Air Freshener & Deodorizer

I'm all about vehicles smelling the way they did when new, so I generally only use stuff with quickly-dissipating scents like Meguiar's Interior QD and 1Z Cockpit Premium. If a vehicle has odor issues, I use the Odor Eliminator products to kill 'em at the source.
 
Accumulator said:
I'm all about vehicles smelling the way they did when new, so I generally only use stuff with quickly-dissipating scents like Meguiar's Interior QD and 1Z Cockpit Premium. If a vehicle has odor issues, I use the Odor Eliminator products to kill 'em at the source.
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IE, non-toxic, no fragrance, Odor Terminator.

That's the one that handles all organic odors.

Grumpy
 
I'm with you Accum, nothing like that new car scent (not the store bought version), a little febreeze, and let it air out and good to go unless someone died in the car
 
Accumulator said:
I'm all about vehicles smelling the way they did when new, so I generally only use stuff with quickly-dissipating scents like Meguiar's Interior QD and 1Z Cockpit Premium. If a vehicle has odor issues, I use the Odor Eliminator products to kill 'em at the source.
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....those are two interior products I don't mind tolerating (actually prefer) in regard to their scent. I started buying QID by the gallon which also makes it very economical compared to the (very similar IMO) 1Z CP. As you said it quickly dissipates and as long as the car has been well cleaned, that's the smell I prefer. ....clean.
 
The "new car" scent is generated by the off-gassing of the vinyl's, the fabric, the sealants used to attach parts, the leather if applicable, the adhesives used.

As a vehicle grows older, and normal use bacteria are introduced to the contained enviorment, the "new car" scent is going to go away.

Bacteria are introduced to a vehicle's interior by many, many avenues.

Body sweat (acids/.protiens), nicotine, other body fluids, food wrappers, etc. (there is a species of bacteria which feed off of nicotine residue, as an example)

These are organic protien sources for the "literally" thousands of species of bacteria to feed on.

If one can "stop the feeding" by the bacteria, which are what is what one actually "smells", they die off quickly.

So, one has a couple of choices, use a "toxic" chemical to kill them, which in turn may create other "odor" issues, or use a product that stops their "feeding" of the protien sources that keep them alive. Then, since they can no longer "find a food source, they die".

Bacteria must feed constantly, all they need is a source.

Make the "source" unattactive, and they don't feed, so they die.

The "smell-odor" goes away in a short time.

Use of a fragrance is a "cover up" which may actually provide a "food source" for some species of bacteria.

Frebreeze is a mild form of the chemical, but to make it attractive to their target market, add a chemical fragrance, but is very weak in it's "active" ingrediant.

The use of a "non-toxic", "non fragrance" product will kill off most of "organic feeding bacteria", which then, in a short time, eliminates the odor.

Just a very short "primer" on the chemistry that is in place in the market place to actually do the job.

Grumpy
 
As Ron has allured too; the best answer is investigate and understand the contaminate that caused the odour to exist. Once we know the cause we can find a cure. Once we know the chemistry of the contaminant, an opposing chemistry should be able to neutralize its affect. Sometimes it’s as simple as using an acid to neutralize an alkaline. Other times its dilution, while in other cases its understanding the odour molecule and how to break it apart and dissolve it.



The perception of cleanliness is often a function of sight and smell; however some counteractant are simply a chemical that is used to cover up the odour by replacing (counteracting) it with a stronger (chemical) smell. They are usually a combination of counteractant and fragrances that gradually release, chemically bonding to microscopic compounds, such as sulfur and ammonia, temporarily rendering them odourless. Be cognizant that the content of some counteractant actually contain substances that can sustain bacteria
 
Ron Ketcham said:
The "new car" scent is .... going to go away...
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Noting that my pal Ron and I sometimes have differing experiences (usually related to how pampered my vehicles are compared to the norm...e.g., how "blended clear" has never failed for me even after decades)...



All of my vehicles still smell new except for my wife's A8 which smells slightly like the leather treatment she really likes ("Jaguar"-labeled stuff, no idea who makes it) and the older Crown Vic (which still smells a little like the original owner's cologne, despite lots of Odor Terminator (must not have sprayed the right spot yet). Even the '85 Jag, the '93 beater-Audi, and the old dog-hauler Tahoe; just like showroom, only not as strong. The '94 RX-7 I recently sold was the same way, smelled like a brand new Mazda from the early 1980s (which sure helped sell the car).



Yeah, I guess it's kinda odd, considering the source of "New Car Smell", but I've always been able to keep 'em that way.
 
Ron Ketcham said:
The "new car" scent is generated by the off-gassing of the vinyl's, the fabric, the sealants used to attach parts, the leather if applicable, the adhesives used.

As a vehicle grows older, and normal use bacteria are introduced to the contained enviorment, the "new car" scent is going to go away.
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So, when people advertise that their 20-30+ year old car for sale "still smells new" they're pulling my leg??? :grinno:
 
And I also love how fragrance companies market that "new car smell".........Every different brand of new car smells totally different, so which one are they basing it off of?????
 
Great post Ron, that is exactly why I use the DrivePur system to actually kill bacteria, rather than cover it up.
 
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