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Old 12-12-2013, 03:15 PM
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Do the following as SOON as possible. Don't even wait another hour or two.. water is soaking things and mildew/mold is getting started.

1. Get a shop vac and vacuum any wet spots once or twice, to pull all water out possible. Carpet should be damp now.

In order of preference (best to worst)
2a. Put a humidifier in the car, crank it, and shut the windows as much as possible. Extension cord should go through the door seal. Let it suck the water out of the air in the car. Check every so often, to make sure it isn't full of water.

2b. Fan in the car with one window cracked a little bit (enough for the extension cord)

2c. Small space heater in the car. The reason this is ranked lower in preference than 2b is because this has the highest risk of fire.. 2a and 2b are pretty much completely safe.

3. Once dry have the car vacuumed/cleaned/run an ozonator if necessary. The really scary stuff (mold) will be fixed by the end of step #2 so this is more to get rid of smells and for cosmetic reasons.
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