it really is a good idea to wear a good dust mask (anything helps, a surgeon's mask would be adequete) when cleaning old feces - aerosolized particles can contain very harmful viral agents - double-plus-un-good for the lungs and living.
If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau On 25 Jul 2007, , at 07:39, Jeff Lincoln wrote: > I'm with Neal - yes they can leave a stink. Mice I know have a > tendancy to > eliminate in the same areas if they have made someplace a home. So > this will > surely concentrate any odor quickly. > > However you shouldn't have too much trouble getting the smell out. > Pre-treat > everything with Natures Miracle and then buy, rent, or borrow a steam > cleaner with a good uphostery attachment. > > Good luck. > > > On 7/24/07, kevin obrien <kevindobrien@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Hello All: >> Sorry about this gross subject... >> >> My 1990 carat has been sitting parked since last >> summer as it was about to throw a rod (bearing went). >> >> I recently opened it up...and there is a nasty smell >> of urine (i think)...kinda like a mouse cage that >> hasn't been cleaned. Can mice really smell up a >> van...? Ideas? >> >> Thanks >> Kevin >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> ______________ >> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone >> who >> knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. >> http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 >> > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Jeff > 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful. Now sporting a very unstylish > brown > interior taken from the parts bus) > 86' (We call this one Parts) > 85' GL (Sidelined and feeling neglected) > |
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