long story short i fell asleep last night with my sunroof open and it rained like a mother and my leather seats got soaked. what is the best way to clean these so they don't smell or mess up the leather

 

You need a Small Dehumidifier so you can dry it out fast, They rent them at tool rental shops! It will take aleast 1 to 2 days to dry it out properly, A small fan or Air Mover will also help the dry out!

 

or just leave the windows down and the sunroof open

 

you must not know much about cincinnati weather.. lol

 

nope heheh

 

bright and sunny one minute pouring rain another.. hot one day cold the next. its crazy

 

Yeah I dehumidifier would work the best I would think.

 

Sell the car and bye a new one

 

I would take the seats out and get some heat lamps and dry them out. Then also apply leather conditioner to keep the seats from drying out. And why the seats are out, use a wet/dry vac to clean up the mat.

 

to hell with all that. i restore flood cars all the time. you need to take a carpet extractor to all the carpets. then you need a "ozone machine" to kill any mildew. your local detail shop can put your car on the ozone machine for 24 hours for about 60 bucks. that'll kill any bacteria that causes smell. as for the leather, get some good conditioner with mink oil in it to restore it. that'll take care of the smell and mildew.

 

A Ozone Machine will not dry out a car, It is only for removing odors! Ozone also is No good on Rubber it breaks it down! Trust me on this, I have been certified in Deflooding & Odor removal since 1993 by the IICRC! If there is a smell after dry out then Ozone it but Dont go above 500 parts per Million, A Human can only handle 400 parts! Also never use heat to Dry out Leather, It will Shrink just like wool or cotton!

 

thats for your feedback.. im gunna take YOUR advice.. oh btw. love the way your car turned out

 

who the hell said an ozone machine would dry it out? learn to read.

 

Dude relax, I did read it! The simple fact is if you dry it out right, You wont need a Ozone machine!
2nd) Mildew only grows on Cotton & Fungi grows on everything else! I was simply telling him so he didn't get confused, Because you said to extract & then Ozone! If he where to do that it changes the make up of the water & would ruin His Sh*t! Plus Ozone does break down rubber & could cause problems in the future with the seals & his eletronics!
If dry out is done Properly it will have no smell, It will only smell while being wet do to the make up of the materials that are wet! Kinda like if you leave your cloths in the washer all day & forgot to remove them, When you remove them they have a Smell even tho you used soap!

Rain water is a Fresh to Grey water intrusion, If dry out is done within 24 to 48 hrs No Mold (ie:Mildew) will form!

By the way did I mention that I own a Mold Remediation Company
It' all good!