I saw en episode of mythbusters where they left two pigs to rot for a month or so in a car to see if they could remove the smell.
Really can't remember if they were successful but I do remember they got some enzyme based chemicals that was used for cleaning up ambulances and such.
If you ask around you might fun the stuff, I doubt they sell it at walmart tho'. -Just a tip.
The cadaver odor folks seem right...
Only other thing I can think of, and you're talking with a woman with virtually no sense of smell, is that when the place next to our gallery/studio had a fire, and even a corner of our place caught... the fire fortunately gotten out, the next day we had some water damage and a hell of a smell.
The insurer's took care of getting an Ozone crew in there, and that did the trick on the building interior. Only aftereffects were that all our rubber bands broke.
True, they use ozone to remove smell. But it's probably expensive and ozone is also a toxic gas.
True, we sure couldn't go in there until they did their thing.
as farmer man wrote : you could have a real problem if the bacteria has penetrated into any fiberglass fissures/hairline cracks .
as he suggested : re-glassing might be the only answer .
i remember my brother's old house . there had been a smouldering fire in the house many years ago and all the beams had "soaked up" a lot of the smoke - he was never able to complete get rid of a faint smell of smoke . he would have had to tear out all the beams - but that was not an option .
you may have to "cover up" the last remaining smell .
hbg
Hey brendalee. Is that you? How you doin'? I have absolutely no words of widsom to offer on the smelly boat situation. Just wanted to say hi.
Brendalee--
Sorry about your stinking summer.
This cleaner is highly recommended by a local vet who writes a newspaper column.
http://www.scoe10x.com/Scripts/default.asp
Her advice is usually very good.
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hi there Reberta and Noddy
We were to go to the boat today but again winds were not with us .
Once the winds change directions , I hope tomorw I I will be able to tell if if the methods I have already tried worked . If not candaver stuff is on my shopping list .
Thanks for the good times in NY.
brendalee -- I hope you wear/wore gloves with the Goo Gone. It works great but can be really hard on your hands. (I hate working with gloves on -- compromised with lots of hand cream later.)
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Thank you Tai Chi , we are going up to the boat this weekend and will take by work gloves whith . Do you think that stuff will melt the fiiber glass?
re: Goo Gone -- I have only ever used it on metal. Hopefully if it will damage fiberglass there's a warning on the label.
