Need Help With Spill

[shanstress70]

Iggy always has great ideas, but hopefully others will have advice for me as well.

My son spilled milk in our car - on the seat and on the carpet - and I need to find a way to clean it. We cleaned it with the carpet cleaner last night but this morning it smells hideous!

I would take it to a car detail place, but I suspect they may just try to cover it up.

My husband suggests that we try to find a janitorial supply company and get some special enzyme cleaner, but I can't find a local company that sells that stuff unless you're a company buying gallons.

I've not given up hope in finding the stuff, but wondering if anyone has any ideas.

Thanks!

[gabelpa]

Iggy always has great ideas, but hopefully others will have advice for me as well.

My son spilled milk in our car - on the seat and on the carpet - and I need to find a way to clean it. We cleaned it with the carpet cleaner last night but this morning it smells hideous!

I would take it to a car detail place, but I suspect they may just try to cover it up.

My husband suggests that we try to find a janitorial supply company and get some special enzyme cleaner, but I can't find a local company that sells that stuff unless you're a company buying gallons.

I've not given up hope in finding the stuff, but wondering if anyone has any ideas.

Thanks!

If it is not stained try putting some dried rosemary and baking soda on the seat leave it about half an hour then vaccuum it off. putting some baking soda in a dish in the car will also help get rid of smells

Charley

[bunnzy]

i always thought white venigar was supposed to help with these sorts of stains.

[sixpacktr]

Once milk gets in and starts to sour, good luck.

I'd take some water, perhaps with some Lysol or other disinfectant in it (not a lot, because you don't want that to be overpowering either, but it will kill the bacteria that cause the smell) and a VERY powerful wet/dry vac and try to suction up as much of the water/milk combo that I could. I'd do it several times. Don't sop it up, but I'd be sure that it is fairly wet before I did that. Then leave the windows open so that it dries and you don't get mold instead!

Or, just sell the car! Preferably to someone with a cold!

[shanstress70]

Thanks, I will try your ideas... all except selling the car because we love our car!

I also found that I have some of that bacterial enzyme cleaner in the form of pet odor remover from when we used to have a dog. Wonder if that would work? Says it gets rid of vomit, urine, etc. odors (sorry, I know that's gross!).

I'll try it all till I get rid of it, I suppose.

[Josie]

It would not hurt to try it. If it does not work, try the baking soda and vinegar. Roll the windows down and let the car air out too...

[Gabelma]

Thanks, I will try your ideas... all except selling the car because we love our car!

I also found that I have some of that bacterial enzyme cleaner in the form of pet odor remover from when we used to have a dog. Wonder if that would work? Says it gets rid of vomit, urine, etc. odors (sorry, I know that's gross!).

I'll try it all till I get rid of it, I suppose.

if you have lavender oil or teatree oil they are also antibacterial, so is the rosemary. BicarbDeordorises. Lemon or orange juice may also help asthey break down grease.

Charley

[StrawberryFields]

I once had milk leak out of a gallon milk jug when it tipped over on the floor of the back seat. When I saw it I blotted and sprayed some cleaner and blotted some more and it smelled clean until it dried..... EWE

If I remember right we got a steam cleaner and then pasted it with some of those love my carpet powders... Not sure it was the right thing to do but over time and leaving the windows down while it was in our garage helped.

[Dr T]

Frabreeze might kill the smell

[susieSA]

My mom uses bicarbonate of soda for any stain or spill with any sort of smell...

Works well to get rid of the smell :)

[Annabelli]

Most of my milk spills were in house carpet or on a throw pillow. I always just cleaned the carpet up with dish soap water and let it dry then vacuum. As for the toss pillows, unless they were expensive, I threw them away. If they were expensive, I had the cover dry cleaned and replaced the pillow form inside. (Most of the milk spills on the pillows was milk vomit when one of the children was coming down sick.)

You should test your car carpet before using a strong chemical on it to make sure it will not bleach or melt your car carpeting.

[CrimsonKairos]

Certain woods have anti-odor abilities.

Like, try placing wooden clothespins on your noses and I guarantee, the smell will vanish.

It's magic!

Good luck shan!

[Iggy]

Hi Shan,

Milk has to be one of the most awful smelling things in the confines of a car. Sixpactr is "spot on" - use Pine Sol water or Lysol and wet/dry vac. It may discolor your carpet and uphostery - I would go for the discolor to get rid of the stench. Then roll down the windows to let it air out and dry out like Sixpactr says. Mold can be far worse than the smell of soured and rotted milk.

I tell you Pine Sol is an underated cleaner. If it can totally get rid of skunk oil spray - it will get rid of less odious smells! Had I not experienced the results of it on skunk oil spray and on un-neutered male cat spray on sheetrock wall- I would doubt its effectiveness. But I have been there-and survived . I also use it to repel mice, rats, prairie dogs, ground squirrels, tree squirrels and chipmunks from entering my home. Place it in small plastic containers: clean empty butter containers, snack size glad/zip/store brand plastic containers, etc. straight. Fill the container about half full and set the containers around the outside peremiter of your home. At the time I lived in the woods in a single wide mobile home that was set 4 feet off the ground. I made little doors in the aluminum siding about one foot apart and put the dishes of Pine Sol just inside the skirting. I also placed dishes of Pine Sol inside my closets in the house, out of the way where I wouldn't tip them over. Under the sinks and behind the washer and dryer.

