I spilt Pine O Clean in my car. How to fix that smell. Thank you
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Natural remedies to try:
Leave a tray of charcoal briquettes in your car (don't directly cover the spill area) to absorb odors.
Spray the spill area with water, sprinkle very generously with baking soda, and let it dry for at leat a half-day. Then vacuum.
If you can keep the windows down, park your car so the sunshine hits the spill spot directly for as long as possible for several days.
Pine O Cleen is a disinfectant and cleaner and you may have a big job trying to remove the cleaner and the odor.
maybe you should ask the company for suggestions:
I believe the only way to remove the Pine O Cleen is with fresh water. How much was spilled on your carpet will determine how much water you'll need.
It's also possible this cleaner will remove the color from your carpet and cause the metal floor to rust.
Here are 3 ways to try:
1.) Take car to a large auto detailing shop and let them deal with it. The job will be costly but they can usually handle things like this.
2.) If you have a wet/dry shop vacuum cleaner you can pour fresh water on the spot and use your shop vac to draw up the water/cleaner. This will have to be done several times until you think the cleaner has been removed.
3.) Much more difficult;
I would try taking the carpet out if possible but since that may be difficult you may need to pour fresh water on the carpet and use thick towels to press down and absorb the water/cleaner from the carpet. According to how much spilled, you may have to do this numerous times. Some people pour clean water press one or two thick towels over the spot and put several very heavy objects on top of the towels and leave overnight or all day.
You can tell how much cleaner is left in your carpet by how much is still being absorbed in the towels - you can feel the "soap' or put towel in water to see how much cleaner is still there.
This may take several times before the cleaner has been removed.
Carpet will have to dry completely (through to the metal) and it's also possible the cleaner will cause the metal under the carpet to rust.
If you do not remove most of the cleaner it may always be 'sticky' and accumulate dirt quickly.
Most of the odor will probably dissipate when cleaner is removed but the odor is not as important as removing the cleaner.
Hopefully you have found a solution to your problem but just in case you're still 'looking' my son tells me that some of the DIY car washes now have shop vacs (wet and dry) available so everyone can clean their inside (almost unremovable) carpets.
There is a product called Knock-Out that will neutralize the smell. You can get it on Amazon.
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