Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

Ok, Here it is! Has anyone seen the episode of Jerry Seinfeld where the
parking valet gets in Jerry's car and leaves a body oder in the car so bad
that Jerry can't find anyway to get rid of the smell? He finally has to get
rid of the car! I don't want to do this with my boat. I recently bought a 92
Chris Craft 302 Crowne. The boat had been laid up for 2 years without any
use. The boat was stored in the water and was winterized properly by a
reputable marina. The problem is a lingering arm pit oder. I've tried "Damp
Rid, Fabreze, Air wicks, Bilge Pro Cleaner, Clorox Bleach with Lemeon scent,
Lemon Scented Lysol, RV Oder Absorber" The oder has diminished alot, but I
still get wiffs of the smell. Sometimes extremely strong.


Heres what I've tried:

1: All the upohlstery has been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
2: Carpets have been shampoo'd
3:Bedding has been washed
4: matresses have been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
5: Forward Bilge has been cleaned with Bilge Pro and Clorox Bleach with
Lemon (you can eat out of the bilge its so clean)
6: Shower has been cleaned with Lemon Lysol
7: Air conditioner drain pan has been cleaned with Clorox
8: Air conditioning intakes, vents, and ducts have been sprayed with Lysol
9:Head has been treated with head treatment and with clorox
10:All surfaces have been wiped down with lysol
11:Drains have had clorox run through them

I have put the air fresheners in the boat, oder eliminators, and even damp
rid. Nothing seems to work. If I run the air the smell is less but if the
interior gets hot holy cow!

Any suggesstions?

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

On Jun 18, 8:24 am, "Bryan's Wildblue News"
wrote:
Ok, Here it is! Has anyone seen the episode of Jerry Seinfeld where the
parking valet gets in Jerry's car and leaves a body oder in the car so bad
that Jerry can't find anyway to get rid of the smell? He finally has to get
rid of the car! I don't want to do this with my boat. I recently bought a 92
Chris Craft 302 Crowne. The boat had been laid up for 2 years without any
use. The boat was stored in the water and was winterized properly by a
reputable marina. The problem is a lingering arm pit oder. I've tried "Damp
Rid, Fabreze, Air wicks, Bilge Pro Cleaner, Clorox Bleach with Lemeon scent,
Lemon Scented Lysol, RV Oder Absorber" The oder has diminished alot, but I
still get wiffs of the smell. Sometimes extremely strong.

Heres what I've tried:

1: All the upohlstery has been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
2: Carpets have been shampoo'd
3:Bedding has been washed
4: matresses have been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
5: Forward Bilge has been cleaned with Bilge Pro and Clorox Bleach with
Lemon (you can eat out of the bilge its so clean)
6: Shower has been cleaned with Lemon Lysol
7: Air conditioner drain pan has been cleaned with Clorox
8: Air conditioning intakes, vents, and ducts have been sprayed with Lysol
9:Head has been treated with head treatment and with clorox
10:All surfaces have been wiped down with lysol
11:Drains have had clorox run through them

I have put the air fresheners in the boat, oder eliminators, and even damp
rid. Nothing seems to work. If I run the air the smell is less but if the
interior gets hot holy cow!

Any suggesstions?

Tent the boat and out an ozone generator in it for awhile.

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

"Bryan's Wildblue News" wrote in message
...
Ok, Here it is! Has anyone seen the episode of Jerry Seinfeld where the
parking valet gets in Jerry's car and leaves a body oder in the car so bad
that Jerry can't find anyway to get rid of the smell? He finally has to
get rid of the car! I don't want to do this with my boat. I recently
bought a 92 Chris Craft 302 Crowne. The boat had been laid up for 2 years
without any use. The boat was stored in the water and was winterized
properly by a reputable marina. The problem is a lingering arm pit oder.
I've tried "Damp Rid, Fabreze, Air wicks, Bilge Pro Cleaner, Clorox Bleach
with Lemeon scent, Lemon Scented Lysol, RV Oder Absorber" The oder has
diminished alot, but I still get wiffs of the smell. Sometimes extremely
strong.


Heres what I've tried:

1: All the upohlstery has been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
2: Carpets have been shampoo'd
3:Bedding has been washed
4: matresses have been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
5: Forward Bilge has been cleaned with Bilge Pro and Clorox Bleach with
Lemon (you can eat out of the bilge its so clean)
6: Shower has been cleaned with Lemon Lysol
7: Air conditioner drain pan has been cleaned with Clorox
8: Air conditioning intakes, vents, and ducts have been sprayed with Lysol
9:Head has been treated with head treatment and with clorox
10:All surfaces have been wiped down with lysol
11:Drains have had clorox run through them

I have put the air fresheners in the boat, oder eliminators, and even damp
rid. Nothing seems to work. If I run the air the smell is less but if the
interior gets hot holy cow!

