Dr. Lane,

I will keep doing it every night this week. I am also going to get a bottle of that "natures miracle"

I hope the combo will do it.

 

[DocL]

Also, try leavng the trunk lid open slightly to let fresh air in. Just remember to unplug the light on the side of the trunk.

 

[Slingshot]

Just as you did with the vinegar ... do the same with a bowl of ammonia. It works great to remove cigarette smoke odor.

 

[Slingshot]

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[This message has been edited by Slingshot (edited 08 October 2002).]

 

[NetViper]

Geez.. my trunk is going to be toxic soon!