Coffee (with milk) spilled on driver's side -- soaked through carpet into underlay. Shampooing from above had not worked. Antimicrobial fog, alcohol spray, enzyme treatment under carpet. High success rate because the source is eliminated, not masked.
Coffee was spilled on the driver's side -- and because coffee contains milk, it had soaked through the carpet into the underlay and the floor pan. Somebody had already tried to shampoo the carpets from the top. It had not worked; the smell was coming from below the surface, where the coffee had penetrated the foam.
Gary fogged the car with an antimicrobial and antibacterial product, then followed it with an alcohol-based disinfectant spray over all the hard surfaces. Under the carpets, we used an enzyme treatment: the enzymes outcompete the bacteria and mould feeding on the milk residue, and when those die off, the enzymes break them down too. Bicarb soda absorbs odour under the carpet and was left in after drying.
This combination approach is why we have a very high success rate with odour removal. Masking a smell does not remove it. The source has to be eliminated, and what cannot be reached physically has to be treated chemically.
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