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Sick on settee - the smell is truly vile!

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Hattiecat · 15/01/2007 09:22

My dd2 threw up on the settee last night - i've tried disinfectant, its a woven gabric type settee - anyone got any ideas how i can get rid of the smell - i've plugged a plug in air freshener thing next to it overnight and it still stinks! thanks x

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Roskvawantingsomesunshine · 15/01/2007 09:43

Vanish spray on stain remover seems to work when the dog pees on the carpet, but I've never tried it on the furniture. It would probably be a good idea to try it on a hidden bit of the sofa first in case it stains/bleaches the fabric.

crystalpony · 15/01/2007 09:59

I think foam fabric cleaner is probably quite good for this as it lifts the stain and the smell with it.

Gloworm · 15/01/2007 10:01

sprinkle on loads of neat tea tree oil as well, it never fails

bambi06 · 15/01/2007 10:01

febreze

caffeinequeen · 15/01/2007 10:13

bicarbonate of soda/baking powder will absorb the smell.

Biglips · 15/01/2007 10:14

defo bicarb of soda - cant live without that!...thats weird as mine threw up last nite too as totally out of the blue and threw up all over me and carpet! -hhmm!!!!

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Hattiecat · 15/01/2007 11:18

i was out of the room when it happened and walked in to find dh DABBING THE SETTEE WITH A TISSUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah, cos that's gonna do a whole heap of good....will try these - thanks lots!

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100PerCentCod · 15/01/2007 11:19

tesco cheapoid disinfectant pine smel

DumbledoresGirl · 15/01/2007 11:21

Clean with a solution of viiiiiiiiiinegar and water. It really will work, guaranteed! Also, put a bowl of vinegar and water in the room and any residual smell will be absorbed too. Try it!

ClosetSlob · 15/01/2007 11:22

bicarb of soda.

stleger · 15/01/2007 11:26

1 part vinegar to 4 parts water does for cat sick, and it is the worst.

JanH · 15/01/2007 11:38

BICARBBICARBBICARB!

Make paste with cold water, rub in, leave to dry, brush/hoove out. Magic. Leaves no smell at all!

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Hattiecat · 15/01/2007 12:15

marvellous - out for 13 months jabs after lunch then to shop for bicarb!

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Hattiecat · 15/01/2007 15:45

ok, am all bicarb'd up now - how long do i have to leave it on for?

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fortyplus · 15/01/2007 15:46

Dettox is great for getting rid of smells

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Hattiecat · 16/01/2007 09:41

its a nightmare - left bicarb on all night (its still there) and put vinegar with mixed with water in a bowl next to the stench...now i really really really want to go and watch er that i taped last night, but i can't, COS IT STILL STILL STINKS!!!!!!!!!!! what can i do, goran's face is just not going to be as enticing with the stale smell of vomit penetrating my senses.....help!!!!!!!!

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fortyplus · 16/01/2007 09:52

Chuck on as much cold water as you dare, dab dry with an old towel and soak with Dettox. Honest... I promise!

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Hattiecat · 16/01/2007 09:55

ok, will go to shop to buy once dd up from sleep...meanwhile looks like its face in jumper to watch er!

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fortyplus · 16/01/2007 10:03

I expect a full report later, full of grovelling gratitude that I've saved you from such a terrible fate

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Hattiecat · 16/01/2007 10:10

tell you if it works, you've got a job! darn it baby has woken up now, so going to be forced into living room with lurking smell. can't go to shop yet as no car cos its at school as today walked home from school for first time since june so v proud of self (have been poorly!) oh god, am going off on a tangent just to avoid the honk!!!! what else can i write about....errr...its raining here....that very fine drizzly wet rain.....its no good the smell is beckoning...

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pretendmum · 16/01/2007 10:12

Try and leave the windows open as much as possible...this always worked at university!

fortyplus · 16/01/2007 10:14

YUK!!! At least baby vomit won't smell of curry or Pernod

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Hattiecat · 16/01/2007 10:36

no, that's just me!!!!

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JanH · 16/01/2007 12:36

Oh I'm sorry it didn't work, Hc - you must have special bicarb resistant-upholstery!

Have you actually removed the bicarb yet and have a sniff of the bits underneath? And do they stillsmell?

Only there could be bits you missed, especially with tissue-dabbing DH spreading it around - and he probably rubbed it in too, oh yummy. (My DH has been known to strip a pukey bed, dump the whole lot straight in the washer, and then look surprised when it came out still full of bits.)

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Hattiecat · 16/01/2007 13:54

JanH - i actually think you've hit nail on head...i think dh really smeared it into the settee which has made it far worse than it might have been...i've left the bicarb on for now, partly because i'm still hoping it might work, partly because i can't be a**ed cleaning it off (well actually its completely the latter!).

the smell is still pungent if i sit on the settee or on the floor next to the settee, so its been a kind of bum numbing sort of morning on the floor, with occasional whiffs of stale vomit - but the good news is that i suffered it long enough to watch ER, despite my nose spending a reasonable amount of time stuck down top!!!!

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