I have a 91 Honda Accord, and there is some moisture in the trunk, and it smells like the first stages of mildew growth may be setting in. I live in Seattle, and it's not exactly warm outside this time of year, so it seems pointless to open the trunk and let it "air out" (especially b/c it's been raining for the last couple of days). Any advice on how I can clean/dry the trunk? Oh, and I live in an apartment, so hooking up a hair-dryer to an extension cord isn't going to work.
Drying the trunk of a car? Remove all the carpet when you do you will probably find some small rust holes at the wheel humps.Plug these with urethane body caulk from the parts store.sop up the water with towels,dont forget under the spare tire.take carpeted pieces indoors and spray with febreeze keep inside till dry.Also check trunk weatherstrip to make sure it's in good shape.
Drying the trunk of a car? get a bunch of portable fans that are like $10
Drying the trunk of a car? Have you tried using maybe a kitty litter with an odor absorbing agent
Drying the trunk of a car? swab the water up with old rags and spray it with lysol and then get a new trunk lid seal for the trunk.
Drying the trunk of a car? You can buy absorbant in cloth bags or packages that made to put in damp places like basements,closets,etc.Look at Home Depot,Lowes,or Wal-Mart.
Drying the trunk of a car? First of, you have to find the leak...drying it out won't help much if it's just going to get wet again...
Pull out all the wet carpet, and get it "someplace" dry. hang them over a couple chairs or something, then let them dry that way...then wipe out the metal in the trunk, remove the spare and get under it too.
Sorry, but you'll have to get creative, it will take a day or two for the carpet, IF you get a dry enough place to put them.
Drying the trunk of a car? pull up all the carpet and remove it, lay it on your porch or balcony if you have one, or lay it in the grass or something, let it air dry. even if its just 40 out, it will dry, slow, but will dry.
once carpet is out check the wheel well areas in the trunk to ensure no rust spots have ate through causing rain water from the tire to wash into the trunk area. also pull up the spare tire and check to see if there is water pooling and or if the drain hole in the bottom is clogged or not. believe should be a rubber grommet in center where spare is.
otherwise hand dry the trunk out, even lay a few towels in it to give the moisture something to absorb into, spray the trunk down in Lysol and pop your seats or leave the trunk open so air can move. once everything is dry and its like spring/summer.....spray the interior and trunk down in Fa-breeze to remove any left over odor.
wet zone and closed up is what causes mildew.
Drying the trunk of a car? Try a small bag of cat liter. Spread it around....then vacumm it up at a car wash facility. If you find any mold try some baking soda it should deter any growth.
Drying the trunk of a car? Until a sunny day shows, start by removing what's in the the trunk and relocate these items to your apartment (put the damp items in the bath tub or shower stall). To help dry the trunk faster, use old towels, rags, newspapers and/or sponges to absolve the moisture. Be sure to check the spare tire well as well as the lower corners of each rear quarter area. If these are loaded with water, the lower rubber/metal drain plugs will have to be released. Once dried, spray with bleach to kill the musty oder and let air dry. Then there is always Frebrez. Also check the drain holes in the deck lid for being open.
Drying the trunk of a car? I know the answer to your question, and believe it or not I DO KNOW WHERE THE WATER IS GETTING IN. Take the rear carpet and all your stuff out and dry it. It's never getting wet again. You may have a pool of water in your spare tire well. If so suck it out with a wet dry vac, and dry out your trunk with towels. You see the two piece stainless steel moulding that runs across the bottom of your back window? It is held on by these rediculous "plastic clip screw anchor conglomerations" which are inserted through 12mm x 19mm rectangular holes that lead... you guessed it right into your trunk! All the water that runs down your back window, goes under the moulding, drips through five big holes onto the channel where your trunk light is, and into your trunk.
I struggled with the clips and the rusty screws that go through the middle of them on my Accord. I was in kind of a pinch because the docking station for my laptop is mounted against the bottom of that, and the computer acts a little funny with rain soaking into it. I caulked the heck out of the holes with that kind of fast dry primerless urethane (they use for gluing windshilds in) And inserted the clips and moulding. Since I had to drive the car home in the rain, I put black electrical tape across the whole back moulding, taping the moulding to the glass. Nobody even sees the tape unless they stare at it for a while, so I just left it on there for added security. Frankly I trust the tape more.
