Cleaning a carseat?

pwurple

So, the smallie went two whole weeks without being sick in the car, and I foolishly took the plastic sheeting off it thinking she had grown out of it.

Yesterday morning though she was sick after brekkie on the way to creche. Has anyone cleaned the group 1 seats out? I have the straps and the cover off and washed, they came out perfect.

Sorry for grossness.... It is just there is some stuff stuck in underneath the plastic part of the bottom of the carseat, in the frame of the seat itself... and i cannot get at it.

It is a britax.

I thought about putting the whole thing in the bath with water, but will this weaken the styrofoam and other foams in the seat?

Any ideas?

wmpdd3

does the styrofpoam bits come out or are they glued to the seat? mine are just in little grooves and slot back in after cleaning. you could try hoovering it out, depends how wet it is, or try brushing out the bits with a make up brush.

caprilicious

yep I think I'd go with wpd33's idea of letting it dry out then hoovering the styrofoam just in case wetting the base loosens the glue.

I've cleaned 2 seats recently (one's i had up in the attic from my daughter) and chucked all the straps/covers in the washing machine.

pwurple

Thanks for the suggestions. I Let it sit by a heater for two days and tried the hoover. No joy. Nothing budging.

I took out the power hose and gave it a good blasting outside, and this seems to have cleared it... With foam remaining intact. But springs, screws and other metal bits got wet in the process. I gave it a good go with the hairdryer, and it is back by the rad. Hopefully i haven't doomed it to a rusty grave. It's only in use 7 weeks. Bleurg.