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Post by dixinormus on Nov 15, 2018 4:37:04 GMT
My car is suffering! It's been invaded by spiders (on the outside) laying webs in all sorts of orifices - mirrors, wiper spindles, grille etc. Any idea how to kill them off?
And on the inside I spilt half a flat white on the passenger seat. It's dried out, but has left a slightly unpleasant coffee and stale milk odour ☹️. Again, any tips to improve matters?
And I wasn't even driving when the coffee got slopped..!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 8:48:58 GMT
Think yourself lucky it wasn't creosote...
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 15, 2018 8:51:46 GMT
Think yourself lucky it wasn't creosote... .... something you'd like to tell us? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 8:54:49 GMT
smokie in another place, wasn't it? All over the boot of his Vectra.
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Post by WDB on Nov 15, 2018 9:03:26 GMT
Of all the things to try to preserve...🙄
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 9:11:37 GMT
Anyway, Febreeze should get rid of the smell. Might need a couple of applications. Steam clean for the stain.
Don't understand why people have hot drinks sloshing about in cars. As bad as bloody smoking. Bottle of water with sports cap if on a long drive.
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 15, 2018 9:22:28 GMT
Anyway, Febreeze should get rid of the smell. .. actually, creosote would probably get rid of the smell .... |
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Post by Humph on Nov 15, 2018 10:25:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 10:27:48 GMT
Anyway, Febreeze should get rid of the smell. .. actually, creosote would probably get rid of the smell .... Tastes better than a cup of Starbucks, too. |
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Post by WDB on Nov 15, 2018 10:42:01 GMT
I’m a big fan of special safe spaces some towns have created for the production and consumption of hot drinks.
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Post by Humph on Nov 15, 2018 10:48:46 GMT
Don't ask me why, because I don't know, but I had an epiphany last week, I'd never for some reason ever tried a "Mocha" until a few days ago. I've been drinking standard issue black coffee for a lifetime, but now I'm more or less addicted to Mocha.
Are there support groups etc?
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Post by Avant on Nov 15, 2018 12:05:39 GMT
" I had an epiphany last week...." You must be a wise man.
Next car a Vauxhall Mokka?
Maybe we need to find a breed of spider that likes dried milk. That would help Dixinormus to use one problem to solve the other.
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Post by Humph on Nov 15, 2018 12:47:22 GMT
I had an Opel Mokka as a hire car in Italy a while back. Wasn't too unhappy to give it back. It was just a bit bleh, to use a technical term.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 16:53:36 GMT
Soda Crystals can help with the milk smell. Dilute solution; it acts like a bleach in terms of chemistry but not discolouring things. Try a hidden corner first.
Spiders - if you are feeling horrible - boiling water?
Mocha - I do like a Coffee Mocha. I think the old wives tale was that the port in Africa than dispatched both coffee and chocolate beans was called Mocha, hence the name of the drink using both beans. Probably a load of rubbish.
Mokka - the problem with all these cars is that they are not fast enough to excite.
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Post by WDB on Nov 15, 2018 17:17:07 GMT
In present-day Yemen, I think. Doubt there was much chocolate or whipped cream about at the time, though.
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