Question from Angelique
The other day my husband took my car to a different dealer because I had a flat that needed fixing. Normally I tell them not to clean my car in any way, but the service manager convinced my husband that he would only hose off the outside of the car with water. Well, that was true for the hosing part, but they put tire dressing on the tires.
I’m not sure if the tire dressing is what caused the solvent/aerosol propellent fumes inside the car; my husband wonders if they got into the car while it was in the shop. But even after washing the tires with Planet fragrance-free dish soap and leaving the car outside, my husband says that the tires still smell. He had parked the car in the garage overnight and he warned me that the odor was still there.
Is there a way to get the dressing off of the tires? He’s out with the car right now, so I don’t know how the interior is. (Yesterday after it had been driven around with the windows down and then parked outside with the windows open, I stuck my head in and didn’t detect the solvent smell, but I took a quick sniff.)
Debra’s Answer
Try rubbing alcohol. Though it’s a petrochemical product that is slightly toxic itself, it just might cut through the dressing and then it will simply evaporate. Have your husband apply it though.
