[Rhodes22-list] Question - Fish Smell

[thenacarville at bellsouth.net]

glad to hear some positive news....haven't been back since a quick drive through in February....looking forward to checking on the progress sometime in the next month or so.....things have been hectic since our return from the northeast...hoping for a breather soon....will catch you on one of your runs....not to worry....
Thena


> 
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> Date: 2006/09/13 Wed PM 10:55:33 CDT
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Question - Fish Smell
> 
> Thena,
> 
> Thanks. On that note of encouragement, I'm going to bed.  You can bet I'll
> try everything you suggested.  On a positive note, this might make a good
> party car - no need for a designated driver.
> 
> Would have given you a heads-up call on the visit to the Gulf but we had a
> full schedule.  I visited at length with the gal who manages our place in
> Long Beach while the owner is in Iraq.  She works for the city and is in the
> know.  LB may not be quite as sleepy when this is all over but it sounds
> like the master plan is nice.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> On 9/13/06, thenacarville at bellsouth.net <thenacarville at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > Brad,
> > Had a Montego in the 70's that I dumped a large ice chest of fresh shrimp
> > in the back seat...reeked for months....smelled for over a year....actually
> > had hitch hikers refuse to get in....best advice for you is to go to Sam's
> > and get some Odo Ban...use it full strength on the leak...get the strongest
> > wet/dry vac you can and suck the cleaner out (make it as dry as humanly
> > possible)....then add some water to the odo ban and do it again....then one
> > more time with a milder solution...then put a dehumidifier in the vehicle
> > with the windows closed tightly....get it as dry as humanly
> > possible....after the first part is finished, get atleast one pound of
> > coffee (doesn't matter what brand...just ground coffee beans) and put it in
> > a container that won't let it spill but leaves it open enough in the space
> > to absorb the odor....(some professional shrimpers clean their ice chests,
> > dry them, fill them with crumpled news papers sprinkled with coffee to
> > absorb the odor...it works)...you might
> > even use some of the crumpled newspaper....the car has to be kept tightly
> > closed to make this part work...change it out after a couple of
> > weeks.....hope it works for you....the smell really did last over a
> > year....and everytime it got damp again, the smell would return....drove
> > with the windows down for the first time in my life that summer...the smell
> > was unbelievable.....good luck...I feel your pain.....
> >
> >
> > >
> > > From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> > > Date: 2006/09/13 Wed PM 08:02:26 CDT
> > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Question - Fish Smell
> > >
> > > Help me out here boys and girls.  We stopped a fishmarket leaving
> > Gulfport
> > > Sunday and bought 15 pounds of the biggest shrimp I've ever seen.  Our
> > > cooler would only hold five pounds so the store owner packed the rest in
> > > plastic bags with ice.  One of the bags must have broken and leaked
> > shrimp
> > > water in the trunk.  I pulled out the trunk liner and carpet, pressure
> > > washed it, and let them dry in the sun.  The smell still permeated the
> > pax
> > > cabin.  Then I poured two pounds of scented baking soda in the spare
> > tire
> > > compartment and left it for 36 hours.  The car smelled like flowers for
> > a
> > > day and then like shrimp wearing perfume. That has since been vacuumed
> > > out. I've been leaving the trunk and windows open overnight but it
> > doesn't
> > > seem to make much difference.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a sure-fire method of fumigating a car?  I'm getting a
> > bit
> > > weary of driving a car that smells like the shit-house door on a tuna
> > boat.
> > >
> > > Brad
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