Vomit and cloth seats :(

[Tyra]

We have a new puppy and it missed the towel I had laid down and managed to throw up all over my cloth seats - I have cleaned the upholstery but the smell is still quite strong, any tips on getting rid of the vomity pong?

[Ranchero]

Put him in a bag and throw him in a canal.

[Tyra]

That is not a million miles away from what my husband suggested LOL

[StuBeeDoo]

^^^ Now that's REALLY helpful. Not very caring either. Nor is it remotely funny. Obviously not an animal lover.

Tyra..... Have you tried Febreeze or something similar?? May take several goes to completely get rid of the smell.

[Tyra]

Aye, Febreezed to within an inch of its life, I have the windows open whilst the weather is nice. Perhaps I haven't cleaned the seats well enough? Any amazing upholstery cleaning recommendations?

I guess I will just have to live with it for a few days in the hopes it fades.


[edit to add] or maybe now is the time to get the lovely black wipe clean leather interior I have been hankering for?!

[Kos]

there are quite few products out there that claim to do a job

pop on to www.detailingworld.co.uk and have search, i dont think you have to register to search posts, but with a lot of profesional car detailers on the site you will be bound to find some usefull information

[powelly]

Pick up all the chunks, you then need to get a biological upholstery cleaner on it. Autosmart Biobrisk or the product I use is Valet Pro Enzyme odour eater, as well as cleaning the actual mess and stain up the biological action physically destroys the bacteria that causes or will cause nasty odurs, my advice is to spray the product on agitate with a nail/upholstery brush and then extract with a wet vac, it's also worth using fresh warm water in the wet vac to rinse away any detergent. Funny, I had two interior jobs on last week and I got another two this week, one puke the rest mould.

[mattsbmw]

Here is a link to the valet pro product, not sure if you could get a smaller bottle from elsewhere.

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/product_i ... cts_id=527

[BMJG]

wet vac it might help, just a thought as had a spilt milk prob while back which thought was ok but week or so later

[e30318ilover]

Shake and vac?

[Ranchero]

That is not a million miles away from what my husband suggested LOL

^^^ Now that's REALLY helpful. Not very caring either. Nor is it remotely funny. Obviously not an animal lover.

I think you should apologise to Tyra for that outburst, immediately. Totally uncalled for.

I'd recommend a steam cleaner. Something along the lines of one of these.

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/ ... ce=froogle

[e30318ilover]

That is not a million miles away from what my husband suggested LOL

^^^ Now that's REALLY helpful. Not very caring either. Nor is it remotely funny. Obviously not an animal lover.

I think you should apologise to Tyra for that outburst, immediately. Totally uncalled for.

I'd recommend a steam cleaner. Something along the lines of one of these.

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/ ... ce=froogle

Why are you so wound up about a joke .

[Tyra]

Thank you all for the suggestions! I had a look at detailingworld and followed some of the advice there, along the same lines as the advice since given here.

The biggest problem was that the vomit went down and into the passenger seat side trim where you lift the seat up - I took off the trim and gave it a good scrub with a toothbrush and had to use a kebab stick to poke out any remaining chunks- it was a real mess.

I used some biological washing powder in the hopes it will have the same effect as the enzyme products on the market - the smell has nearly gone now but it may be worth me picking up a bottle of Enzyme Odour Eater just in case.

[DaveD]

I had a problem with a cat peeing on the back seat of one car with cloth seats ...the smell was unbelievable ...Try soaking with a strong solution of Bicarbonate of soda it worked on the pee

[toby]

As well as bicarb, vinegar works very well to remove odours as it's a natural antiseptic. It can go in a spray bottle and applied liberally. You will be fancying chips every time you use the car for a while but after that the puke smell should go.

[iceox]

well i laughed at the image of a puppy in a binbag in a canal

[Tyra]

DaveD & Toby thank you

iceox

[Bluto]

If going with the fabric cleaners, ring your local autoglym rep, he has stuff on board that will sort it.

Spray on, cover with cling film, dry, repeat if need, vacuum.

[GAZZANATOR]

Had my neice throw up on the back seat of a previous car,and happened to be working for a car dealer at the time.Cleaned it relentlessly for 3 days.Got in to work on the Monday and decided to ask the valeting guys the best way to remove the smell.
Their solution:Bin the back seat and get a new one.I resisted the urge to spend £600 on a new back seat and lived with the smell 'til the car was eventually written off 18 months later.The smell during the summer was awful,even with the windows down.
Trust me,animal or human,makes no difference.You need a new seat,or at least one thats not got puppy puke on it.And ,just for the record,I'm an animal lover but they don't get in the cars unless they're in a travel box.

[DaveD]

you obviously didn't try bicarb or vinegar

[toby]

A new back seat?! That's absurd! Those valeting guys obviously don't like cleaning puke.

Tyra, how is the smell now?!