Date:         Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:07:06 -0700
Reply-To:     monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
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From:         monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Nasty Smell...
Comments: To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> 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)
>