# kerosene in my backseat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerosene-in-my-backseat/45247>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerosene-in-my-backseat/45247 "2000-12-12T22:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chrisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisc)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerosene-in-my-backseat/45247/1 "2000-12-12T22:14:15Z")

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How do you get the smell of kerosene out of a car. A friend spilled some in my backseat. We tried shampooing it, I took it to the detail place, nothing works. I even tried one of those christmas tree air fresheners. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerosene-in-my-backseat/45247/2 "2000-12-13T02:41:31Z")

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Leave the windows open and let itself vent out naturally. Thats the only thing I’ve found to work (with gasoline at least). Gasoline has a much lower flash point than kerosene, so it might take a bit longer.

Just a suggestion, I don’t know if it will work.