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Carpet smells and how to get rid of them? (post #205854)

sallyei on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 06:09 (updated 02/28/12 - 02:17) 
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Hi,

The carpet in my daughters room really smells! I’m 8months pregnant with my second child and the doc said that pushing a heavy carpet cleaner isn’t a good idea. My mom has said she can come down and clean it for me but she doesn’t have time until next weekend. The smell is driving me bonkers! Can anyone recommend something that i can do to help with the smell and not have to spray a bunch of smelly air fresheners?

Thanks!

 

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well, I'm no Heloise, but............ (post #205854, reply #1 of 4)

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calvin in reply to sallyei [original] on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 06:16

Take Baking Soda and broadcast that over the carpet-don't be stingy.

Let it sit (some think you should cover it with sheets-whatever).

Vacuum it up later in the day.

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Yep, baking soda or one of (post #205854, reply #2 of 4)

by DanH in reply to sallyei [original] on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 06:25

Yep, baking soda or one of the commercially available dry powder carpet cleaners.  Sprinkle them on, walk on them for a day or two, and then vacuum up.

But if the smell is down into the pad then a heavy-duty wet carpet shampooer will be required.


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New carpet?  Old carpet? If (post #205854, reply #3 of 4)

by junkhound in reply to sallyei [original] on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 13:17

New carpet?  Old carpet?

If new, 6 weeks, ju;st wait for it to fully outgas.  Worst case I ever saw of the material itself was when DW bought an new Olfa cutting board for the sewing room.  Even called Olfa and had them send  the MSDS sheet so I knew what chemicals were outgassing.  Smill finally cleared after 6 weeks.

 

 

If old carpet, Sodium bicarbonate as said works for many sources,' depends' on the source of the odor... if something gross like pet urine, you may need to add hydrogem peroxide to the baking soda.