Removing the smell of fish

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Re: Removing the smell of fish

#21 Post by MarkoC »

Ive been in cleaning and car valeting business for few years and all i can tell you is to get your car valeted (wet cleaning).
Yes it costs few bobs but if you rent the carpet cleaning machine like i used to do: (16eur a day in Midleton), bottle of Vanish Carpet cleaning liquid and you will manage to get your car super clean and fresh with just 2-3h work and 25 quid for chemicals and machine rent ;)

Without carpet cleaning machine you will just rub the shaite more in, it may look cleaner but the smell comes back in a week or 2 and also the car gets more dirty sooner as the chemicals and shait isnt sucket out like the carpet cleaning machine does.
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#22 Post by iano »

+1 on the shaving cream ,works a treat ,just wash hands as normal then repaeat with the shaving foam

ian............
thers no such thing as bad weather, just 'wrong clothes'
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#23 Post by johnwest »

I once accidentally locked the cat in the car overnight, by the time I realised the next day it had performed just about every natural function known. This was in summer and a good hot one at that and the smell was unbelievable. I know the cure ; leave the fishing gear in overnight as it could only be an improvement!
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#24 Post by yngkmd »

i find a good brutal fart masks any other smell known to man :D
2012 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock, Whiting, Colefish (New PB), Shore Rockling, Flounder (New PB), 5 Bearded Rockling (New Species), Dogfish, Pouting, Plaice, Dab, Lesser Sandeel (New Species), Cod (New PB), Long Spine Sea Scorpion, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Goldsinney Wrasse, Butterfish (New Species), Ling (PB), Halibut (New Species), Haddock (New Species), Red Fish (New Species), Wolffish (New Species), Rockcook Wrasse, Shanny, Poorcod, Conger

2011 species list (In order of appearance), Pollock(PB), Lumpfish (New Species), Whiting, Colefish, Codling(PB), Dab, Pouting, Shore Rockling, Conger (PB), Blenny, Corkwing Wrasse, Three Bearded Rockling (new Species), Lesser Spotted Dogfish, Ballan Wrasse, Plaice, LSSS, Poor Cod (new Species that i know of), Sand Smelt (new Species), Herring (new Species)
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#25 Post by tight lines »

if it does happen again get some boiling water in a bowl pour in some lemon juice and leave in the car for a couple of hours and when finished pour some of the left over water on a clean cloth to make it damp and then wipe all the dash board and any thing that is platics on metal inside the car and your left with a nice fresh clean lemon smell
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#26 Post by originalsin »

Ive been sorting the smell the lazy way lately, a dozen or so magic trees work a treat, only downside to that tho is the super strong fruity/flowerly/fresh smell doesn't half make for a headache from hell :(
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Shore 2013 - (16) Dab-5, 5b Rockling-2, Whiting-40, Codling-1, Coalie-1, Pollack-12, Plaice-1, Flounder-2, Bass-1, LSD-4, TB Ray-2, Starry smut-29, Common smut-5, Mackerel-1, Ballan Wrasse-3, Shanny-1,
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#27 Post by PaddyB »

MILLBROOK wrote:shaving foam works wonders
YIP Totally agree with this, shaving foam is a great job, espically after digging rag!
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#28 Post by Sparks43 »

originalsin wrote:After leaving a bit of gear in the car after a session then forgetting about if for a few days the interior of the car now smells something awful,

Is there an easy way to get rid of the smell or am I just gonna need to get a truck load of magic trees?

How can your car smell of fish when you blank left right and centre :lol:
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#29 Post by originalsin »

Ask creep if his car whiffs of fish, he's blanked more than me..... :mrgreen:
Shore 2011 - (9) (4 month season)
Shore 2012 - (26) Species 203 Total fish
Shore 2013 - (16) Dab-5, 5b Rockling-2, Whiting-40, Codling-1, Coalie-1, Pollack-12, Plaice-1, Flounder-2, Bass-1, LSD-4, TB Ray-2, Starry smut-29, Common smut-5, Mackerel-1, Ballan Wrasse-3, Shanny-1,
Shore 2015 - Codling, Whiting, Sea Trout, LSD, 5b Rockling, 3b Rockling, Dab,

Boat 2012 - (11) Species 111 Total fish
Boat 2013 - (3) Pollock-1, Coalie-1,Codling-1, (3 Total fish)




