Vomit in Car

Penguin_Otaku

Anyways to go about cleaning this? Unfortunately it's been sitting for 2 days now.

Monolithic_Dome

I'd start asking around for a carpet shampooer. That is going to be downright disgusting.

Other than that, you've got 3 problems. The material, the smell, and the stain. The material you can remove with whatever, the stain will require assloads of resolve and the smell will require assloads of febreeze.


Oh, and don't mix cleaners. Get in there and get rid of the stain, wait for everything to dry, then attack the smell.

Six

This can be an awfully hard smell to get rid of. My mom ended up just selling her car after this happened and getting a new one.

I'd try (in order of expense):

- Over the counter carpet cleaners
- Renting or borrowing a steam cleaner
- Paying to have the car professionally cleaned and detailed

supabeast

Car carpets are made for this kind of thing. Go to an auto-supply store and look for some heavy duty spray-on car carpet cleaner. That will do most of the work, hit the rest with a rented steam-cleaner.

YourFatAuntSusan

Man, two "vomit in (something)" posts, one above the other. What's up w/ that?

Drop $100 and get your car professionally cleaned.

Tal

I used armor-all wipes on the non-carpet surfaces and just a sponge with I think some dish soap for the carpet.

The difference was it was about 6-8 hours old when I was able to do this.

Couldn't tell you how difficult another 36-48 hours makes the process, I'm afraid. Good luck.

YourFatAuntSusan

Also, if the vomit made it to any of the console, it's probably underneath requiring disassembly and/or removal in order to effectively clean it.

ManonvonSuperock

go to a self-service car wash and use the little shampoo gun and vacuum attachments. cherry and vanilla are common scents, and they're fairly powerful/effective.

embrik

Also, get a box of ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda Fridge-n-Freezer™ Odor Absorber (16 oz.). It has panels on both sides of the box with vents so that the baking soda doesn't spill out, but still absorbs odors. I kept one in my car for several weeks when I had a bad smelling beverage spilled in the carpet, and professional cleaning only partly helped. Even if it doesn't help, you're only out a couple dollars for the box.

Scrublet

This happened to me in August (lets not worry about how, shall we). In my case it got under the seat, and some got under the console where the parking break was. It sat for two days, just like yours. And guess what? At this point, you are never going to get that smell out without professional help. You can waste a ton of time, grief, and cleaning supplies like I did, or just get it over with.

Beren39

Ah, my friend did this on New Years. We pulled into a self-carwash and we hosed both him and the car down. It was hilarious. Honestly, as the others have been saying, professional help is needed or you will have an offensive smell which will pervade the car for the rest of its life (like a certain Seinfeld episode). Of importance though, in which area of the car did this vomit sit and how much sunlight/heat has it been exposed to?

Edit: Out of curiosity, does this relate at all to the roadtrip that you took?

Penguin_Otaku

Not much sunlight. The driver's seat covers it pretty well and no it didn't happen after Miami. haha.

So far I think I've gotten most of the stain, and from what I hear there's plenty-a-home remedy for this so I'm going to try those before going to get it detailed and cleaned.