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Cleaning a Britax Boulevard Car Seat Cover?? Need Advise Asap!! Please Help!
Asked by K.H. from Dallas
on May 5, 2010
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Hello Mamas,
My little one has had an accident in her car seat. Now I am wondering how to get the smell of pee out of the seat. It just now happened, but with thi...
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- This has happened to us ... twice.... Our Marathon manual says not to machine wash, but I do it on gentle, cold and air dry it. I also would add some vinegar (white)...
- I've machine washed my Britax cover several times. No problem. Washes perfectly, comes out smelling nice and fresh, and it fluff's the nap a little too, making the s...
- Wash in cold water and the foam pad under too if it comes out. Wipe down the plastic part with a very dilute solution of bleach and water. No problem. This will hap...
Cleaning Car Seat Straps
Asked by M.G. from Minneapolis
on November 12, 2009
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Hi Moms,
My son graciously vomited all over himself while strapped in his car seat yesterday! So, my question is, how do you clean the straps on the seat? We have...
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- I agree with cleaning them with the vinegar and water solution and a cloth. A few drops of lemon juice will help with the vinegar smell, which will be gone in a few d...
- Baking soda and vinegar are the best cleaners for anything like this! If you can removed the straps, soak them in warm water with baking soda, a dab of laundry dete...
- I would check the car seat's manual on instructions for cleaning the straps. If you no longer have the manual, call Britax and ask. Britax USA Support Phone: 888-42...
Cleaning Car Seat of Smoke
Asked by D.M. from San Francisco
on October 8, 2008
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My sister-in-law was recently given a great convertable carseat (secondhand), and she'd love to use it, but it smells of cigarette smoke. It breaks her heart to think...
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- If your friend is dead set on using a used convertible car seat (hopefully it came from a friend), you can clean the plastic and get rid of the smell. It requires a b...
- As a car seat technician, I have to advise you to NEVER use a second-hand seat. When you don't know the history it's not a safe thing to do. If it's been in an accid...
- I have heard the same thing. When we had our car seat inspected by the CHP when we installed it, the officer also told us you should never use a secondhand car seat b...
Best Practice for Cleaning Seats in a Car After a Vomit During Ride
Asked by G.W. from San Francisco
on September 4, 2008
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Hello fellow moms,
Do anyone has good ways of cleaning the backseat in the car after a major vomit episode? My baby son vomited in his carseat yesterday so needles...
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- We have also had this situation occur with our Marathon. We took the cover off the Marathon and ran it through the washing machine, then let it air dry. We then wiped ...
- I'm a pro at this! My son gets car sick everytime he is in the car for longer than 20 minutes. The entire Britax can be taken apart. I usually scrub all of the belt...
- we've had to go thru a couple of times. We took off all the pads & straps washed them in the washer. If u think your detergent won't take out all the odar, you can bak...
Cleaning 1 Year Olds Vomit from a Car Interior and Car Seat
Asked by T.K. from Los Angeles
on April 18, 2009
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Hi there, My 1 year old just threw up in her car seat, and all over the back seat of our car. Can anyone give any advice on cleaning the stains up, and getting rid of ...
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- Not sure what I'd do about the car, but my son recently vomited all over his car seat too. We cleaned it in the bathtub with the Clorox Green Works multipurpose clean...
- LOC and Pursue disinfectant and deoderizer. we-us.mychoices.biz or email me. Safe and non-toxic, LOC was the first ever biodegradable GREEN product ever made and it ...
- I have experience with this too. You will have to take her car seat apart and wash fabric in the washer, then air dry in the sun. This kills the bad bacteria AND the...
How to Get the Throw up Smell Out of a Car Seat
Asked by S.C. from Dallas
on May 13, 2009
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My daughter threw up in her car seat last week. I have tried everything that I know of to get the throw up smell out of the car seat cover & have not been successful....
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- My son has thrown up in his car seat many, many times. All I did was take the cover off, throw it in the wash, then I take the car seat and sray it with a cleaning pr...
- Take the entire car seat apart. Wash the straps and buckles too. It isn't enough to just wash the car seat cover. Wipe down the car seat itself too once the cover i...
- You could use a little Oxy Clean which you can find at any store, works like hydrogen peroxide but is safer on fabrics & carpet. Also, you could try Odo-Ban from Sam'...
Car Seat vs Booster
Asked by L.S. from Denver
on November 5, 2008
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My 4 1/2 year old son threw up in the car yesterday. I tried cleaning out his car seat but it still smells - he's been in a Britax Roundabout for the last 2 1/2 years....
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- Go to TodayShow.MSN.Com and look at their segment on booster seats. They just did a study on booster seats and found the least expensive booster seats were the safest...
- You can take the seat cover off and wash it. It seems kind of hard, but once you do it for the first time, it's pretty easy. Just can be time consuming at first. I ...
- I think the whole great thing about a britax is that you can keep them in a harness longer. That is safer than a booster seat. I would clean it, BUT if you don't wan...
Stinky Car Seat
Asked by K.S. from Seattle
on October 21, 2009
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Hi Moms,
So I can't be the first who has this problem. I have a Britax Marathon carseat, which has now been used for over a year and is wonderful. The only not wonde...
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- I washed my grandkids' booster seat covers and they came out fine. The next time I washed them I threw them in the dryer without thinking. They shrunk so bad that th...
- I have two Britax seats. I have taken the covers off of both of them, thrown them through the washer, and the dryer, and then put them back on. It worked great. I'v...
- Hi - I'm another mom that washes it in the washing machine. I have the denim cover. I wash in warm water, regular cycle (I have an HE machine). I dry it on delicate fo...
How to Remove Vomit Smell from Car Seat???
Asked by A.P. from Chicago
on March 22, 2009
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howdy, thanx for your input on how to remove vomit and it's delightful aroma from our britax car seat. can you easily remove the cover? how about washing the seatbelt?...
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- Hi A., I can relate. My daughter did the same thing Saturday morning too. We have the britax, and though it is a bit of a pain to get everything out, it can be do...
- Happened to my daughter birth-8 years. She especially had it when she drank orange juice. She seems to have grown out of it. Wipe down the straps with baby wipes and c...
- oh boy, same thing happened here with each of our 2 kids at different times but both just last month (3 & 4 years old and that's the ONLY times we've yet had vomit in ...
Booster Seat Smells like Urine :(
Asked by L.M. from Seattle
on November 12, 2008
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hi Mamma's,
My 6 year old had her first UTI.. She was having trouble making it to the bathroom in time.. She had an accident in her booster late at night after our t...
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- I have had this problem L. and there is a pretty easy fix. Petsmart or equivalent will have Nature's Miracle or something similar. I think I used Petzyme or somethin...
- I read a few of the responses and I agree with the Kids & Pets as well as Nature's Miracle. I use and like both of them. Kids & Pets is a bit less expensive, but it ...
- soak everything in the hottest water you can get and lots of Oxy Clean - overnight. It works.
