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How do you lot clean up vomit from carpet?

7 replies

DrNortherner · 30/11/2007 19:29

Friends visited yesterday and their 2 year old barfed all over ds's bedroom carpet.

They were mortified.

I scraped it up and cleaned with hot soapy water and anti bac cleaner. Then today I used one of those mousse type carpet cleaners. It looks clean, but when you get down and sniff it honks.

What can I do?

And any tips for sucessfully cleaning up vomit?

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nobodysfool · 30/11/2007 19:33

wash the area with warm water and washing powder(bold persil etc) then rub so its nearly dry the repeat with warm water and bicarbonate of soda.Rub dry with a towel and spinkle on some more bi carb and leave for a few hour or overnight if you can and hoover up in the morning.Works everytime

crokky · 30/11/2007 19:38

yes, washing machine powder or washing machine liquid

paulaplumpbottom · 30/11/2007 19:39

carpet cleaner and lemon uice

littlerach · 30/11/2007 19:42

bicarb over night then hoover up tomorrow.

chopchopbusybusy · 30/11/2007 19:43

If you are sure it's all been washed out then once it's dry sprinkle coat the affected area heavily with bicarbonate of soda then hoover up after a couple of hours. If it still smells you need to repeat with the carpet cleaner followed by more bicarbonate of soda. Can you tell I've cleaned up many a barf.

laura032004 · 01/12/2007 10:26

We had a similar episode yesterday.

Scraped, cleaned with 1001 carpet cleaner (liquid you dilute), then left overnight to dry. This morning, have sprinkled bicarb, then hoovered a few hours later. All fine.

I think it depends upon stomach contents how bad the smell is. Some linger a lot longer than others. Can you open the windows to let lots of fresh air in?

pagwatch · 01/12/2007 10:28

I find repeating "yeuww yeuk bleagh " seems to help whatever methid I choose. Otherwise I then vomit on top of it. But talking helps

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