I have a '95 Cherokee Sport with 39K miles on it that I bought last summer. I recently had a car upholstery shop professionally replace the interior ceiling/roof fabric liner because the old one was coming down and sagging in multiple places. The issue I'm contending with now is the strong chemical smell either from the fabric, foam or adhesive. It's enough to make someone physically ill.

Is there a way to accelerate the outgassing or eliminate the smell??? I don't want to sell it, because it's in great shape otherwise, but I will if I can't eliminate this smell.

 

i would try to put a big fan on it for a few days and it that dont work find a shop that has a ozone generator its a little machine that produces ozone and killa lot of smells i kno it will work for smoke smells but its proly worth a shot for a chem smell
good luck

 

try febreeze but its more than likely the glue.

 

x2 proble glue

 

If it is the adhesive / glue, will an ozone generator work on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)???

These generators are expensive (but not as expensive as a new vehicle)

 

i would try febreeze first and a air freshner.

 

ozium. look for it at walgreens. I'd hit the interior with a healthy blast, leave the windows up for a half hour then air it out with all doors/hatch open for a couple hours. should really cut back the smell as ozium alters the air molecules and removes the part that contains smell. I love it.
this is what the can looks like:

 

id think it will just go away on its own leave ur windows down for a few nights maybe and a fan on it.
and febreeze.

 

x2 on Ozium.

If that doesn't work, you might try buying a 5-lb. bag of kitty litter and pouring it out into some big trays inside the XJ, then leaving the windows up for a couple of days....then opening all the windows and driving around for a while. ( I use the kitty litter technique to get rid of the musty smell of old books & magazines ).

 

Would this technique work for a Jeep that has a smoker smell in it?

 

cat box on wheels...hes gonna have every cat in the neighborhood following him LOL........

 

thats some clever stuff there.

 

I've done alot of interiors, just leave the windows cracked for a few days and drive with them cracked, a good air freshener and it will be gone in a week, I have done whole interiors (door panels, dash, headliner, everything and drove it the next day before, Only thing worse is fiberglass work, that smell takes weeks to get out

 

x3 on the ozuim. that stuff will get ride of a drunken fat woman smell....

 

That's why I made sure to say to leave the windows UP for a few days...
Otherwise he'd have a different odor problem to deal with...LOL