Help! Alien goo in my rug :(

[PaleHousewifeOfCumbriaCounty]

Some bright spark bought my son one of those hideous alien in an egg things, which has leaked some sort of slime onto my new rug. Its still squidgy - any ideas how to clean it off?

[ResolutelyCheeky]

Oh, I wish this thread was in AIBU (could do with some amusing threads there atm).
I take it the rug is not washable? I have just ordered some dry cleaning spray off ebay which I used to use when I worked in fashion which is rather good for removing stains, alien or otherwise.
hth

[momb]

the goo is water soluble while still gooey (thank goodness) so you can sponge it out.

[PaleHousewifeOfCumbriaCounty]

Its come out thank god. Looked bloody awful tho, like snot all over it! It only seems to be people with no kids who buy them these things!