# Moldy trunk **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 17, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moldy-trunk/30595 "2009-05-17T17:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![howardmiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/53a042/32.png) [@howardmiller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/howardmiller)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moldy-trunk/30595/1 "2009-05-17T17:38:56Z")
2007 Ford Taurus. My wife spilled some drinking water in the trunk 6 weeks ago and we cannot get the pungent smell out. I can’t vsiually see any mildew or mold but the smell suggests mold. HOW DO I GET RID IF THE SMELL & MOLD? HELP ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moldy-trunk/30595/2 "2009-05-17T18:14:00Z")
What have you done since the water was spilled? How did you dry the carpet, etc? ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moldy-trunk/30595/3 "2009-05-17T20:53:50Z")
fabrize might be worth a try, some drinking water should not be a problem unless it was a 5 gallon jug. I think you have to look at other things but leave the trunk open as much as possible in the sunshine if you can. Scrubbing bubbles is my sanitizer of choice. ---
**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moldy-trunk/30595/4 "2009-05-17T21:01:18Z")
either lysol spray or a diluted bleach spray should kill mold…if you can remove the padding and spray the under surface. ---
**Author:** ![laneburris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@laneburris](https://community.cartalk.com/u/laneburris)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moldy-trunk/30595/5 "2009-06-05T15:30:59Z")
Not sure if this applies or not … but my 2003 Taurus had a moldy smell to it. Found out that the spare tire well was full of water from a trunk seal leak. Removed the fiberboard cover that is under the carpter after drying the carpet out and cleaning the tire and tire well then using “Gorilla Snot” to reseal the truck rubber seal. Now it smells “normal”.