08-04-2020, 07:20 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Stoneboro PA
Posts: 120
|
Musty Smell
what is the best way to remove musty smell from inside the car?
|
08-04-2020, 07:55 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Elyria, Ohio
Posts: 756
|
Re: Musty Smell
I spray with Fabreeze a couple times a year. Works for me.
Marty |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
08-04-2020, 08:08 AM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: N. GA
Posts: 532
|
Re: Musty Smell
Roll the windows down and drive, drive,drive...
TOB |
08-04-2020, 08:35 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Long Island
Posts: 172
|
Re: Musty Smell
I agree with the Drive drive drive sentiment. You can sprinkle Baking soda on the seats and carpet let it sit for a few minutes and vacuum it up, this will help a bit.
|
08-04-2020, 10:45 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Tacoma, WA
Posts: 1,025
|
Re: Musty Smell
Depends on what it is. "Musty" can mean a lot of stuff. The best you can do is mask the odor. The problem is through time these odors are absorbed by the fabric and cotton and in some cases the floor boards. I reupholstered our Tudor two years ago and it had a very old interior in it (not original). I did find mice skeletons under the rear seat and cleaned best I could and used bleach to sanitize and deodorize when I first bought the car. When I re-did the interior I was shocked as I found 6 more skeletons one of which was in the headliner. I sprayed bleach and painted Por 15 on everything. With the new interior I use baking soda in an open container and it seems to work OK. You might check with a commercial/residential outfit to see what is used by them.
|
08-04-2020, 11:53 AM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 430
|
Re: Musty Smell
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
|
08-04-2020, 12:11 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Cincinnati OH
Posts: 418
|
Re: Musty Smell
I'll be honest.. mine smelled old when I got it and I loved it.
My wife always hated the smell of the interior. After two years of ownership I had someone in our club re-tack the headliner the correct way. In doing so she found two dead mice up above the headliner/rear side panels. That was the source of my "Old car smell". Now I keep Bounce dryer sheets under the seats and the interior always smells nice
__________________
1931 Murray Town Sedan. Black body with Apple Green pin stripe. 1923 Model T Touring with electric start. Low radiator Cincinnati, Ohio |
08-04-2020, 06:10 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Land of Lincoln
Posts: 3,131
|
Re: Musty Smell
Damp-rid works in buildings that smell musty, with a car you might need to seal the car. A new interior will work, that worked with my Tudor !
__________________
Don't force it with a little hammer tap, tap, tap get a bigger hammer tap done |
08-04-2020, 07:49 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: southern California
Posts: 725
|
Re: Musty Smell
Put about a cup of household Ammonia in a bowl.
Roll up the windows. Put the bowl in the car overnight. Smell is gone. Cheap. Easy. Fast. Safe. Effective. |
08-04-2020, 07:58 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,496
|
Re: Musty Smell
I don't know whether this product is available in the US but I use NilOdor. It is a small spray or an even smaller bottle with a dipper stick that carries a couple of drops. That is enough. a couple of squirts in the car and any odour - even cigarettes is gone for a few weeks. Then repeat.
https://www.productreview.com.au/lis...er-concentrate
__________________
I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood. |
08-04-2020, 08:03 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ
Posts: 6,789
|
Re: Musty Smell
3 hours of an ion machine.............
|
08-04-2020, 08:50 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: N. GA
Posts: 532
|
Re: Musty Smell
I still like my solution in post #3...If you still have the smell you simply haven't driven it enough...
TOB |
08-04-2020, 08:59 PM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Fort Gratiot, Michigan
Posts: 2,296
|
Re: Musty Smell
I’ve had good luck with a bowl of white vinegar in a closed car over the weekend. My friend uses a plate of charcoal briquettes and he swears by his remedy!
|
08-05-2020, 09:54 AM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Portland OR
Posts: 6,341
|
Re: Musty Smell
Dead mouse aside, nothing like the smell of an old car that had been sitting for years all shut up, that bring back memory's of when I was a kid, every time I get in one. Love it!
__________________
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! |
08-05-2020, 10:03 AM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Nashville, North Carolina
Posts: 117
|
Re: Musty Smell
Ozone generator. I use one in my VRBO rental cabin. Gets rid of food odor and smoke.
|
08-05-2020, 10:43 AM | #16 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Red Deer, Alberta
Posts: 5,046
|
Re: Musty Smell
Quote:
__________________
If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn! |
|
08-05-2020, 10:45 AM | #17 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 19
|
Re: Musty Smell
I put a febreeze air freshener under the rear seat of my Tudor. It works well.
|
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|