Biohazard

Ugh...more cleaning. The neighbor's must think me daft at this point.

Wife says the car smells much better but still not right. Okay, a little google time and evidently Borax is "highly effective" against most molds. It's cheap, easy to use, and not as painful to work with as was the ammonia. It is also a "deodorizer" which may be key. So I mix up a gallon in the pump sprayer and wet everything down on the interior. Two more gallons mixed up and the underside got soaked down with the mix. Left it all too sit for a while so it could do it's work.

Now, the last treatment I gave her with the ammonia was a double treatment to the belly and has never been rinsed off. Decided I would go ahead and rinse the tummy thoroughly to wash off the Borax as well as the ammonia.

Once again, filthy brown rinse water. This car has probably shed about 20 pounds in crud to date. After the underbody rinse, I proceeded to do a normal soap and water wash of the rest of the car.

By the end of the day, Mrs. Teeth & Tires acknowledged that she thinks the car is 99% better than the day I dragged it home. Best news yet.

Since I don't want to put the nasty car cover back on it, I'll need to get a new one. In the meantime, I cleaned the vinyl Slickback top and did the first application with the 303 protectant.

Gonna be hot again today. Have to check the smell after the car heat's up.