bicarbonate of soda on carpets

mrsr

Does anybody know if this makes a good deoderiser on carpets i think i have heard or read somewhere it does I have four dogs and am always worried about having the dreaded doggie smell

Grumpysally

I use it on our carpet, I think it works. (Trouble is you get so used to the doggie smells that you don't always notice them and have to reley on someone telling you and your friends might just be too polite to be honest.)
I'm planning to mix some in with some comercial carpet powder to make it go further, but haven't got round to buying a new tub yet.

bizzylizzy

mrsr wrote:

Does anybody know if this makes a good deoderiser on carpets i think i have heard or read somewhere it does I have four dogs and am always worried about having the dreaded doggie smell

I also worry about SDS (smelly dog syndrome) on my carpet, I have one dog. I found a recipe, on here I think, but haven't used it yet as said carpet is covered with 'stuff' to sell on ebay. I can't find the notebook where I wrote it (probably under all the 'stuff':eek: ) so this is it from memory:

1 cup bicarb, 1 cup cornflour, some drops of essential oil. Mix up, sprinkle on carpet, work in and leave overnight. Vacuum off.

Also I read Aggie (from Kim and...) advising someone with SDS in their car to use bicarb so it must be good!

Anyone else actually used this?

Bossyboots

I use the bicarb and essential oil mix as described by bizzylizzy although I don't put cornflour in it. I find it works very well.

hollydays

I used bicarb first,then vacuumed it off,for the doggy smell does seem to work.Had read through some old MSE tips re buying bicarb and was suggected buying a box from boots was cheaper.Its no longer the case.For me I found the "supercook" tubs in supermarkets best value.Anyone else know where to get a bigger box cheaper?

Bossyboots

hollydays wrote:

I used bicarb first,then vacuumed it off,for the doggy smell does seem to work.Had read through some old MSE tips re buying bicarb and was suggected buying a box from boots was cheaper.Its no longer the case.For me I found the "supercook" tubs in supermarkets best value.Anyone else know where to get a bigger box cheaper?

I buy it in huge tubs from Makro but I haven't seen it cheaper than Tesco in the mainstream shops.

hollydays

Thanks,Dont belong to MAkro-only costco.Not sure they sell it.

mrsr

Thanks all i will try adding the cornflour and oils and see what happens

bizzylizzy

mrsr wrote:

Thanks all i will try adding the cornflour and oils and see what happens

Let us know how it goes, I will be doing ours soon:)

QueenB.

I use it on our carpets and it seems to work well, plus never really did like the overpowering smells of the shop brought carpet cleaners. This way i am free to leave it plain or add my own oils. We don't have dogs but i do have three cats and three kids LOL and it gets rid of their smells.

mrsr

Tried it this afternoon ,I am going to leave it overnight and hoover in morning it smells nice from the oil I used .I dont like the smell from the shop powders either and I find it irritates the dogs paws also OH has asthma so its not good for his chest .Hopefully this is going to be a good thing now the weather is getting colder its not so easy to shampo the carpet every week it takes to long to dry