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#30 Post by dexs7 »

Thats the smell of success :) Fabreeze my man, it will do the job
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#31 Post by Creep »

Your more then welcome to stick your nose in my car and smell the fishy fish :D :D
list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

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#32 Post by originalsin »

Creep wrote:Your more then welcome to stick your nose in my car and smell the fishy fish :D :D
The only fishy fish smell you have in your car is from your questionable standards in bait...... That crab you had last week would have driven fish away had you chose to use it...... It was pretty gank..... :?
Shore 2011 - (9) (4 month season)
Shore 2012 - (26) Species 203 Total fish
Shore 2013 - (16) Dab-5, 5b Rockling-2, Whiting-40, Codling-1, Coalie-1, Pollack-12, Plaice-1, Flounder-2, Bass-1, LSD-4, TB Ray-2, Starry smut-29, Common smut-5, Mackerel-1, Ballan Wrasse-3, Shanny-1,
Shore 2015 - Codling, Whiting, Sea Trout, LSD, 5b Rockling, 3b Rockling, Dab,

Boat 2012 - (11) Species 111 Total fish
Boat 2013 - (3) Pollock-1, Coalie-1,Codling-1, (3 Total fish)




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#33 Post by sparkey+1 »

Well mate the tricks you have tryed to get rid of the smell in the jeep didn't work as I found out on Sat morning.... glad I wasn't on the batter the night before :P .
Species 2012: Flounder, Whiting, Dublin Bay Codling, Coalie, 3 Beard Rockling, Shore Rockling, Bass, Dogfish, 5.2lb Starry Smoothhound (PB), Twaite Shad, Thornback Ray 5.8lbs (PB), LSD, Pollock, Ballan Wrasse, Cork Wing Wrasse, 43cm Flounder (PB)

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#34 Post by originalsin »

sparkey+1 wrote:Well mate the tricks you have tryed to get rid of the smell in the jeep didn't work as I found out on Sat morning.... glad I wasn't on the batter the night before :P .
I think the smell was coming from your tackle bag.....
Shore 2011 - (9) (4 month season)
Shore 2012 - (26) Species 203 Total fish
Shore 2013 - (16) Dab-5, 5b Rockling-2, Whiting-40, Codling-1, Coalie-1, Pollack-12, Plaice-1, Flounder-2, Bass-1, LSD-4, TB Ray-2, Starry smut-29, Common smut-5, Mackerel-1, Ballan Wrasse-3, Shanny-1,
Shore 2015 - Codling, Whiting, Sea Trout, LSD, 5b Rockling, 3b Rockling, Dab,

Boat 2012 - (11) Species 111 Total fish
Boat 2013 - (3) Pollock-1, Coalie-1,Codling-1, (3 Total fish)




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Re: Removing the smell of fish

#35 Post by Creep »

That was peelers that had gone off and they found themselves workin as ground bait, and yep they stank to high heavens! But theres no smell in my car now!! and I'd say the reason is all that rain in youghal when we opened the boot to take the gear out washed the smell right out of it! Other then that I have tried lukewarm water and vinegar in bowl, Lemon Juice and water , and even a peeled onion, as for those magic trees... I prefer the smell of fish!!! Shavin foam Im going to try next time!
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list 2013 (10) Ballan Wrasse, (17) Smooth Hounds (6lb, 2oz, best so far this year), (47) LSD, (2) shore Rockling, (1) Long spine scorpion, (9) flounder, (8) Dab (2)Bass (3) Mackerel (2) lance (2) Plaice (2) Pollock (1) whiting

List 2012: (83) Whitting, (2) Plaice, (20) 5 Beard Rockling, (3) Coalie, (1) 3 Beard Rockling PB 40cm, (8)Pouting, (1) poor cod, (49) LSD(PB: 3lb.2oz), (1) Shore Rockling, (2) Codling, (2) Long Spine Scorpion, (6) Pollock (25) flounder (b) (1) mackrel (1) Turbot PB19cm (10)dab (6) Smooth Hound (2) Twaite Shad, (2)Thornback Ray(PB: 4lb 5oz), (34) Mackrel (Shore), (35) Lance PB31cm, (1) pipe fish, (1)Bull Huss 3lb 150z, (1) Octopus (2)corkwing wrasse, (1) Dragonet

List 2011: 16 species (267 fish caught)

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