# Car Air Freshener that won't s

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-air-freshener-that-wont-s/9772>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 24, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-air-freshener-that-wont-s/9772 "2008-01-24T03:45:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![needshelp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@needshelp](https://community.cartalk.com/u/needshelp)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-air-freshener-that-wont-s/9772/1 "2008-01-24T03:45:16Z")

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Does anyone know what to do about car upholstery that has been infused with car air freshener?

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-air-freshener-that-wont-s/9772/2 "2008-01-24T03:50:08Z")

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You can buy a car shampoo kit ($15)at any auto supply store, shampoo the uphotery and the floor carpest and them vacuum off. Do this several times and the “freshener” smell will be gone. Car detailing shops do thisall the time. Dealers want cars on their lot that smell “neutral”. It’s about $70 to do acompete interior detailing job.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-air-freshener-that-wont-s/9772/3 "2008-01-24T11:32:52Z")

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Note: There are two threads started by needshelp on this subject. …