How to Clean Vomit Off Carpet

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Glor K. March 2, 2008 at 12:23 am: If your little one or pet gets sick on your carpeting, don’t use a rag to try to clean it up – it will only push it further into your rug. Instead, use the edge of a butter knife to scrape the mess out and off of the carpeting. With the majority of it removed, you can then use a spot wet-vac if you have one, or try a good carpet cleaning product. Woolite makes a good pet stain product for carpeting that works well for this purpose, too. Try not to soak your rug with too much water – it may not dry fast enough and cause mold to grow underneath.
jan March 15, 2008 at 10:04 pm: Cleaning vomit or dog messes off carpet is tricky. Get the majority off with a metal object, dont push it into the carpet. Then take a damp cloth and scrub the rest of the carpet with just water. Once it has most of the “stuff” off the carpet then dampen with windex and let it sit for a few minutes and using a clean damp rag, scrub again.
this will take out most stains left behind, and take the smell out.
mary August 16, 2008 at 12:01 pm: DO NOT SCRUB YOUR CARPET!!!! Take off the chunks with a spatula or butter knife, then spray hydrogen peroxide or oxyclean. Let sit for 5 minutes and pat firmly with a dry white cloth. Continue multiple times until no stain appears on the cloth. Finish by sprinkling with baking soda for odor removal. After 10 minutes vacuum.
tipper lorry May 22, 2009 at 11:02 am tip for vomit removal from carpet: A small dustpan (the kind that goes with a crumb brush or small whisk broom) is handy for lifting vomit off carpet before cleaning. It holds more than a spatula or butter knife, but still does not push icky stuff into the fibers of your carpet. Get one that can go in the top rack of your dishwasher, if you can.
stewysgirl79 October 15, 2009 at 8:32 am vomit removal tip: sprinkle a heap of talc powder over the vomit patch and leave for an hour or so, the talc soaks up the moisture from the carpet, the talc will go crumbly then you can vacuum it up or sweep it with a dust pan and brush, once you have done this you need to treat the left over stain and odour. i usually fill a small tub with warm soapy water and add a few drops of euacalyptus oil with a bit of elbow grease the stain is gone and no more smell.
collegekid December 6, 2009 at 5:04 pm College perspective: As a student who has cleaned vomit from carpeting on more than one occasion, I have found that the Woolite Oxydeep POD works miracles. They fine you big time for carpet stains in dorm rooms and with this thing you cant tell there was ever anything there. Highly recommend it.
kmr December 31, 2009 at 6:51 pm RE: college perspective: Sometimes when you see a specific product mentioned in a forum like this, you have to be suspicious that it’s a plant. But the information given on the woolite oxydeep is spot on (no pun intended). It worked like a charm.
Kitty July 5, 2010 at 2:29 pm Cat Hairballs: Having 3 cats- I know hairballs… ewww. I have found them on occasion in a hidden non-traffic location dried out. They are so much easier to remove when they have been allowed to dry. Simply scrape the dried mess up and do a thorough vacuum- follow up with any wet cleaning method you prefer to remove odor. Rubbing, blotting or scraping when wet, pushes the material deeper into the fibers, and potentially into the pad. Letting them dry helps keep the mess at the surface…. if you can stand seeing the mess for a few hours or so. Of course this does not apply to large messes (child, dog or adult vomit)- do a more direct approach if the carpet is already saturated.
Jimmy August 8, 2010 at 12:27 pm shit.: I rubbed the carpet, is there anything I can do to reverse these negative effects?