madrs247

The wife spilt a pint of milk in the ST last week and it fooking stinks, what's the best way to get rid of it other than a fooking expensive valet??

Rick Astley

I found a really amazing solution when a friend of mine smashed a bottle in my old car.

I SOLD THE FUCKING THING!

AGAR-COSWORTH

My mates father ended up doing the same thing when 3 litres of milk spilt in the back of his Audi 100 2.8 Quattro - I loved that car

xr2wishy

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lots of hot water and detergant.
not a lot else to do really and leave a window open for the smell to escape.

Mister G

Wet vac! rent one off of B&Q or see if a mate has one? Does stink though... Or for a much cheaper solution make her pay

Spax

Had a milkshake spill in my old R5 GTT carpet, wet vac'd it etc took ages for the smell to go! good luck!

Retro Al

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Its a nightmare to get rid of them smell in one go, even using products that are designed to eat at the bacteria
Main problem it will soak deep into the seats or carpets way past the top fabric layer,best way is to use a wetvax and a product like bio brisk from autosmart,last one i did i went back a second time for the customer because there was still a slight smell

RichieST

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It will be cheaper and far easier to get rid of the mrs!

melinamotor

Do you have access to a steam cleaner?

fraser9764

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a mate of mine did this, his mum told him to pour a bottle of vinegar all over it, he said it stunk of vinegar for a few days then the smell cleared and it was perfect. worth a try IMO, even if it doesnt work youve got to clean it anyway.

carlfiesta999

Might be easier to actually remove the whole carpet and do it that way with a wet vax? thats what i did anyhow. but that was in a mk3 fiesta, duno how hard itl be to remove a carpet from a newer st :/

botters

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i personally would remove the carpet to clean it, you would be surprised at the amount of cars these days that have ecu's under the carpet many audi's and vw's do if you wet vac it and it has an ecu under there i guarantee you will fuck it up!

Retro Al

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I dont think you will get a ecu directly under the carpet with no protecion around it,ive seen them in there own little compartments in the footwell areas
Steam wont do anything apart from clean the the top surface,you need to extract the milk spill at a deeper level,trust me ive done a few

melinamotor

Steam will work as you need to break down the fat molecules, as they decay they start to really hum. A disinfectant or antibacterial needs to be applied before steaming though. The trouble is you need to get moving as quick as possible with milk staining, the longer you leave it the worse it gets. As the poster above says steaming wont be affective if the stain is more than a day old as it dries and seeps deeper into the carpet thus soaking the underside which is out of reach eventually.

carlfiesta999

The metal of the floor is probably damp in it too, idealy id take the whole carpet out and clean everything. bit like tryna wash your feet with your shoes on so to speak. not sure which st it is, but the st 170 airbag modules are around the handbrake area one at front smaller one at the back.

left hooker

i spilled 5L of yellow paint in the foot well of my nearly new fiesta so got home and striped out the carpet got the steam cleaner on it all was fine after that hung it up to dry
to remove the carpet you wil have to take front seats out center consoul rear bench seat base undo the seat belt mounts on door pillers and sill trims