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How do you remove diesel fuel smell from clothes and trunk of car?
By Sheila
As the wife of a trucker, I used to have this problem.
One way I use to remove that distinctive diesel odor is to lay a baby wipe in his drawer. Baby wipes tend to absorb diesel odors better than any other product I've found.
Another use for the baby wipes is to get 5th wheel grease off his hands and clothes. We discovered this not long after he started driving. Baby wipes are the ONLY thing that will remove that stubborn 5th wheel grease.
My husband brought diesel home from the garage in a can and it spilt in the car. The result is the back seat is saturated and the car is absolutely stinking. Does anyone have any advice on how to get rid of odour and stain?
This one is going to be painful, but GET RID OF THE SEAT. The fumes you are ingesting from the diesel into your lungs are petroleum distillates and are doing irrepairable damage. Especially if there are children that ride in the car.
You can always get another from a "pick-and-save" type of auto parts place/wrecker. It doesn't have to match, you can always put a seat cover over it.
Good Luck!
Another reason to replace the seat.....the current one is now a big time fire hazard !!!!
My first thought would be to put hubby in the car and send it over a cliff. love patsAZ
Hi,
My husband is a heavy equipment mechanic and his clothes always smelled like diesel no matter what I used to clean them. One day I was reading one of my online newsletters and someone had written in that an insurance adjuster had told her to clean her household items with Listerine after a fire, and the smell would be gone.
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Diesel fuel spill in truck on cloth seat and plastic. What do I do?
I've heard that mothballs will neutralize (or mask?) the diesel smell. I've put mothballs in the bilge of my boat where there is always a little diesel fuel leakage and it does seem to help.
We recently left for 6 weeks and put the car in the garage. Unfortunately, it picked up a strong odor of diesel (the lawn mower was in there as well). The car has leather upholstery and it seemed to absorb the odor. So far the only thing that helps is leaving the windows down overnight, but it is cold and we get lots of storms this time of year. The odor comes back after the car is closed up. I am quite sensitive to this odor and do not want to have to get rid of the car! Please help.
By Mary R
You can try a couple of things:
*small shallow bowls of straight vinegar set on the floorboards overnight (maybe for a few days if needed)
*cat litter (the absorbent kind) about three inches deep in a shoe box, again left overnight or even for a few days
I think, too, that there is a deodoriser wipe for leather, look in the car care section of a big-box store, or in an auto supply store.
Good luck, I hope if the thoughts I have don't work that you find something soon that will!
Brilliant recommendation thank you.something I would never have thought of without previous experience! Bought cat litter highly absorbent crystals this morning. Things are already improving. Brilliant.
