Housekeeping question

[sharyl]

How does one remove the smell of soured milk from rugs/upholstery?  I dumped an entire commuter mug's worth of milk and coffee in the passenger side of my car, and it's lingering even after a thorough (I thought) sponge bath.  Any suggestions?

Jeff refuses to get in the car, though Lefty doesn't mind it at all.

Comments

[squeak]

resolve is the only thing i have found on the market to get really tough stains/smells out of stuff. it's in the red spray bottle, near the spray and wash or carpet cleaning stuff.

i used it the other night (several hours) after lucy's episode, and the carpet looks fine, no smell.

[cuffshiker]

Vinegar? I use that for just about all my household smells. I use it with a small handheld rug shampooer thingy...

[reebar]

Vinegar works well on somethings but I wouldn't use it on sour milk. The acid/acid combo could make things worse. I'd redampen the area and try sprinkling some activated charcoal (from the pet store) on it.

If that doesn't do the trick, you might have to try just aining it out as must as possible and squirting it with fabreeze or one of those things every day till till it goes away or till you get used to it :-)

[sheilagh]

moisten with water, dump a box of baking soda, let dry, pick up the clumps & vacuum the rest.

works on red wine (when still wet) and on pet pee on carpets, too.

[sharyl]

The baking soda seems to have done the trick. I wet it, mixed in a few drops of clary sage and let it sit for a week. Some of it doesn't want to come up but I imagine time and friction will take care of it eventually.

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions!

[sheilagh]

yay! yah, baking soda can end up leaving hard little clumps, but a damp cloth left to soak on it should loosen those up.