[Rhodes22-list] Question - Fish Smell

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Wed Sep 13 22:43:31 EDT 2006


Rory,

Yeah, I'm already referring to it as the 'shrimpmobile'.  Actually, I'm
thinking about driving it to Gulfport and offering it to the Vietnamese guy
we bought the shrimp from.  I figure if he never takes a day off from work
(and they don't) he'll never know the difference.

Brad


On 9/13/06, Rory Orkin <roryorkin at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Rename the Car to something appropriate for the condition
> Put a sail on it and all will seem right with world
> "Don't raise the bridge.. Lower the water" :-)
>                                        R
>
> Hank-5 wrote:
> >
> > This cure is guaranteed to work.  Clean it well with soap and water and
> > then
> > wait 2-5 years.  The smell is sure to be gone by then!
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > On 9/13/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Help me out here boys and girls.  We stopped a fishmarket leaving
> >> Gulfport
> >> Sunday and bought 15 pounds of the biggest shrimp I've ever seen.  Our
> >> cooler would only hold five pounds so the store owner packed the rest
> in
> >> plastic bags with ice.  One of the bags must have broken and leaked
> >> shrimp
> >> water in the trunk.  I pulled out the trunk liner and carpet, pressure
> >> washed it, and let them dry in the sun.  The smell still permeated the
> >> pax
> >> cabin.  Then I poured two pounds of scented baking soda in the spare
> tire
> >> compartment and left it for 36 hours.  The car smelled like flowers for
> a
> >> day and then like shrimp wearing perfume. That has since been vacuumed
> >> out. I've been leaving the trunk and windows open overnight but it
> >> doesn't
> >> seem to make much difference.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have a sure-fire method of fumigating a car?  I'm getting a
> >> bit
> >> weary of driving a car that smells like the shit-house door on a tuna
> >> boat.
> >>
> >> Brad
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