How to Get a Vomit Smell Out of Your Car
Do You Have a Strange Malingering Odor in Your Car?
The faint smell of vomit in a hot car tormented us all, but it was especially traumatic for my sister who felt great shame every time the odor was explained away to curious passengers.
And then my Grandpa smelled it. He knew just what to do. He succeeded in removing the powerful odor on his first try. Grandpa used untreated charcoal BBQ briquettes. I watched as the old man dumped half a dozen coal cakes into two aluminum pie pans which he placed under the two front seats - by the next weekend the smell was gone.
No need to sell the car!
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8 Comments
Post a CommentA friend threw up in my car and it was all over the rugs and side door and the seat belt. I cleaned it immediately with Simple Green and then poured baking soda all over it for about 24 hours. I finally realized the smell was coming from the seat belt - I had to pull out the entire seat belt and scrub it down with baking soda and that seemed to do the trick and the car no longer smells. However, I did take it to get detailed afterwards just to be safe. But I highly recommend baking soda and letting it sit on there with the windows up to really let it absorb the odor.
i heard coffee grinds and cut up apple will do it too. the coffee absorbs the smell and the apples neutralize the coffee grinds smell.
Good tip - thanks
Learn something new every day!
Baking soda works good too!
Now this is a some good information! Wish I had this in college when I was the D.D chauffering my drunken friends around!
Thanks for including the word "untreated" in front of charcoal. A friend of mine tried to soak up smells in his freezer with charcoal and used the stuff with lighter fluid in it, and nearly had to sell the fridge. Great piece!
Charcoal has a very "earthy" smell. Anyway, still better than the smell of puke.