Sour Milk Smell in Car

Archives: Request: Sour Milk Smell in Car Archived on 06/30/2008 A gallon of milk was spilled in the car and the smell is awful! How do you get the smell out? Tonya from Rocky Mount, NC Answers: RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car My hubby is a retired mechanic and he states most cars have plugs underneath them to drain water out. I would check to see if yours has one and bring to car wash for them to remove it. (02/14/2007) By Denise RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car So far elbow grease first (manual labor of wiping and scrubbing), sprinkled baking soda and let set for 15 minutes, then more elbow grease, then laundry detergent with some oxy-clean (laundry whitener) in cool water, more elbow grease. I'm waiting to see results. I think repeating all the above and final rinse with lemon juice may do the trick. I had left a plastic 1/2 gallon of milk sit under back seat without my realizing it (in 90 Degree heat, needless to say it exploded all under the backseat) until we were ready to go on vacation on bike. I cleaned the best I could in short time I had. It had set for another week, now have I started my routine. I wrote above. Fine welcome home! (10/15/2007) By Linda RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car This happened to me in my Tahoe recently. First, I used an apple cider vinegar spray on the wet areas (dry up as much as possible) but finally I think just leaving the windows open to air dry the vehicle helped more than anything. It eventually went away but unfortunately took a few weeks. (10/20/2007) By pgvidal RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car I've used a product called Zorbx. Worked on the milk smell. (01/09/2008) By Mark RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car My sister spilled a latte in my car, as it's all milk the sour smell was awful. I tried a number of products to try and clean this and get rid of the smell. The only thing that worked was distilled vinegar. (03/05/2008) By gill k Report Spam or Abuse Request: Sour Milk Smell in Car Archived on 02/14/2007 My son spilt milk in our car last week and the smell is terrible - the car has a leather interior - would the diluted vinegar solution work on the problem? JH from UK Answers: Coffee Grounds Coffee grounds in a small cup might help it got a gross smell out. Hope it helps (09/18/2006) By Lisa Fire Department Should all other ideas fail - take your vehicle to the fire department in your town. They have "stuff" there that they can use on your car that will get rid of any kind of bad smell you can think of. (FOR instance, persons who have died in the car and not found for a few days, they have "stuff" to clean that smell up and get it out! WHEW! Good Luck! (09/18/2006) By Paula Jo Carr Report Spam or Abuse Request: Sour Milk Smell in Car Archived on 09/15/2006 My daughter spilt milk in the car and it was there for several days in 30 degree Celsius temps. Three months later and I can't get rid of the smell... help. KP from UK Answers: RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car I used diluted vinegar in my car to get rid of the milk smell. My car smelled like vinegar for approx. 2 days but after that there was no residual milk or vinegar smell! It did not stain or discolor my car's interior either. (08/28/2006) By Kara RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car Try dampening the area where the milk spilled and then sprinkling with fresh, unused coffee grounds and leave for at least a couple of hours (overnight would probably be better), then vacuum (or, for our UK friends, hoover) up the coffee grounds. (08/29/2006) By Lynn from Calif. RE: Sour Milk Smell in Car cat litter may help with the smell . You could try vinegar in water and sponge where the milk was . (08/30/2006) By tipsy_nz Report Spam or Abuse Request: Spilt Sour Milk Smell in Car Archived on 08/28/2006 How can I remove the strong odor of spilt milk from the carpet on the floor of the car? I have tried some products without success, and the smell is just getting worse Tom Carlin Answers: Enzyme Cleaner Try saturating the area with an enzyme cleaner used for pet accidents. Buy it in a pet-store. The enzymes sort of "eat up" the organic matter. (11/06/2004) By lindal Bicarbonate of Soda My little girl spilt milk on her mattress.I got the smell out by scrubbing it with washing up liquid and water then covering it with a thick layer of bicarbonate of soda while it was still damp. I left it for 24 hours, hoovered it up dampened it again then repeated the bicarb. I did this for three days. The smell vanished! (04/19/2005) By Becci Alcohol I don't know how often this gets updated but anyways, yes is a awful smell, O tried everything, steam, 2 cans of carpet cleaner, nothing. I used common biology 101 sense, milk stinks because bacteria is there decomposing, aka your own darn cheese factory under the carpet, so what I just did is soak that thing in alcohol since it won't bleach the fabric (hopefully) and will kill the bacteria, so far it is working. I just hope that when it dries it is not a whole different story. (11/22/2005) By Rob Activated Charcoal Try activated charcoal that is used for fish tanks. put it in socks or spread in the car and let it sit a couple of days then vacuum. (11/28/2005) By teresa Steam Cleaner My nephew spilt a large cup of cappuccino in the back of the car. PEW after a couple months. I had to rent a steam cleaner. It worked! (12/02/2005) By Debbie So Far So Good 4 days ago my son spilt milk on his bedroom carpet, got as much up as I could with a towel and sprayed loads of mr muscle kitchen cleaner and mr muscle multi task as it was only thing i could find quickly and scrubbed with a cloth... not even had a slight whiff of milk at all, so far so good (05/22/2006) By jo Underlay and Ozone I had to pull the underlay from my truck and replace it. Also as soon as that was done I went to my local car detail shop and had them put an "ozone machine" in my truck for two hours. This will deplete the car of all oxygen and any odors. It worked miracles, although it takes a couple of days for the ozone smell to leave. (07/06/2006) By Guest Report Spam or Abuse