My wife is the cleanest person I know tonite she was climbing in the car cleaning every thing she could see, I guess the kids spilled something in the car it's been wet and hot here. We tried the bug stuff, vinegar don't work, can't bleach the carpet in her car, we tried to bomb it with RAID and Hot Shot NOTHING, tried the dog shampoo, don't have the money to re-carpet the car, Someone please help her, she's going nuts, tomorow shes going out and buying double sided tape and putting it down after she steam cleans the carpet...
2007-09-05 15:58:15 · 8 answers · asked by Matthew S 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
It's just because a fly got in there and laid eggs. go to the self car wash and use one of those vacuums and vacuum every inch of the carpet and that will get rid of them. I don't know of any bug killer that kills them.
2007-09-05 16:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by pooh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maggots are the larva of flies from eggs being laid on food scraps. Bug stuff is not going to affect the eggs and probably have little effect on the larva. Keeping a can of flying insect spray inside the car and spraying a small amount (the car isn't that large inside) when flies are noticed while getting out. Fly strips might work non-toxically buy the heat in a parked car might ruin them quickly - don't know.
2007-09-05 16:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your wife is that concerned about it being clean, then I would take the car to a professional detailer and explain to them the situation so they are sure to work that area thoroughly.
I am guessing that you can barely afford to scratch your nose with the cost of gas for that thing, but spend the money. This will make your wife happy which is always a good thing. Plus, she will feel like her expedition is new again which will also make her feel good.
2007-09-09 03:06:09 · answer #3 · answered by Warfighter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She probably doesn't want to hear this, but just relax.
Those maggots will probably do a better clean-up job than you can.
Since the carpet is synthetic, they can't eat that, so they'll just clean up the spill very completely and die off.
2007-09-06 04:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave the car for about a week with the doors open:- the maggots will turn into flies and fly off. then clean the carpet.
job done.
2007-09-07 01:00:10 · answer #5 · answered by crazy_gang1843 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
remove the seats from the vehicle tehn you can remove the carpet and have it cleaned and dried then replace the seats
2007-09-05 16:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take your car to a car detailer they will make it look like new
2007-09-05 16:17:50 · answer #7 · answered by Fred S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW! that sounds horrible. I have never heard of that before. I wish I had something to help. Good luck
2007-09-05 16:02:20 · answer #8 · answered by raindrop123 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