# How to remove the stench of rotting flesh from my truck seat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436 "2012-02-10T18:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436/21 "2012-02-10T19:28:34Z")
[Mythbusters did it](http://mythbustersresults.com/episode7). Some helpful suggestions in the comments. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436/22 "2012-02-10T19:59:27Z")
Ozone cleaning might do it for you. I have an aquaintence who is in this business and they have tested their equipment on very smelly smoke filled hotel rooms and such. I think they were very agressive with their ozone generators and got rid of the smell. In spite of the fact that this guy is in marketing, I do tend to believe him. Ozone is very reactive and you have to make sure you don’t breathe it or you’ll cause some nasty burns, but I personally have a certain amount of trust in its ability to get rid of odors like this. It might also damage the surfaces of your truck, but I think that would require extreme cases and very long term exposure. You might find someone in your area who can give you more information. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436/23 "2012-02-10T21:34:48Z")
> [@misterW](#): > > rotting body parts Human or other? ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436/24 "2012-02-10T21:38:42Z")
> [@misterW](#): > > I had some rotting body parts that I needed to dispose of in a plastic garbage bag. Circumstances dictated that they be temporarily secured in the cab of my pickup truck for a day or so. Long story. Anyway, unbeknownst to me, there was a hole in the bag, and rotting juices soaked into the seat. Now my cab smells like a dead body. Any way to try cleaning/deodorizing the seat? Your truck is hexed. Only a chicken sacrificed on railroad tracks can help you now. May God have mercy on your soul. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436/25 "2012-02-10T21:54:16Z")
A cash bus ticket to Mexico may be in order. Did you make the hole deep enough? ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436/26 "2012-02-10T22:49:41Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Human or other? What a rude question! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-the-stench-of-rotting-flesh-from-my-truck-seat/612436.md?page=1)