For the love of Christ...how to get Stretch Armstrong innards out of the carpet?!

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Poor Stretch has met an untimely demise and, I presume, the hands of the 3yo

He’s been lovingly put on the carpet near the radiator where he has oozed a thick, sticky, dark, tar like substance everywhere...there’s fucking rivers of it.

Is the carpet destroyed forever?!

Even as I ask, I know the answer...

Some sort of incantation perhaps

Put a lot of ice cubes over it and let it harden hopefully it can then be peeled off. It's worth a try. This works on chewing gum.

God we've got one of these. It might have to go now.

You can still get Stretch Armstrong!?

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I tried the ice thing and it turned it stickier! I’ve got ice packs on it now because I feel like cold is the answer!

Yes you can still get him...the sticky innard prick!

I highly recommend everyone gets rid...or have them ready incase a burglar comes then you can cut it open and stick the burglar to the ground!

Thanks all!!

I knew you could get them still but I had no idea they had weird innards. I just thought it was that foamy stretchy stuff all through. Hope you get it off OP, sounds like hell.

The innards are genuinely like thick tar!

I thought they might’ve changed the innards but apparently not - They were the same 20 years ago when DB had one...I still remember when he cut his open (he was an....inquisitive child...) and DM found it stuffed at the bottom of the wardrobe...very glad I wasn’t him that day

WD40 is good for lots of things - wonder if you could scrape off as much as poss and then see if it frees up the residue??
NB this is only a WILD GUESS and not based on any information! Usual disclaimers - test on small areas, own risk....
Does Google suggest anything?

Sorry, no help but your dilemma cheered me up!

How did a 3yr old break Stretch ?!?
How big is the toddler?

I have no idea, sorry, but I love your thread title

OMG I didn't realize he was still around. He was my oldest sons favorite, thank gooodness he wasn't strong enough to spill the poor mans guts. Ds is now 31

Some people say ots corn syrup inside strech pthers say super glue.

So maybe search how to get corn syrup out of things

If you watch the cutting open sqishy videos on youtube you'll see whats inside Strech is the viliest thickest normally clear substace. I suspect its not removable sorry OP

This made me laugh so much as me and my siblings broke one and caused a huge mess 20 years ago! It said it stretched right?!

Good luck!

When my dd and her cousins tied one end of Stretch to the top bannister and stretched him down the stairs until he split, my PILs were getting his innards out of everywhere for months- but it was white, not black. Black sounds worrying- are you sure he didn’t die of something nasty.....

I just had a read on wikipedia and it says the innards are gelled corn syrup if that helps

If he’s anything like the purple and green slime my 5yo was given, well the 5 yo is now 12 and the slime is still there.
Thanks mum

I remember getting socked in the face by my brother as a child with a Stretch Armstrong. I admire the strength of your 3 yo!

Not sure what it’s exactly made of, but I had a recent incident with some extremely gel like slime, which had harden to my brand new carpet. WD-40 saved my carpet and DHs life for buying it.

Vinegar got nasty navy blue slime out of my carpet.

I got tar out of a carpet using normal cooking oil, sunflower I think, that might work for stretch?

Her brother has recently taught her to open food packs with her teeth so I’m pretty sure some teeth were involved in the demise!

I’ve put the armchair over it...

Oh no! I've bought one for DS (2) but haven't given it to him yet. He likes to bit stuff. I may rethink

Biancadelrioisback don’t do it!!

Huh. Stretch might be disappearing from DS' room before he gets back from his school trip tomorrow...