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From: John on 7 Jun 2010 18:21 "Rob Graham" <rttgraham(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:0-adnXvPAt6IfZHRnZ2dnUVZ8qmdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > On 07/06/2010 11:47, jkm1 wrote: >> Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently >> purchased >> one year old Citroen. >> >> There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very >> unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we >> suspect >> it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used. >> >> Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces >> to >> see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something >> that >> might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks. >> >> > > Check that it's not the screen wash liquid. When I last bought a brand new > car it stank of dead rats when you operated the washers. Renewing the wash > fluid cured that. > > Rob Graham > I had the same - had to flush out the bottle with my hose pipe. Stank the car out every time I used the washers
From: Evan on 7 Jun 2010 18:26 On Jun 7, 6:47 am, "jkm1" <bluest...(a)mail.invalid> wrote: > Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased > one year old Citroen. > > There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very > unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we suspect > it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used. > > Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces to > see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something that > might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks. Without more information on what makes the smell worse, we can't be of much help ? Are you using the vent fan or air conditioner when you notice the smell, the car may have had a mold problem in the AC coils that was treated using aerosol chemicals... It could be a cleaning product used when the car was detailed inside at the dealership prior to your purchase, in that case ask them what chemicals they used and then try to find the chemicals and see which one the child is reacting to... Otherwise the smell could be from something in the car that shouldn't be there like mold or rotting leftover food that got down between or underneath the seats... Just don't have enough information on what is going on when the child is reacting to the smell... ~~ Evan
From: Nate Nagel on 7 Jun 2010 18:34 On 06/07/2010 06:26 PM, Evan wrote: > On Jun 7, 6:47 am, "jkm1"<bluest...(a)mail.invalid> wrote: >> Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased >> one year old Citroen. >> >> There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very >> unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we suspect >> it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used. >> >> Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces to >> see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something that >> might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks. > > > Without more information on what makes the smell worse, we can't be > of much help ? > > Are you using the vent fan or air conditioner when you notice the > smell, > the car may have had a mold problem in the AC coils that was treated > using aerosol chemicals... > > It could be a cleaning product used when the car was detailed inside > at the dealership prior to your purchase, in that case ask them what > chemicals they used and then try to find the chemicals and see > which one the child is reacting to... > > Otherwise the smell could be from something in the car that shouldn't > be there like mold or rotting leftover food that got down between or > underneath the seats... > > Just don't have enough information on what is going on when the > child is reacting to the smell... > > ~~ Evan No helpful suggestions, but are you sure that it's not some sort of citrus fruit smell? nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel
From: Steve B on 18 Jun 2010 00:53 "jkm1" <bluestarx(a)mail.invalid> wrote in message news:huiinv$k67$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently > purchased one year old Citroen. > > There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very > unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we > suspect it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used. > > Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces > to see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something > that might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks. In a dry warm place, that will not get wet, like a garage, open all the windows and let it get warm for a couple of days. If you live in a sunny clime, put it outdoors with the windows down for a couple of days, raising the windows at night, and locking it, of course. The combination of raised heat, UV rays, and ventilation should kill a very high % of it. If it does not, have the child tested for hypersensitivity to some things, as if he is still sensitive after treatment of the car, he/she/it is hypersensitive. Steve visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
From: J Burns on 17 Jul 2010 18:40
jkm1 wrote: > Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased > one year old Citroen. > Perhaps it's a French smell that smells like a Polish smell. If I make cassoulet, my dinner guests are none the wiser when I substitute kielbasa for toulouse sausage. You're making me hungary! |