This house had been abandoned and the "vermin" had taken up residence. We did not have the money to purchase or build a new home and I had to make do with it. Took me a month to rid the home of the vermin, and another two months to rid the home of their smells. Washed the interior from ceiling to the floors with 1 part Pine Sol, one part TSP and HOT Water. Then I rinsed the surfaces with 1 part TSP and HOT Water. We tore up the carpeting and tossed it because it was moldy and rotten!

As long as I kept the containers filled with Pine Sol we had no more vermin trying to take up residence in the house. It also kept the racoons, bears and the coyotes away!

[sixpacktr]

As long as I kept the containers filled with Pine Sol we had no more vermin trying to take up residence in the house. It also kept the racoons, bears and the coyotes away!

So, would you recommend taking it on a campout? The raccoons and garbage would be worth hauling a little extra weight, I'd think...

I never knew that about Pine Sol. Did it work for bugs as well? Like spiders, beetles, etc.? It is going to be getting cold up here where I'm at soon enough, and I'm sure they are going to want to get in the house and basement before long...

[Gabelma]

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As long as I kept the containers filled with Pine Sol we had no more vermin trying to take up residence in the house. It also kept the racoons, bears and the coyotes away!

So, would you recommend taking it on a campout? The raccoons and garbage would be worth hauling a little extra weight, I'd think...

I never knew that about Pine Sol. Did it work for bugs as well? Like spiders, beetles, etc.? It is going to be getting cold up here where I'm at soon enough, and I'm sure they are going to want to get in the house and basement before long...

lavender and peppermint are great for most bugs, citronella is also good and cider vinegar

[Iggy]

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As long as I kept the containers filled with Pine Sol we had no more vermin trying to take up residence in the house. It also kept the racoons, bears and the coyotes away!

So, would you recommend taking it on a campout? The raccoons and garbage would be worth hauling a little extra weight, I'd think...I don't see why it wouldn't work - but you can also use moth balls. Not in the food of course, I use moth balls around my garbage cans to keep the coyotes and feral dogs out of my garbage. One word of caution - moth balls destroys the animals nasal passages, making them incapeable of smelling. I don't really know how this affects dogs, bears, coyotes in the long term. It will cause a cat to starve to death. If cats can't smell what they are eating they don't eat!

I never knew that about Pine Sol. Did it work for bugs as well? Like spiders, beetles, etc.? It is going to be getting cold up here where I'm at soon enough, and I'm sure they are going to want to get in the house and basement before long... You know - I never paid attention to the bugs. When we first got the house, I had to remove 2 feet of cobwebs and spider webs from the ceiling. EEEEkkkkkkk, shriek, scream. I HATE - LOATHE spiders. But the beetles had more than enough food to keep them outside. They attacked and ate the slugs. Then there were the multitude of birds that ate the beetles and spiders. Had a HUGE Wolf Spider that lived up in the peak of the home, right above the kitchen window. I left her/him be - because s/he killed and ate the shrews and mice. Just like I left the underground hive of the Bumbles under the house alone. They pollenated my vegetable garden (1500 square feet of fresh vegies!) I don't think it will work on the bugs because they have a different respiratory system than mammals. For the insects I would use Sevin or any other insecticide powder/granuales/flakes for killing what ever insect you wish killed. I prefer Green Light brand. I loathe Ortho and Montcello products. They are evil, truly evil!

[sixpacktr]

One word of caution - moth balls destroys the animals nasal passages, making them incapeable of smelling. I don't really know how this affects dogs, bears, coyotes in the long term. It will cause a cat to starve to death. If cats can't smell what they are eating they don't eat!

So THAT'S how I can get rid of my cat! Thanks for the tip! I can then tell my daughter he just got sick and died!

I'm kidding! Really, I am...

although...

[Alaskagain]

[Palerider]

[pam]

Many truths are spoken as a joke.

[Palerider]

Many truths are spoken as a joke.

such as the age of a person????.......LOL!!!!!

[sixpacktr]

Yes, and one more 'surprise' on my bed may make this one true.

He and I have reached a truce. And I'm counting down the days until my daughter takes him away...

[shanstress70]

Holy crap, Iggy! A spider big enough to eat a mouse??? That's my worst nightmare.

I will try the pine-sol if the enzyme stuff doesn't work. My husband totally saturated the area with it, and he is parking on top of his parking deck today and leaving all the windows down. Being in full sunlight and 95 degrees today for 8 hours HAS to dry it out.

Thanks everyone!

[bunnzy]

here is your worst nightmare mwhahahaha

http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/C8...lf%20Spider.jpg

[pushka]

Ugh!!!

I had to carefully peek at that picture for a 2nd, with my mouse pointed at the exit x!!!