Ran over a Skunk :(
 

So driving home last night I ran over an already dead skunk. The skunk smell was immediately all over my interior. I drove the rest of the way home with my windows open to air it out but that really didn't do much. I got home and sprayed all my cloth parts (seats, carpets, etc...) with febreeze and that helped mask the smell for the time being. But getting into my car this morning the smell came back, not as strong but it was noticeable. Any one with good tips to help get the smell out?

Take it to a detail shop. May have to get your car shampooed and steamed clean, the interior anyways. We don't have skunks in Hawaii but I know for work we had to take government car to a detail shop after a :( person took a crap in car. Detail shop professionally cleaned the car by shampooing and steam cleaning entire interior of van.

So far I have scooped 3 skunks, 2 racoons and a possum up with my bumper.
Just leave the windows open for a bit and it will go away in a day or two. There is nothing to clean off the interior (unless you scooped him right into the car with you) so shampooing will do nothing. The oils only hold their odour on the metal parts for a couple of days and then go away.

Tcoat you should have started with meanwhile in Canada

thank you guys for the quick replies. ill let it air out for another day or two and see where that goes. yeah I did notice some death residue under my car but I washed it off right away when I got home.

Meanwhile in Canada:
Suddenly deer bones

And you aren't even slammed! Wonder what else you could scoop up if you were .5 to an inch off the ground.

Them there bloated 'coons blows up real good when ya hit em with the fangs.

This!!

That is fine for animals and people or if he wants to wash the bottom of his car. The best way to get rid of skunk smell on an outdoor surface is to just wait it out though. The oils in the scent break down pretty quickly thank goodness. Where I live is skunk heaven and pretty much every surface in the area has been sprayed at one point up to and including my second floor windows and roof.

Tomato juice will help break down the smell. Never really applied it to a car before but have given dogs a bath in it.


EDIT:
I realize the link in the above post says that it doenst work well, but it was what we had and it worked on the dog.

It will be gone, give it a few days

:eyebulge: ....... Tcoat, did ja ever consider moving in closer to town ..... :popcorn:


humfrz

Ozium works great at eliminating the other skunk smell, should work on traditional skunk!

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After what 86Geek posted, you should take a dump in your car to get rid of the skunk smell.

I live in town! Actually a city with a population of 400K+. The upper windows and roof were sprayed when an owl picked a skunk up off of my side deck and it sprayed all the way up.

Just wanted to give an update. so after a couple days the smell is completely gone from the car. just drove around with the windows open for a bit and also hit the interior up with a couple sprays or febreeze again. thanks everyone for their inputs :)

I have experienced exactly the same thing last year.
Here are some suggestions. You can do them step by step.

1. wash the under body use high pressure washer(mixed soap first then water). You might need to do it several times.

2. Use Dakota Odor Bomb Car Odor Eliminator
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3.leave a bag of coffee bean in your car, and leave your car under direct sun as often as possible(with window slightly opened). Or open the heater and leave the coffee bean in your car.

4. if you have a garage and if possible, put a coffee machine in you car and cook a bottle of coffee there.

5. change air filter.

I did all of these above and the car smell better after a few days. However you can still smell it especially after rain.

After about a month it smelled significantly better.


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And no one has given a proper farewell to the poor little skunk... :(

See told ya! All the fancy methods are not needed for skunk on a hard surface. If the oils lasted for weeks then half my city would be uninhabitable.

Around here, skunks are basically suburban dwellers that prefer the comfort of living under people's decks and eating out of their trash cans to roughing it in the bush. I'm surprised there aren't more "The 'Coons vs The Skunks" gang wars. (fingersnaps...)

Had a possum and skunk battle it out on my side deck once. Was a good show. I am over near the ponds at Pondmills so we have possums, skunks, coons, coyotes, foxes, deer, hawks, vultures, owls, geese, ducks and even deer all in the centre of town. They are all very urbanized and street savy.

We're in genteel Wortley, so it makes us nervous when the racoons come out at night with their jeans hanging low and their cigarette packs rolled up in their shirtsleeves.

Damn Rakons

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