Using bicarb to clean the carpet

[DumbledoresGirl]

I have seen this advice given often on MN - a paste of bicarb rubbed into the carpet is supposed to lift smells from it. The other day, ds3 spilt pink flavoured milk on a beige carpet and it smelt awful so i thought I would give it a go. Well, the smell is gone certainly, but I now have a dreadful white stain where the paste was rubbed in.

What have I done wrong/not done?

Bumping for the domestic goddesses amongst us!

Did you hoover it out afterwards, DG? It shouldn't stain so that's propably just the white powder residue.

Thanks for replying Janh. I did hoover but it made no difference.

What I did was mix bicarb with water to make a paste which I then daubed all over the carpet. Was I not supposed to? Was I supposed to use dry bicarb? I am confused about this!

Anyway, looks like I will have to get a carpet cleaner now to get rid of the carpet cleaner!

No, making a paste is right - never heard of it staining before

How about wetting it again and spreading it out a bit more - see if that makes any diff?

I will be doing all sorts as soon as I can summon up the energy to tackle it! I hate dealing with stains on the carpet and feel a bit peeved that this one came about because I was trying to prevent another. Srill, better to find out this happens now with the spilt milk than to end up with a stain marking where someone vomited....yeuch!