ok so i left a bag of crabs in my backseat overnight, and needless to say, the truck stinks. so i took the back seat out and the smell is starting to go away, but the seats smell horrible. anyone know where i can buy a reasonbly priced set of seat upholstery, not covers. i might just have to buy a back seat. anything would help at this point. its the backseat of a 2000 extended cab 2500.

oh any recomendations on getting the smell out of the truck/seats would be great too. (febreeze isnt working) thanks

 

maybe try scrubbing it with laundry detergent and then hit it with a pressure washer??

 

You've probably heard of the dip you dog in the tomato juice trick when he gets hit by a skunk! That's a waste of good tomato juice.

Give this a try, but first try it in an inconspicious place.

Recipe #1
A formula for neutralizing skunk spray developed by Illinois chemist Paul Krebaum:
1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide,
1/4 cup of baking soda
1 teaspoon of liquid soap.

Apply it to the sprayed areas, then wash off with tap water. The solution must be mixed as needed; it can't be contained in a bottle.

Recipe #2
1 pint hydrogen peroxide
2/3 cup baking soda
1 tablespoon liquid soap, preferably citrus based

Mix this up at the time of use (will not work if not "right now fresh"). Sponge on dog. Let sit two to five minutes then rinse with plain water. If a second dose is needed mix a new batch from scratch. The mix reacts with the mercaptans (smelly chemicals in the skunk spray) and oxidizes them. If the mix is not fresh, the reaction will not work.

A little background on the hydrogen peroxide mix: This formula was submitted by William Radtke, who says, "My business partner (of a consulting firm which trained public safety personnel on chemical and biological agents a.k.a. terrorism) is a synthetic chemist and was a chemical weapons officer in the U.S. Army Rangers. The mix described was developed to remove mercaptans employed in industry and as military weapons. 'If ya can't see 'em coming, at least you can smell 'em.' "

Tomato juice, Masengill and Selsun Blue work because they tend to cut the oil base of the skunk spray but they do not really "kill" the odor. They just strip off the bulk of it. Skunk oil is meant to be persistent. A lasting memory of your encounter with the stripped kitty. Once it gets a grip just washing away the oil does not remove the smell, just reduces it.

Clothing can also be washed in the mix to remove the "perfume."

As a point of interest, do you know what natural gas smells like? Like nothing, so methyl mercaptan is added to give it its well recognized warning property odor. Skunks don't need any help, their mercaptan compounds come built in.

Just might work on your seats. I've used it to remove pet urine in carpet. Worked excellent.

 

just wanted to say that i tried the baking soda peroxide and lemon citrus liquid soap recipe and man it worked like a charm, i had the seats in today, truck sat all day w/the windows up in 80+ weather and it did not stink, that is AWESOME!

 

Good deal. Saves alot of work. I keep the ingrediants at my farm and if my dog gets into a skunks range I give her a bath. In 15 minutes you can't tell she's been in the stink!

For using it on carpet, get a black light, darken the room by turning off all light and pulling the shades...and the light will tell you right where to spray!

 

Lesson learned= shellfish, or for that matter anything from an ocean, lake, or stream always goes in the truck's bed ! You got lucky! My pointer rolled in dead salmon and stunk for a week. Lesson learned= dog in da bed too!