Removing Skunk Smell From a Car

RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By SStevens (Guest Post) (08/11/2008) OK, it's week two, I've been through 2 car washes and left the car outside all this time (got rained on as well). My problem is I don't know where the skunk got the car. I started to smell the problem while driving, but didn't feel anything and nothing was on the car afterwards. (The smell is only outside)...Hopefully it will die out soon. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By (Guest Post) (07/24/2008) Hit a skunk. What do I do too get the smell out? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By Elliot (Guest Post) (02/03/2008) TOMATO JUICE, TOMATO JUICE, TOMATO JUICE! I was text messaging and didn't see him. He sprayed my entire wheel, a brand new 6 series! Every time the brake pads got hot, a smell of skunk would rise and fill the air. I hosed it down with soap and water for hours and the smell remained. Although it had become lighter as the days went by, I just couldn't handle it. A week later, I bought two huge bottles of tomato juice and poured it ALL over the rim, brake pads, tire and rotor. I didn't want to leave it on for too long and washed it off after a couple minutes. After a thorough wash, I took it for a spin to dry it up and BAM! I am now skunk free! What's the lesson here, pay attention when you drive. Text messaging and driving can mess your life up! -Elliot, www.hotweazel.com Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By JLEricson (Guest Post) (09/28/2007) Since writing about the coffee grounds, I have had occasion to use them twice. It works. Our camper fridge got really smelly from some meat that got too warm when it was disconnected inadvertantly. The (unused) grounds took out every bit of the smell. Jean Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By redneck (Guest Post) (09/12/2007) If you use pinesol and spray it under your car, it will get rid of the smell on your car. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post by JLEricson (7) | (03/22/2007) Contact Kyle - Just happened upon your problem. Is there any way you could get tomato juice up under your car where it was sprayed? Put the car on a hoist and spray the juice with a sprayer? Any way to get it on, because I am sure it will take care of the smell or will help a great deal even if you can't hit every spot. Just to help you get past the time frame of the smell going away by itself. Try the coffee grounds also (fresh, not used.) Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post by JLEricson (7) | (03/22/2007) Contact I have another idea: I recently read that a bag or bowl of FRESH coffee grounds will remove the odor of anything, anywhere. I haven't had the opportunity to try it yet, but it would certainly be inexpensive to try if you are still having some smell lingering inside. Jean Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By kyle (Guest Post) (03/21/2007) Well I ran over a skunk last night. It was facing away from me with its tail towards me and was in the middle of the road. It was late at night and next thing i knew i had driven over it. I didnt kill it but it did spray the undercaridge of my car from the front to the back. I have heard of tomato juice and the proxdide but this is usually for like carpet or some kind of material. What can I use for under the car. Some say the smell will go but its been 2 days and I cant handle the smell. I washed the car and put in a new smelly thing to mask the smell for now. Its not to bad inside but you can still smell it. And when im outsite my car well I cant stand it at all and the people that drive up beside me can smell it. someone please help. What gets rid of the smel from under your car. I didnt know it would stick to metal like this. HELP Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post by odorxit (10) | (01/22/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Removing skunk smell is pretty easy with OdorXit Concentrate http://odorxit.com/?Skunk-Smell is the how to do it Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post by JLEricson (7) | (01/10/2007) Contact Use tomato juice if you can. I ran over a dead skunk and it was all over the tires and even began to smell inside before I got home. I took a box lid and dumped all the tomato juice I could find in it and ran all the tires back and forth through it until the juice was gone. My husband came home that night and he wondered what the car was doing sitting in the box lid, but couldn't smell a thing! Hope you can do it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By Sandy from Demorest, GA (Guest Post) (01/10/2007) Thanks for all the info. I had put 3 bowls of vinegar in the car to kill the smell and now it smells like vinegary/skunk so I've used a room deodorizer and rolled all the windows down while it is pretty outside to hopefully air it out. Once the smell inside is tolerable I'll take it to the car wash just for good measure-----it needs a good wash job anyway since it hasn't had one in a while and I left it out in the rain for 2 days (hoping one of the tornadoes that came through Georgia would take it away!!!) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By Janene (Guest Post) (01/09/2007) I can only think of masking the smell with Ben Gay. We had to do this once after hitting a skunk. We were on vacation and still had an 8 hour's drive left. It did help and eventually the smell did go away on its own. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post by kimmcg (189) | (01/09/2007) Contact I would take it to a car wash that has an undercarriage wash cycle to get the underneath cleaned up. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post By (Guest Post) (01/09/2007) This happened to me in high school. Don't spend the money having it cleaned on the outside. The smell will wear off. It may take a good week, but it will wear off. All of the components it hit are metal, plastic or rubber. They will not retain the odor as if it were cloth or carpeting. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Skunk Smell From a Car Post by eyelovecats (44) | (01/08/2007) Profile | Contact i would take it to a car detailing shop...it may cost $80 or so but it would be well worth it...call around and tell them your problem/if they can remove the smell first. Report Spam or Abuse