Question from Angelique
My daughter was transporting a few jugs of vinegar and one of them leaked in her car. It wasn’t a big spill, but her car smells like vinegar, and she hates vinegar!
She didn’t air the car right away; it was about two hours later that I told her to open the car windows. She only had them open a few hours, however. This morning I told her to open the windows again. I also took a water-damp cloth and scrubbed the area of the spill.
One person told me a similar thing happened to them and the vinegar dissipated after a few days. However, another person told me that she used vinegar to clean up something in her car on a hot day — like yesterday was hot for us in AZ — the smell took a long time to go away.
Any suggestions? Is there something else I can do? Should I scrub the area with a mild soap and water? Use baking soda? More sun? No sun?
Debra’s Answer
Readers?
Try soaking alternating cornstarch and baking soda. Then use a scrubbrush, pail of water, and an unscented detergent (clothing or dish). RInse and repeat, at a carwash that has a supersuck vacuum (to suck up the water).