Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased
one year old Citroen.

There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very
unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we suspect
it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used.

Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces to
see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something that
might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks.

jkm1 wrote:

Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently
purchased one year old Citroen.

There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds
very unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly
and we suspect it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been
used.

Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the
surfaces to see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want
to be something that might adversely affect the plastic and the
seats. Thanks.

Its probably one of those deoderising cleaners / sprays soap and
water will be your best option followed by febreeze or one of the
odour neutrisers sold at halfrauds

On 07/06/2010 11:47, jkm1 wrote:
Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased
one year old Citroen.

There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very
unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we suspect
it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used.

Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces to
see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something that
might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks.



Check that it's not the screen wash liquid. When I last bought a brand
new car it stank of dead rats when you operated the washers. Renewing
the wash fluid cured that.

Rob Graham

On Jun 7, 5:47*am, "jkm1" wrote:
Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased
one year old Citroen.

There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very
unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we suspect
it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used.

Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces to
see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something that
might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. * Thanks.

A sulfurous smell can be a battery very low on water.Ive had plastic
bags melt on the exhaust. If it was recently cleaned Alcohol can be
used to go over smooth surfaces, if its in the seats and carpet park
it in the sun with windows open. It will just take time, maybe weeks
or more.

On Jun 7, 6:47*am, "jkm1" wrote:
Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased
one year old Citroen.

There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very
unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we suspect
it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used.

Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces to
see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something that
might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. * Thanks.


Without more information on what makes the smell worse, we can't be
of much help ?

Are you using the vent fan or air conditioner when you notice the
smell,
the car may have had a mold problem in the AC coils that was treated
using aerosol chemicals...

It could be a cleaning product used when the car was detailed inside
at the dealership prior to your purchase, in that case ask them what
chemicals they used and then try to find the chemicals and see
which one the child is reacting to...

Otherwise the smell could be from something in the car that shouldn't
be there like mold or rotting leftover food that got down between or
underneath the seats...

Just don't have enough information on what is going on when the
child is reacting to the smell...

~~ Evan

On 06/07/2010 06:26 PM, Evan wrote:
On Jun 7, 6:47 am, wrote:
Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased
one year old Citroen.

There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very
unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we suspect
it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used.

Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces to
see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something that
might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks.


Without more information on what makes the smell worse, we can't be
of much help ?

Are you using the vent fan or air conditioner when you notice the
smell,
the car may have had a mold problem in the AC coils that was treated
using aerosol chemicals...

It could be a cleaning product used when the car was detailed inside
at the dealership prior to your purchase, in that case ask them what
chemicals they used and then try to find the chemicals and see
which one the child is reacting to...

Otherwise the smell could be from something in the car that shouldn't
be there like mold or rotting leftover food that got down between or
underneath the seats...

Just don't have enough information on what is going on when the
child is reacting to the smell...

~~ Evan

No helpful suggestions, but are you sure that it's not some sort of
citrus fruit smell?

nate

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"jkm1" wrote in message
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Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently
purchased one year old Citroen.

There is a sickly smell that one of the children especially finds very
unpleasant. It's very subtle and difficult to locate exactly and we
suspect it might be an interior cleaner or polish thats been used.

Is there some solution that we can make up to wipe over all the surfaces
to see if it removes the smell. It obviously wouldn't want to be something
that might adversely affect the plastic and the seats. Thanks.

In a dry warm place, that will not get wet, like a garage, open all the
windows and let it get warm for a couple of days. If you live in a sunny
clime, put it outdoors with the windows down for a couple of days, raising
the windows at night, and locking it, of course. The combination of raised
heat, UV rays, and ventilation should kill a very high % of it. If it does
not, have the child tested for hypersensitivity to some things, as if he is
still sensitive after treatment of the car, he/she/it is hypersensitive.

Steve

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jkm1 wrote:
Need to remove a polish smell thats inside the neighbours recently purchased
one year old Citroen.

Perhaps it's a French smell that smells like a Polish smell. If I make
cassoulet, my dinner guests are none the wiser when I substitute
kielbasa for toulouse sausage. You're making me hungary!