HELP! Spilt Soup on Car Seat. What to Do?

BargainShopaholic on 21/12/2015 - 11:02

Hi guys,

I made some soup for my friend yesterday, and wasn't thinking straight when I merely placed it in a Coles reusable bag instead of a plastic bag. And no surprise, as I turned a corner, the soup spilled all over the seat!

FYI, the soup was made with chicken stock, lots of sugar, and lots of oil, and lots of pork fat.

Anyway, I tried to clean it by blotting it with tissue paper. And once I got home, I mixed some dish washing liquid with water and attempted to wash it. In hindsight, I just realized that I shouldn't have done it because the water probably made the soup get deeper into the seat.

Now my car stinks, and the seat is still sticky and oily.

Any suggestions on what I can do?

Or would you guys recommend any place that would clean the seat?

Thanking you in advance.

Mish

Automotive

Comments

  • the-mal on 21/12/2015 - 11:15
    +1

    Most carpet cleaning and/or car detailing places will offer steam cleaning for the internals of cars.

    That's going to be your best bet to remove the oil and the smell properly. You can do it yourself but it won't be as effective without good equipment.

    You'll probably be up for somewhere between $100 - $200 to get the car interior detailed with enough quality to remove the smell/stains.

  • outlander on 21/12/2015 - 11:50
    +3

    You gotta put your lips on it and suck it out

  • kawinuyo on 21/12/2015 - 13:15

    I find that baking soda helps with soaking up the smell! I did it once with a pot and had curry fishballs inside it…

    • TNDO on 21/12/2015 - 13:26

      ^ I'd also suggest giving baking soda a shot. Leave it on the area for 30 minutes or so and vacuum it up. Do it a few times to see if it helps soak up any of the liquid in the seat and remove the smell.

      If that works you could then look at scrubbing the area with some water/vinegar/washing detergent.

  • blitz on 21/12/2015 - 15:28
    +1

    Wait, have you pulled over? If not you should do that first!

  • BargainShopaholic on 21/12/2015 - 17:56

    I've decided to take it to a car wash near work where they do steam cleaning, tomorrow. Hope that works.

    I'll also probably try the baking soda trick tonight and leave it overnight. I hope it's not too late.

  • Neilzy on 22/12/2015 - 00:51

    Wow , our misfortunes. I spilt a whole 2lt bottle of rancid OJ last night on my passenger front passenger seat last night as I was on the way back to woolies to swap >_>

    Promptly went into a car wash and used the vac to suck up all what ever i could. Went home, unbolted and removed the seat and gave it a good hosing with a couple of soakings of warm water with that natural dish washing detergent (in your case, due to the thick oily soup, I'd suggest a lot of warm soapy water to dissolve the fats ).After washing, press (but dont force as you'll stretch the cloth) as much water as you can from the seat, then use a microfibre towel and dab/draw out as much water as you can from the seat. Left it to dry for a day in warm but shaded area and when I checked after work, it was all dry.

    I also had the OJ seep onto the carpet under the seat, so after unbolting the seat, went back out to car wash and again with the vac to draw out as much OJ as I could, home and 2 bucket (one soapy water, one clean water to reset cloth) dabbled to clean. Also had a can of carpet 'no vac' cleaner/ deodoriser which i used on it. Leave window down because its a really strong smell. In the morning the carpet looked and felt super fresh!

    Not sure how much the steam cleaning will do, other than clean the seat cover, you'll need to get all the soup that seeped in out, but good luck. If it still stinks then hit up again with some deodoriser and buy that thing that pulls moisture out of the air, I've forgotten the name but you can get it all woolies. Leave it under the seat, but don't forget about it, it draws too much moisture from the air and will damage your interior plastics

    • BargainShopaholic on 22/12/2015 - 11:54

      Thank you so much!!!!!!!! I didn't see this message til now. It is now with the car wash people. Let's see how well the steam cleaning does. But I will definitely get that moisture sucker thing! Thank you for the advice :)

  • tooblue on 23/12/2015 - 11:16
    +1

    the soup was made with chicken stock, lots of sugar, and lots of oil, and lots of pork fat.

    Yummy! Even by reading it.

    That's why we need leather seats.

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