Mistake in the trunk.

by **~Spadwaller~** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:08 pm

I left a 5 gallon bottlle of water in the trunk and forgot about it, basically it cracked and the water went in the trunk I went to the car wash and sopped most of it up and vaccumed some of the water but what do i do about mold is there a spray I can buy?? thx

by **xlxdarkmarinexlx** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:10 pm

use a steam clean the car, i used my grandmas steam cleaner throughout the car upholstry that should do the trick

by **RichD978** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:11 pm

why did you have a 5 gallon bottle of water in the first place?

by **~Spadwaller~** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:19 pm

Drinking water.

by **bluesolara** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:04 pm

use a antihumidifier..

by **xSolarax** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:48 pm

^dehumidifier

by **bassthrive** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:09 pm

buy some damp-rid to keep in the trunk for a while. spray every surface that got wet with lysol or use those clorox wipes to kill mold and bacteria.

by **bluesolara** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:11 pm

xSolarax wrote:^dehumidifier

yeah... that.

by **DatSRBoi** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:17 pm

Light it on fire and say DIEE MOLDS DIEEE hahaha...

Jk. Sorry to hear about this.

by **solaraN8** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:15 pm

your in cali, i would just do what you did and suck it up for a while with the vacuum at the carwash then let the sun do its job..

by **SC V6** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:50 am

I'd just take the carpet piece out, and the spare out, and just leave it out in the sun.. and wipe up the rest of the trunk space

by **Jon11582** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:45 am

Damp-rid? where do I get this? What is it exactly?

I had a similar issue. A drain on the passenger side of my sunroof clogged up during a really bad rainfall last fall. Rain seeped in through the headliner and soaked into the front/back carpeting and the floorboards. And it was alot of rain that day.

by **MikeATL** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:11 am

Not sure what damp-rid is, but when I lived in japan you could buy these little boxes with that sillica stuff (that stuff that comes in little packs that says do not eat) in them that obsorbs a lot of moisture and would stop mold from growing under sinks and in closets and stuff. You might be able to find them here...

by **Yanks0114** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:05 am

You can find damp-rid, or similar products at a local hardware store. It works very well

by **Assyrian** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:40 am

damp-rid works well... lysol will only kill the bacteria on the surface... but it might help.

Steam cleaning the car will take a lot of time... but it will give your car a fresh look... like it was just detailed... so it might be worth the effort to you.

You could also get one of those potable ionic air purifiers.

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