About a month ago I bought a van through an online auction for my used car lot. When the van was delivered I nearly fell over...it was the nastiest, rankest smelling vehicle I have ever come across. Pet hair was everywhere and there was the stench of what I can only guess to be old dog pee.
After a thorough vacuum and wipe down I shampooed the carpet and seats 2 or 3 times which improved the smell by maybe 20%.
Next I did an ozone shock treatment (Corona discharge) which did very little to help the situation.
Next I did a DrivePur treatment. This helped to eliminate the wet dog/dander/pet hair smell. At this point the seats and panels smell almost 100%.
The lingering problem is the bad smell of what I am assuming is urine in the carpets. For the past 24 hours I have been doing an enzyme treatment (keeping the carpet damp) on the problem areas between the front and middle row seats. Having never used enzyme before I'm not exactly sure what to expect and how long to wait. After 24 hours I dont notice any improvement in smell, but I did run into something that I thought was interesting. After saturating the carpet I placed a new, damp terry cloth towel over the area to keep it from drying out too fast. When I checked on it 30 minutes later the once clean towel was covered in brown spots...
So after extracting 3 times, ozone shock treatment, DrivePur, and enzyme treatment I still have an odor problem.
At this point I dont know what to do. In the condition it is in the van is almost un-sellable. I did a little research online and some places suggest using a mild bleach solution to disinfect and deodorize the area so I'm thinking that after the enzyme treatment is done I will extract the area again, treat with bleach, and rinse clean.
Any other suggestions?
After a thorough vacuum and wipe down I shampooed the carpet and seats 2 or 3 times which improved the smell by maybe 20%.
Next I did an ozone shock treatment (Corona discharge) which did very little to help the situation.
Next I did a DrivePur treatment. This helped to eliminate the wet dog/dander/pet hair smell. At this point the seats and panels smell almost 100%.
The lingering problem is the bad smell of what I am assuming is urine in the carpets. For the past 24 hours I have been doing an enzyme treatment (keeping the carpet damp) on the problem areas between the front and middle row seats. Having never used enzyme before I'm not exactly sure what to expect and how long to wait. After 24 hours I dont notice any improvement in smell, but I did run into something that I thought was interesting. After saturating the carpet I placed a new, damp terry cloth towel over the area to keep it from drying out too fast. When I checked on it 30 minutes later the once clean towel was covered in brown spots...
So after extracting 3 times, ozone shock treatment, DrivePur, and enzyme treatment I still have an odor problem.
At this point I dont know what to do. In the condition it is in the van is almost un-sellable. I did a little research online and some places suggest using a mild bleach solution to disinfect and deodorize the area so I'm thinking that after the enzyme treatment is done I will extract the area again, treat with bleach, and rinse clean.
Any other suggestions?
