How do get the strawberry smell out from a car wash?

glen

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I just bought a car from a guy who must have had them scent the car with Strawberry before he sold it to me. How in the heck can I get that scent out?
 

zerocool84

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Nov 11, 2004
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Car scents go away after a while. Let it run it's course. It's usually just a little piece of paper with scent on it under the seats. Take them out.
 

JulesMaximus

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Jul 3, 2003
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I hate it when the car wash places spray that scent shit in my car. I've had them do it even after I specifically told them not to.
 

evident

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dont go to a car wash next time, unless if you really have to in the dead of winter!
 

hanoverphist

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Car scents go away after a while. Let it run it's course. It's usually just a little piece of paper with scent on it under the seats. Take them out.

in az all you need is a few summer days with the windows open, that will melt it all out very well. i gave up buying air fresheners here, they last a week at most. of course i always drive with winders down, only time i use ac is when my oldest is having a hair day.
 

Throckmorton

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Did you buy a car from this guy?
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glen

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I found a mesh packet full of pink crystals under the front floor mat and in the trunk.
Threw them out, and them smell left almost immediately.
 

zerocool84

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I found a mesh packet full of pink crystals under the front floor mat and in the trunk.
Threw them out, and them smell left almost immediately.

Front floor mat??? WTF never seen that. Doesn't seem too good for that to be under there.
 

marvdmartian

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Strawberry would still beat the hell out of "new car smell", at least at my local car wash.

Made that mistake.....ONCE. Damn car smelled like someone shit on a piece of leather for about a month!! D:
 

EightySix Four

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An ozonator is the correct answer. Run it in the car and then air the car out after the fact. Ozone can be hazardous to your health.

My dad runs a mold remediation company and we're often tasked with smell removal, we have an 18 wheeler trailer with an industrial ozonator in it to clean out anything that fits in the truck.