fiberglass resin... smell won't go away

[Decipha 10+ year member]

I built a new box for my subs... fiberglassed the spare tire well and now i can't get that resin smell out my car.. its been almost 2 weeks now and its still pretty noticeable. Not as bad as it was at first but the smell still lingers im the cabin. Its bad enuff to make me dizzy after driving 2.5-3 hours. I was thinking maybe wiping the fiberglass down with some orange cleaner just to deodize it, thats the only thing i can think of... If anybody knows how to get rid of it I'm all ears.

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[Odd-io 10+ year member]

Febreeze? If you have a garage let your trunk air out at night. Not sure...

 

[KARLEON 10+ year member]

its probably going to take a while. I fiberglassed an enclosure in my honda and it smelled like resin for a looooooooong time. All i can advise is use plenty of air freshners and ride with your window down/cracked. And do what the guy above me just suggested with leaving your trunk open when u can

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

guess the febreeze wouldn't hurt... i tried letting it air out with no luck.

 

[KARLEON 10+ year member]

guess the febreeze wouldn't hurt... i tried letting it air out with no luck.

im saying, keep letting it air out. Its not going to all of a sudden vanish. Anytime u arent doing anything, just open your trunk to let it vent. Eventually it will air out. It took my car over a month, probably longer than that to completely get rid of the resin smell. Its called patience

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

or put a fan blowing out ur trunk for a day or 2.

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

i'll try it anything to get that crap gone

 

[ricoshay 10+ year member]

I've heard that an onion or lemon cut in half will do it.

 

[704lay 10+ year member]

my grandma uses vinegar to get rid of foul smells that should help cut into the smell

 

[Railrocker 10+ year member]

Dont use vinegar and onions //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

It does take some time. You can cover the odor with febreeze or those hanging pine trees but it will be a while before its completely gone.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

grounded coffee beans.

 

[inapontiac 10+ year member]

i actually like the smell of resin

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

x2

 

[PowerNaudio 10+ year member]

usualy the reason the smell doesnt go away, is because you have some uncured resin in the enclosure still, i suggest taking the enclosure out. look it over and find the areas that are still some what uncured sticky or soft. one way you can get that area to cure is applying an extra layer of fiber glass resin that has enough hardner in it to fully cure it self and the uncured resin that youre trying to take care of.

if you cant find the uncured area, apply the new layer of resin on the whole enclosure it self. that will create a seal around the whole enclosure, let the enclosure cure for at least 4hours or over night before you install it in the vehicle.

another way to get the smell away is to take the enclosure out of the car, take the sub out and any plastic hardware. then build kind of an oven around the fiberglass enclosure, lay a couple of wood panels around the enclosure to keep the heat in, and stick a heat gun on one of the oven oppenings. get the enclosure as hot as the heat gun can get it for a couple of hours then let it fully cool down. that should accelerate the curing prosses of any uncured resin in the enclosure.

none of the fiberglass enclosures i have built, have keeped the resin smell after the resin has fully cured.

good luck with it. let us know if it worked.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Hang some trees from the mirror...