OK, so there's a bug going around daycare and tonight my son got it. We didn't get him to the bathroom in time, so there's an area in front of our couch that got "hit". We don't have a steam cleaner, so I got it clean with vinigar/water. And used some resolve too. The main smell is gone, but down at the lower fibers the smell is still there. I just can't leave it how it is knowing the smell is still down in the carpet. How can I finish getting the vomit smell out?
I was thinking of going to the store and looking for one of those products you sprinkle on the carpet and vaccume up...what do you think. Or what have you done?
There's something at Walmart called "kids and pets" that works great. It's in a big while, yellow and blue bottle on the bottom shelf. Works great.
J.
Mom to 4, soon to be 5 through another adoption.
Hi,
We have used Nature's Miracle (found in pet stores). It is for cat and dog "messes", but did the trick on our couch when my daughter had an accident while potty training. We have also used it for vomit. Follow the directions on the bottle.
If you can have a bunch of "walmart" plastic bags laying around in every room and teach your child if possible to vomit in a bag. I did that last winter with my daughter and it was so much easier to clean up and she didn't have to run to the bathroom it was grab a bag and vomit and then out it went in the garbage it made my life alot easier.
Baking soda, Vinegar, Club Soda are suppose to be the best cleaners for that sort of thing.
My mom told me to use baking soda instead of the carpet stuff from the stores, since they are usually scented. I just left it on for about 30 minutes then vacuumed it up. It worked pretty well for me. And since I already had it in my cupboard I wasn't really out any money if it hadn't worked.
I second the other poster that mentioned "Nature's Miracle". You can find it at the big pet food chain stores. It is an odor nutralizer and works fantastically. It is strong enough to take care of the odor so that dogs (who have better nasal receptors than humans do) can't smell it anymore. It comes in a white bottle with red writting on it. You use it as a concentrate and can just spray it on with a spray bottle and let it sit till it dries. It think it works way better than plain old baking soda.
Try baking soda--let it sit for awhile.
Nature's Miracle works for us!
try baking soda- gets smells out of everything else
We also use Nature's Miracle on all of our carpet stains or messes. We get it at Petco. (knock on wood*) I have been able to get out any stain with it, smells too!
My parents use Nature's Miracle on their carpet when their dog gets sick. It's available at pet stores. It worked for me when my nursed baby got poop on the white carpet at my house. Nothing else (Resolve, etc.) was removing it and it didn't smell afterward either! Good luck.
Nature's Miracle is great, but I also like Restore Enz-Away. It's Minneapolis based, Mom-owned business and you can get the stuff at Cub and lots of other stores. The stuff is amazing and it's less work than Nature's Miracle. Plus it leaves a minty-fresh smell.
