A skunk sprayed outside our house last night. The scent has made its way into our house and is actually stronger inside now than it is outside. Other than opening the windows (it's pretty cold here) what, if anything, will eliminate the odor in the house? (The smell is mostly just in the air - I don't smell it on linens, furniture, etc ... YET!)
2007-03-12 03:37:53 · 10 answers · asked by tagosb 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
I would try stuff like oust or febreeze. But even if its cold i would try and leave the windows open for a couple of hours as well. I know you bath in tomato juice if the smell gets on a you but I don't know how to get it out of the air. Sorry and good luck.
2007-03-12 03:47:17 · answer #1 · answered by foodie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are going to have to get rid of the spot that got sprayed first (Tomato juice) then you can open the windows if not the smell will keep coming in and I am sure you dont want that! I would also try ODO-BAN since it is cold it is great! It cleans disinfects and gets rid of odors! It is available at wal-mart.
It may work w/o opening the windows.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-12 04:00:15 · answer #2 · answered by Kimnkicks mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will get a ton of ideas but really, it will need to fade and it will. Febreeze is the best I have found....good luck. Perhaps just be sure in the future there will be nothing attracting the skunk..they love trash...maybe put the trash cans inside if they are out......we had a dog, very dumb dog who got sprayed too many times.....over and over and for that tomato juice did the trick.......!!!!
2007-03-12 03:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember correctly the soap I used was Green and called DIAL - my two dogs were sprayed and we washed them with Dial soap and it worked good to remove the skunk smell.
So maybe just having shaved Dial soap in a few containers in various spots in the house may get rid of the wonderful skunk aroma.
MCC
2007-03-12 03:51:32 · answer #4 · answered by mcc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can actually buy a neutralizing spray, we got it from the extension office. We live in the country and we had 9 of the bloody things under our house, I can now smell them 100 miles away! Some pet stores sell a neutralizer as well but they are not typically as potent as the ones you can get from your extension agents.
2007-03-12 03:45:17 · answer #5 · answered by Jazz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vinegar or tomato juice
but thats for ppl, i dont know how u can take the smell out of the air except for putting spray in the air!
2007-03-12 03:44:09 · answer #6 · answered by phccchick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you know the place that was sprayed, that is where to treat it then the odor will disappear in your house. Pour tomato juice on the area that was sprayed.
2007-03-12 03:45:47 · answer #7 · answered by cappy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm try cleaninig some things with bleach or even get a cleaning lady to try to get rid of the smell
2007-03-12 03:41:34 · answer #8 · answered by 789512 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had one let go under our house. After about 2 weeks it went away.
2007-03-12 04:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by poopsie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll have to call a professional and have the place fumigated, when I was a kid this happen to our motorhome we were traveling in and thats what the insurance company had told us. Call a carpet cleaning company and they'll be able to help you
2007-03-12 03:41:14 · answer #10 · answered by KitKat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