Water Soaked Car Carpet

Place a window unit or standup model fan either in the open car door or right beside it.

Water soaked car carpet.

You will still need to vent the car for a long time to get all the moisture out. If you don t own a wet dry vac you can usually rent one from a local hardware store. When moisture gets underneath the carpet a musty odor will form. They have portable equipment that can take the lions share of water out in minutes.

You can t dry out wet car carpet until you first dry out the padding. Run a wet vacuum over the wet or damp area of the carpet to bring up as much of the water as possible. Continue to run the wet dry vacuum over damp carpet slowly and carefully until no more water can be extracted. Trust me if you think you can vacuum out all the water with a wet vac you re just kidding yourself.

Step 2 sprinkle a large amount of baking soda over the damp carpet. Put a fan in your car to generate airflow and evaporate moisture. Remove as much water as you can until the carpet is only damp and excess water doesn t come up when you press down into the carpet. If the area is smaller you can use large towels to soak up water from carpet as well.

Remove as much water manually as you possibly can. If your car has airbags disconnect the negative battery cable before you proceed. The carpet people could help with that too. If your home has recently flooded this is most likely the reason for the unpleasant odor.

Allow it to run continuously for at least 2 days or until the water in your carpet has evaporated. Even if it s only water a funny odor can accumulate over time.