The car methodForty-five minutes closed. Thirty minutes open.
Park outside in the shade, never in a garage. Engine on, A/C on recirculate, every door shut. The pump lifts the vapor out of the cup and the vents carry it through the seats, the carpet and the headliner. Then fresh air finishes the job before anyone rides.
The tablet is chlorine dioxide, the same heavy-duty 20 g odor tablet we sell on Amazon. In the cup it makes a vapor that works on the smell in the air of the shut car. Forty-five minutes closed does the work. Thirty minutes open clears the pool smell. Then you drive.
Why the big tablet in a car kit: every car story on this page is a 20 g story. The heavy-duty tablet is for a smell that has soaked into the seats and the headliner. The free car-size tablet is the small one, for the next time, same cup, same four steps.
1Clean the source
Remove trash, food, butts, wet fabric, and anything else causing the smell. Vacuum, clean, and dry the cabin. The cabin air filter is optional. I did not change mine on the Mustang and the kit still cleared it. If yours is black with dust, swap it before the run.
2Set the cup
Park outside in the shade, not in a garage. Your own cup in the holder, 6 oz of water, stone in, tablet in, pump on.
3Run 45 minutes
Engine on. A/C on high and recirculate. Windows up. Nobody inside, no pets, every door shut.
4Open every door
Engine off. Open every door for 30 minutes before anyone rides. Longer if you still smell a pool. Then drive with the windows down. Mine was clear after 20 to 30 minutes of cruising.
Nobody inside while it runs.Stay with the parked car from outside. Keep people, pets, plants, food, birds, and fish tanks out.
Air freshener
Detailing
The Reset Kit
Where it reaches
The air around the vent clip
The surfaces a hand can clean
Seats, carpet, vents, and headliner
What it leaves
Fragrance over the smell
A cleaner surface
Nothing to cover
The work
Replace it again
Another appointment
Set it, wait, open every door