Car Full of Water Underneath Carpet - How to Clean?

Trouble shoot the smoking gun with the smoke machine? Hey, it was too much to resist.

 

At least there wasn’t smoke coming out of your ears cause you thought about it too hard.

I’ll take the grooved softballs from time to time too.

 

I had a leak from a disconnected AC hose. It took about 2 weeks to find out what the source of the smell was when I noticed something placed on the rear floor was damp. The carpet has a platicized backing so it holds back a lot of the water from seeping through.

I took out all the flooring, cleaned with hose, detergent, and scrub brush and then disinfected the carpet and padding with a fungicidal disinfectant. Wiped down the metal car floor as well.

I would be careful with chlorine and ozone based products as they can discolor vinyl. There is a hydroxyl generator that you may be able to rent that does not discolor but takes a day longer to treat in a closed environment like your car. I would place the carpet a pad back in the car and flip them around after a day with 2 day treatment. Still should wash and dry them first.

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