How Do I Remove Vomit Smell From Seat?
10-08-2005, 11:11 PM
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How Do I Remove Vomit Smell From Seat?
How do I remove vomit smell from seat? One of my kid's friends got sick in our vehicle.
We tried some baking soda, and some other cleaning products. Then, we had our local detailer give it a try. The detailer "ionized" the car and the car doesn't reak of vomit anymore, but the seat still has a trace of the foul smell.
Thanks!
We tried some baking soda, and some other cleaning products. Then, we had our local detailer give it a try. The detailer "ionized" the car and the car doesn't reak of vomit anymore, but the seat still has a trace of the foul smell.
Thanks!
10-08-2005, 11:16 PM
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lol sorry to hear, i hope ur child is feeling better.
but as for the smell, if you keep ionizing and using air fresheners and such eventually the smell will recede, but you can also replace the leather slip.
but as for the smell, if you keep ionizing and using air fresheners and such eventually the smell will recede, but you can also replace the leather slip.
10-09-2005, 02:31 AM
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sounds like you need a spot treatment but for general car odor absorbtion, a dryer fabric softner sheet stuffed under a seat does wonders.
i'd try a pet odor spray like nature's miracle... make sure it has enzymes to break down the organic material.
i'd try a pet odor spray like nature's miracle... make sure it has enzymes to break down the organic material.
10-09-2005, 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 6mtV6
Clean and condition the leather with Lexol than use Febreeze.
10-09-2005, 03:21 AM
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Since you tried baking soda, how about baby powder?. Work it into the perforated leather, let it sit for a day, then vacuum it out. You car will be smelling like a baby! Worth a try.
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10-09-2005, 07:07 AM
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you're gonna think Im crazy but I worked on this one aircraft that had an electrical fire in it. Nothing big but big enough to make the acft smell like burning wire. The interior guy put sliced apples on a tray and sat them in there for some time. I dont know how but it worked. Just a thought.
10-09-2005, 07:32 AM
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When my daughter was in grade school, she vomited in our 96 Villager. We were NEVER able to fully rid our van of that odor. So we just overdeodorized it w/citrus and traded it several months afterward for our 2000 Quest.
Vomit has an amazingly resilient stench.
Good luck Greg.
Vomit has an amazingly resilient stench.
Good luck Greg.
10-09-2005, 11:13 AM
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A citris product might help. You might want to also consider closing all the windows and leaving the car in the sun to let it bake out. The heat will break down some of the compounds you are smelling. After that you would want to clean it again since some of them will redistribute within the cabin.
10-09-2005, 11:57 AM
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Charcoal is also very good for eliminating odors...placing charcoal briquettes under the front seats will absord odors that are within the cabin. I speak from experience that it does work. A package of chicken breasts slid out of the grocery bag and got "lost" under the passenger seat. When I say "lost", I mean I failed to realize it was missing when I put the other items away, anyway after just 1 day "baking" in a hot car... NOTHING smells worse than rotting poultry.
I'm assuming the vomit seeped through the perforations in the leather and saturated the cushioning materials. IF you interior is ebony, you COULD try grinding the charcoal into a powder, work it into the perforations let it stay there a day or two and then vacuum it out. Like I said, charcoal was very effective in eliminating the odor from my car.
Before anyone asks...my foul odor experience was with a VW Jetta and not my TL. The only things allowed in the cabin of my TL are myself and passengers.
I'm assuming the vomit seeped through the perforations in the leather and saturated the cushioning materials. IF you interior is ebony, you COULD try grinding the charcoal into a powder, work it into the perforations let it stay there a day or two and then vacuum it out. Like I said, charcoal was very effective in eliminating the odor from my car.
Before anyone asks...my foul odor experience was with a VW Jetta and not my TL. The only things allowed in the cabin of my TL are myself and passengers.
10-09-2005, 06:28 PM
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....BTW, my wife recommends using coffee grounds. (something that must have occurred to her AFTER we traded our Villager. 
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10-09-2005, 09:24 PM
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fruit and coffee might work, but have you tried the enzyme pet stain treatment yet? Nature's miracle is what I use for pets and it really does break it down on a level that hardly enything else can.
10-09-2005, 09:25 PM
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fruit and coffee might work, but have you tried the enzyme pet stain treatment yet? Nature's miracle is what I use for pets and it really does break it down on a level that hardly anything else can.
10-10-2005, 12:42 AM
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I think it might be best to just summarize everything from this thread into 1 uber potent remedy:
Park the car in the sun. Roll up all the windows. Get a plate, on the plate put some sliced apples and charcoal briquettes wrapped in fabric softner sheets, sprinkle coffee grounds liberally on top of the wrapped apples and briquettes.
Run extension cords to the car and place several ionic breeze's from Sharper Image inside the cabin.
Thats should do it.
Park the car in the sun. Roll up all the windows. Get a plate, on the plate put some sliced apples and charcoal briquettes wrapped in fabric softner sheets, sprinkle coffee grounds liberally on top of the wrapped apples and briquettes.
Run extension cords to the car and place several ionic breeze's from Sharper Image inside the cabin.
Thats should do it.
10-10-2005, 08:19 AM
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Remove barf smell
Our 2 year old boy got sick and barfed on our bed. Water/Baking soda/wet vac removed 70% of the smell. But the remaining 30% is still quite unacceptable. Fortunately, my wife had a book "Queen cleans everything" and it suggested using hydrogen peroxide; I soaked the smelly areas for 5 min then vacuumed. ALL the smell was gone. I don't know what hydrogen peroxide would do to leather so if you decide to test this, try it on a discreet area first. Good luck. 
10-10-2005, 11:07 AM
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Dude...anything you try is just going to mask the odor except the baking soda and charcoal. If it were my car, I'd just replace the cushions under the leather since it's unlikely the leather is causing the odor. The seat cushions are approx. $90 each. Replacing the cushions is going to be the permanent solution to the odor problem. Leather probably isn't holding the odor...it's the foam underneath. Also, while they have the seat apart to replace the cushions, you could smell the leather and see if there is any odor. Cleaning the leather from the top and bottom should remove any lingering smell in the leather. Good luck and let us know how you make out.
BTW just air it out alot or use oust or smthing
10-10-2005, 01:08 PM
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...and after you vacuum the coffee grounds, remember to save it for the garden. The plants just love coffee grounds. And the fruit slices, if they haven't been completely dried out, then put in the oven @ 250 degrees. Take them out after an hour and put them in a nice crystal glass and sprinkle with cinnamon. They make a wonderful potpourri!
Damn, we're all sounding like we're Martha Stewart wannabees!
Damn, we're all sounding like we're Martha Stewart wannabees!
10-11-2005, 06:13 AM
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I second (actually third) the idea of an enzyme based pet stain remover (such as nature's miracle). Enzyme based cleaners are what the "pros" use who have to clean blood and "stuff" from crime scenes, saw it on TV (it was some show on TLC, not a fake show like CSI 
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