Guest dhunter41 Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 IF ANYONE KNOWS OF SUCCESSFUL WAYS TO KEEP MICE OUT OF STORED CARS (OTHER THAN SOAP OR MOTH BALLS), I'D SURE BE PROUD TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 I've heard to try Bounce, the fabric softener sheets, don't know if it works, it supposedly works on soiled dishes soaked in the sink too. Smells alot better than moth balls too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Chapman Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Two hungry cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Darn, Mr. Chapman beat me to it,<BR>I think his suggestion should be taken seriously, though, it really does work for me. Just make sure and get them spayed or neutered, or you will replace the mouse problem with a cat problem.<BR>Perry BCA (don't have my number at the moment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 The dryer sheets work. I use them to keep the mice from building nests in my snowmobiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad54 Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 If the car is put up for the winter, a really good job of winterizing should work:<BR>Plug/cover the exhaust pipe, carb opening, etc.<BR>Then seal off the body: cover heater inlet hoses, the drain hole in the bottom of the spare tire well, etc.<BR>There are also those Car Capsules. I haven't used one, but I've seen them. That actually seems like the most thorough way to do it.<BR>A ring of mouse poison pellet on the ground encircling the car might also work. Unless you've got kids or other pets.<BR>-Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nailswede Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 I've heard that garlic can keep the mices out of car.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2002 Share Posted June 5, 2002 Lots of garlic will keep the girls away also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUICK RACER Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Unless they like garlic, especially white garlic pizza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK Buickman Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 How about leaving a battery operated radio in the car with some loud modern top hit music playing?<BR>The mice will do one of two things:<BR>1)disappear after listening to the music for a few seconds<BR>or<BR>2)die from overexertion after dancing all night<P>AK Buickman..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 About the dryer sheets.....what exactly do you do with them.....just lay them about? How many and where. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DugsSin Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 I use the small boxes of Dcon that have the green pellets in them. One by each tire and it hasn't failed me yet. <BR> When you find the remains of your visitor it is all dried up with no smell. <BR> Doug Updike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nailswede Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 I agree with John Chapman<BR>get a WILDCAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Chapman Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 Most informative... now I know why my cat has garlic breath.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxnard Montalvo Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Keep everything (hood, trunk, doors) open. This has worked completely for two winters after years of mouse troubles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Chapman Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 With everything open, the mices can't hide from the cat(s)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad54 Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 The garlic works well for vampires, too. <BR>I once read that in the far east, where they have the mosquitto netting around the beds, that they put little pans with crushed glass and water under each foot of the bed to keep critters from climbing up the bed posts. The glass would work if the car was on jack stands. How desperate are you, I guess. <BR>Or jack stands with something like the inverted funnels people put on their bird feeder poles to keep the squirrels from climbing the poles and eating the seed.<BR>So how's that for bizarre suggestions that might actually work?!<BR>The only problem with mouse poison is cats often eat the poisoned mice, and then the cat dies. <BR>-Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 70 Electra Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 I've used a Car Bag (with dessicant) for years on my cars. They're great! No rodents, no dust, no moisture. In the spring, the car looks just like when you put it away---don't even get rust on brake rotors!!<P>Only downside is that you don't have regular access to the car during the storage period. (You're not supposed to unzip bag during storage, as it lets in moisture and "uses up" the dessicant charge).<P>The outfit I got my bags from is in Bath Michigan. It's a mom and pop outfit and they make the bags locally. They have a website: <A HREF="http://www.carbag.com" TARGET=_blank>http://www.carbag.com</A> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Start it up at least once a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Steve Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Very informative. Just took the dash of my 55 Special and it seems there have been mice hanging out under there. Got the cat, but he don't do much. I like the dryer sheet idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 My problem isn't meeces- it's <B>spiders!</B>and there's a bumper crop of the little buggers this year! I rarely actually see any on or in the cars, but going into the storage units... Time I get the car open I'm wrapped up in spiderwebs. Any ideas?<P>55Steve- you're feeding the cat too well. Hide the Meow Mix and he'll go after the meeces.<p>[ 07-16-2002: Message edited by: rocketraider ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad54 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 I still can't tell my wife about the black widow spiders that took up in the '54 when it was parked behind our shop for a couple of months--she'd never ride in the car again. Just driving seems to make other spiders abandon ship after a few days.<BR>The black widows got carb-cleanered when I was working on the car to get it back on the road.<BR>1:30 in the morning, the car's on a lift, and baby black widows start dropping out of the chassis by the dozens and dozens while I'm running new fuel lines. (I'd already sprayed the 8 adults I found) So I brake out the carb cleaner, nuke them, and while I'm getting up in the hidden spots, I wake up the BABY RATTLE SNAKE that's also taken up residence! Carb cleaner makes them feisty. It literally shot out of the chassis toward my head.<BR>Not a fun night. I hate Florida.<BR>I'll take meeces any day.<BR>-Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krauseheim Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 I'm a little late for the "Keep the mice out" advice. After four years in storage, my '53 Buick Super reeks of mouse pee. It's been a challenge finding all the nooks and crannies where these guys hung out, and I've taken apart everything I've dared to, shopvac'd, shampoo'd and sprayed/brushed with OdoBan (available at Sam's Club). The car still reeks. My next stunt will be an ozone generator. Other stunts I've heard of that are supposed to banish the odors include vinegar, Febreeze, charcoal and garlic...I haven't tried these, and don't want to until someone tells me they'll work. I suspect, however, that I haven't located all the "odor sources", i.e. dead mice and mouse nests. I pulled the back seat and seat back and back side panels off, and took care of the two vent inlets under the dash too, spraying every surface I can find with OdoBan. Where else should I be looking? The car smells, and when it's moving, it REALLY smells. Anyone know of the Grand Cure for getting rid of the smell? It stinks so bad I have to drive with my head hanging out the window like a hairy dog on a hot day. By the way, did I mention that my car smells?Tom HeimermanShoreview, MinnesotaBCA Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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