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Cleaning puke!

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  • 01-07-2015 10:01pm
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    mik_da_man
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    So my poor wee daughter was sick at the weekend and we had to drive Meath to Cork.

    Long story short, she puked in the car and it stinks! Got most cleaned up straight away but the floor mat just won't loose the odour..

    Any tips?


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    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,158 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    A tip from a taxi-driving friend that I had some success with back in my student days when a friend puked in my mother's car: squirt some wood glue into a plastic tub and leave it in the car over-night with the windows shut tight, open them up for an hour or so the next day after you take out the wood glue.

    Alternatives: cut an onion in half I and leave it in the car, they absorb odours out of the air.

    If the car has air-con, get one of the aircon cleaners?


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    Gavman84
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    Baking soda is good to get rid of smell too. Or a steam cleaner maybe.


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    leupold90
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    From a similar experience I can definitely recommend baking soda!


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    lampylady
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    baking soda is brilliant! put it in fridges and shoes to get rid of odors. covers a multitude!


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    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,929 ✭✭✭mik_da_man


    Tried the onion last night as I had no baking soda, no smell of puke anymore, just onion, which I'm not too fond of!
    Not sure which was worse..

    Will try baking soda tonight


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,389 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Baking soda is the job. Has a bottle of sour milk explode in the car a few weeks back. It was the only thing that would get the smell out.


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    Ded_Zebra
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    As far as I know it's bread soda you need rather than baking soda.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,389 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    As far as I know it's bread soda you need rather than baking soda.

    They're the same thing


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    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    They're the same thing

    My mistake. I was mixing up bread soda and baking powder. I think baking soda is bread soda in American?


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    vectra
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    what do you do with the baking soda?


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    DoctorStrange
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    AFAIK they are all sodium Bicarbonate.

    Put a tub / bowl in fridge, bin, car etc. Soaks up odours. Great for cleaning too.


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    vectra
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    DoctorStrange wrote: »
    AFAIK they are all sodium Bicarbonate.

    Put a tub / bowl in fridge, bin, car etc. Soaks up odours. Great for cleaning too.


    So no water or anything?
    Just a bowl of dry soda?


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    DoctorStrange
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭DoctorStrange


    Yeah just in an open container and leave in car.

    Probably put a lid on while driving!

    You can sprinkle dry on carpets, leave a while and hoover up.

    Can also mix with water and use to scrub carpets. Not too sure if it would be OK to use on something like a headliner though.

    Also great for smelly runners.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,389 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I made a paste of it. It turned yellow/brown and got the small out. I brushed it then hoovered off.


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