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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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water on leather seats

my mother drove the car yesterday. she opened the sunroof and forgot to close it. Unfortuneatly, it rained overnight. So this morning before school, my front and rear seats were covered with water. This afternoon coming back form school, it smelled like crap inside. I did wipe the water off in the morning. Can I fix the seats? I dont want mold growing on em. I'm really pissed right now.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:13 PM
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you'll need to dry the seat to get all the water out hopefully it would get the smell out.

leave the car out in the sun with the windows up so it can nice and hot in there and dry out the water.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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let the car sit in the sun with the windows open.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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and use a whole lot of febreeze afterwards
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:00 PM
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i dunno what to tell you man, i got my leather seats from a salvage yard and they were rained on all summer and i picked them up with a foot of snow on them, they smell fine and look great, no marks or cracks do u have the little holes in the seat because it would be eaisier for water to get in that way
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 02:13 PM
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more then likely its carpet. go get a closet bag of damp rid and hang it in your car. you may even want to use 2 bags. leave them in there until they stop working. then go from there.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 03:14 PM
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and use a whole lot of febreeze afterwards
Do they make a Febreeze for leather? I thought it wasn't good for leather. I remember seeing it on the bottle.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 03:40 PM
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more then likely its carpet. go get a closet bag of damp rid and hang it in your car. you may even want to use 2 bags. leave them in there until they stop working. then go from there.
I second the damp rid.
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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my car got rained on one night, the leather seats had a small puddle on it. dried it up with a dry towel. check your carpet
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 05:58 PM
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its the carpet htat smells.. its happened to me before too.. my brother.. jack ****...
Old Mar 8, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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i one time left my sunroof open at a carwash, car smelled clean









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