Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Clay via Mercedes
I found diluting hydrogen peroxide (normal drug store stuff) with water and spritzing offending spots would clear up a stench. For a Reek, I needed to add UV and alternate hydroxy and diluted hi-test rubbing alcohol spritz. Old wash cloth to draw out excess moisture after letting it settle

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Hydrogen peroxide and Dawn dish detergent for skunks. Done it many times. The other one that our (sadly now deceased) dog liked to roll in was deer poo. At least that's what we think it was. Allan On Fri, Aug 20, 2021, at 6:02 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > OT odor issue: > Gave the dog

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
OT odor issue: Gave the dog a bath yesterday evening. It's a game we play. I scrub her with nicely scented shampoo, she finds something to roll in to get rid of the shampoo smell. Last time it was fresh wet horse poo. That won her a duplicate bath. Last night, at bedtime, it was skunk. So

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
You can't get rid of cigarette smell without a wash. Probably more than one. THEN you can play with ozone, coffee, etc. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
If you guys remember Tarek, I bought his 1995 S500 coupe when UPS shipped him off to mainland China. Unbeknownst to me before I bought it, he must have smoked like a chimney. That car reeked of cigarette smoke, so badly you could smell it when you stood outside by an open door. I ran an ozone

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Windex is mostly ammonia with some surfactant and color. Allan On Fri, Aug 20, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > Yup, the magic of Windex. > I bought a lantern one time and when I opened the box the STENCH of cigarette > smoke was overpowering. I put the open box outside and

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
A good plan when there is just an odor, if it's cigarette stench the schmoo that is glued onto everything needs to be removed before the stink will go away. Last year I had trouble with water intrusion into the back of my 2010 Dodge RAM. I finally discovered that the third brake light was

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Open can of the cheapest ground coffee and leave it in the enclosed area that needs deodorizing. Worked for me. On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 12:18 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yup, the magic of Windex. > I bought a lantern one time and when I opened the box the

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Yup, the magic of Windex. I bought a lantern one time and when I opened the box the STENCH of cigarette smoke was overpowering. I put the open box outside and soaked it in Windex. Gloved up and pulled the lantern out, gave it a good wipe down with more Windex and it finally didn't stink too

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I found that liquid Windex removed cig residue and smell from used darkroom equipment - it seems that all the used equipment I bought came from smoker's darkrooms. Scrubbing with a brush or rag soaking wet with Windex did the trick in one treatment. On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:44 AM Allan Streib

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
"No officer, I haven't been drinking, why do you ask?" Allan On Fri, Aug 20, 2021, at 11:33 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > I saw on this FB group that the way to get cig smoke smell out of old > furniture is to take cheap vodka in a spray bottle and spray it all over to > kill the

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
My parents gave me my first two cars, both of which had been smoked in. The first, a 1984 Ford Tempo, I made a solution of white vinegar and water and scrubbed everything with a sponge until the water got so nasty I couldn't stand it. I think I went through 6 or 7 buckets of water, maybe 2

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I saw on this FB group that the way to get cig smoke smell out of old furniture is to take cheap vodka in a spray bottle and spray it all over to kill the odor. Don’t knowing it would work for cat pee or what --FT Sent from iPhone > On Aug 20, 2021, at 11:00 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I forgot about the enzymatic cleaners, we've used one for quite awhile for "dog stains". Our kitchen used to be carpeted and I swear the dog would save up, come inside and barf on the rug... I don't know if I've told the story here but literally the week I bought our 2010 Dodge RAM a Kirby

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> "a cat peed on the back bench during winter storage and a cat hater can > probably smell it" I like cats, and I bet I could smell it anyway. And hate it. Take bench with you, and sink it in a local river and pin it down with rocks. Enjoy your day at the river. Bring it back home and dry it

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Have had good results from the enzymatic pet stain cleaners. but have only used them on dog pee. You can find them at any pet store. You really have to get the spot soaking wet and let it sit for a while, just spraying the surface won't do much. Ammonia makes sense. It does have a strong smell

Re: [MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Cat pee is the WORST. We rented kayaks last year that smelled faintly of cat pee but only when the wind blew just right, or the inside of the kayak was wet. At one point I sank mine to rinse out the inside, didn't help. I've been told that, counterintuitively, the cure for cat pee is ammonia. I

[MBZ] 1978 450SL - 114k miles - $3,000

2021-08-20 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
"a cat peed on the back bench during winter storage and a cat hater can probably smell it" https://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/d/fairborn-1978-mercedes-450sl/7368296995.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives