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Hello
As you know I work on my new/old Porsche project (the 1989 928GT) for almost 6 months now and the full leather interior (and when we say full leather, e v e r y t h i n g is covered with leather from the fuctory), I have cleane it over and over, I have leave it open for 10 days in the garage and now the garage smell bad too!
The smell is like mould but
No moisture
No old food
No pet (dead or alive)
and the smell comes from the leather that looks and feels like new!!!
But the car was seating in a garage for 5 years with close windows!
(full report when the car is finsh, in about 3 weeks)
Any ideas please?

Regards
Lefteris

what kind of leather cleaner are you using? Usually after a good cleaning and then some leather conditioner it should be fine. Have you used a leather SOAP? Like the kind they use for horse saddles? If a Horse SADDLE can smell good after...I am sure your interior should be fine.

I would suggest FABREEZE but that is on material.

other fixes are place a tray of kitty litter inside...perferably the kind with charcoal.
or
place a box of baking soda inside
or
mothballs or those closet charcoal pellets

all of the above are designed to ABSORB smells...

last thing..pay for a professional interior detail...where they steam clean and just do everything.

Hope this helps!

Wow!
Thanks, I will do all of these!
A friend on an other forum also told me that an Ozone treatment is the best way to go!
I will try all of your ideas first and if is still smell I will try the Ozone treatment!
I will let you know
Thanks again
Lefteris

I don't think he meant steam clean the leather, just the carpet.

Jitters

Jitters wrote:I don't think he meant steam clean the leather, just the carpet.

Jitters

thanks!

I was hoping I wasnt confusing him to steam clean his leather! EEK!

I add some mothballs in and close it for an hour or so, the smell is gone already!
After I finsh with all the work I will take a visit to a professional interior detail to make it perfect!
Thank you all for the great help!
Regards
Lefteris

Great!
Yeah mothballs smell kinda gross but that smell WILL leave...and they absorb whatever smells you have in your car.

Glad it all worked out!

AsianImage wrote:Great!
Yeah mothballs smell kinda gross but that smell WILL leave...and they absorb whatever smells you have in your car.

Glad it all worked out!

Yes, now it smell like... mothballs ....
Thanks again
Lefteris