New Boot Floor For 2008 Is

[mrfunex]

Hi,

I'm after a new boot floor for a 2008 ISF, due to a white spirit spillage that won't go away after steam cleaning, soapy water, airing and febreezing :-(

Replacements don't seem to be available on eBay. I've had my local dealer quote me *wait for it* £356 for one!! Essentially a 3x2ft piece of stiffened felt that sits on the spare tyre.

Any other ideas, or just keep on airing it? The smell has to go away sometime, right?

[milleplod]

I spilled white spirit all over a pair of jeans a while ago. Then I washed them. Then both the jeans and the washer smelled of white spirit! :tsktsk:

So, at the suggestion of my dear old mum, who knows stuff, I washed them again in lots of white vinegar....twice, just to make sure. Result! Smell not quite gone from the washer immediately, but the day after it was fine. The jeans? Sorted! So....well worth getting a big bottle of the stuff and giving it a whirl....much cheaper than a new part!

(Apparently, bicarbonate of soda works too).

Pete

[normski2]

White vinegar and bicarbonate of soda are good options to try as they are useful for counteracting smells.

May be worth asking your local friendly dry cleaners. White spirit isn't water soluble so you really need to go the chemical route. It's worth a shot as they have may have an answer.

Keep an eye out for one from scrapyard or eBay too.

[mrfunex]

Some really good advice, thanks!

I shall give the vinegar a go, purely due to convenience (I have some), then it might be a trip to the local dry cleaners.

[normski2]

Make sure its White Vinegar.....not malt vinegar!!!