Any suggesstions?



Try used coffee grounds... put them in an open plastic bag in various places
around the boat after the grounds have dried completely. It's not going to
eliminate the source of the oder, but it will absorb the smell.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

Bryan's Wildblue News wrote:

Any suggesstions?

when was the last time you bathed?

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

"Bryan's Wildblue News" wrote in message
...
Ok, Here it is! Has anyone seen the episode of Jerry Seinfeld where the
parking valet gets in Jerry's car and leaves a body oder in the car so bad
that Jerry can't find anyway to get rid of the smell? He finally has to
get rid of the car! I don't want to do this with my boat. I recently
bought a 92 Chris Craft 302 Crowne. The boat had been laid up for 2 years
without any use. The boat was stored in the water and was winterized
properly by a reputable marina. The problem is a lingering arm pit oder.
I've tried "Damp Rid, Fabreze, Air wicks, Bilge Pro Cleaner, Clorox Bleach
with Lemeon scent, Lemon Scented Lysol, RV Oder Absorber" The oder has
diminished alot, but I still get wiffs of the smell. Sometimes extremely
strong.


Heres what I've tried:

1: All the upohlstery has been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
2: Carpets have been shampoo'd
3:Bedding has been washed
4: matresses have been cleaned and sprayed with fabreze
5: Forward Bilge has been cleaned with Bilge Pro and Clorox Bleach with
Lemon (you can eat out of the bilge its so clean)
6: Shower has been cleaned with Lemon Lysol
7: Air conditioner drain pan has been cleaned with Clorox
8: Air conditioning intakes, vents, and ducts have been sprayed with Lysol
9:Head has been treated with head treatment and with clorox
10:All surfaces have been wiped down with lysol
11:Drains have had clorox run through them

I have put the air fresheners in the boat, oder eliminators, and even damp
rid. Nothing seems to work. If I run the air the smell is less but if the
interior gets hot holy cow!

Any suggesstions?

Could be the odour has gotten into the foam of the cushions. Spraying the
outer surface will not do anything to this. I would remove all the
cushions, bedding, etc., that could absorb odours and see if the odour goes
away after airing out the boat for a while. If you still have a strong
odour I would suspect a pile of sludge somewhere, a dead mouse or problems
with the head system hoses.

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

On Jun 18, 9:27 am, "Gordon Wedman" wrote:
"Bryan's Wildblue News" wrote in ...
....
Any suggesstions?

Could be the odour has gotten into the foam of the cushions.
Spraying the outer surface will not do anything to this. I
would remove all the cushions, bedding, etc., that could
absorb odours and see if the odour goes away after airing
out the boat for a while.

If this works as described, you may be able to:
- place all the cushions in big plastic (trash) bags,
- take a vacuum cleaner hose and suck the cushions as flat as the
vacuum will get it,
- as air is let back into the bag, spray Febreeze (even though I hate
the stuff) into the opening,
- rearrange / rotate the cushions, and repeat once.

David A. Smith

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

On 2007-06-18 08:24:41 -0400, "Bryan's Wildblue News"
said:

I have put the air fresheners in the boat, oder eliminators, and even damp
rid. Nothing seems to work. If I run the air the smell is less but if the
interior gets hot holy cow!

Any suggesstions?

You've got all the usual suspects, so time to try something different.

Try taking *everything* out of the boat. (Sniffing around at the same
time.) Open all access covers, examine all spaces, using a mirror if
necessary. If the smell persists, it's something else ;-)

For some reason, I'm thinking some dead animal is in some acess,
perhaps in one the engine compartment blower hoses. You also didn't
mention the anchor locker, which sometimes can stink up an interior.

Oh:
9:Head has been treated with head treatment and with clorox

That's a no-no. Use KO and nothing else in the head. Pump and flush it
with water to purge what will be an odor-producer. Head "treatments"
with formaldehyde and such make the problems worse.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

Hi
DId I miss what kind of boat you had? Steel, wood, GRP?

Does it have insolation?
Bob

Help! How do I get rid of this oder on my boat!
 

The boat is a 92 Chris Craft 302 Crowne Fiber Glass, no insulation. I'm
going to try the ozone genreator. The coffe grounds just made the boat smell
like starbucks! The people on the dock like it ;-)



"Bob" wrote in message
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Hi
DId I miss what kind of boat you had? Steel, wood, GRP?

Does it have insolation?
Bob