Smelley Seats (64->) - how to solve.

[whyperion]

I am never sure if it is because the cars have been stored in fields, or old seats stored in fields, or if it is the dunlopillow type foams just breaking-up / chemicals leeching out that causes a particular smell.

Picking up, more for the frame , a front seat with red viny covers its quite a problem to decide to I keep the covers for other re-use - will the odur ever clear out ?

I'll post pictures of how the seat frames get made up, in case others find it useful.

[les]

I can't see how a field would make seats smell, putting them in a field would probably freshen them up! It's more likely from being stored in a damp shed.

[bmcecosse]

Or used by mice/rats.......

[whyperion]

No rat evidence, but damp shed almost certainly. When I was on a farm some fields were sweeter than others.

[ASL642]

Old dunlopillow does smell as it ages - as does the horsehair they used around the top of the front seats and in the rear seat.

If you are thinking of changing the seat covers I would suggest changing the foam for modern upholstery foam. The horsehair can be "aired" and then sprayed with something like Febreze to freshen it up and remove old smells

[stag36587]

Ah old car smell - don't change it, love it!

[irmscher]

Try using a dehumidifier and then leave an air freshener in .Caravan shops sell a container that collects the moisture in a damp car and can be bought quite cheap

[whyperion]

The covers did not seem to be damp. I'll find some silica gel crystal stuff, febreeze or shake n vac , and hang on the washing line when its sunny breezy.