Spilled juice on laminate floor, now it’s lifted uo

CatLady87

Hi all. I stupidly left a glass of juice on the floor and kicked it over on Friday night. The floor is laminate with foam mats to stop my little boy hitting his head. I mopped it off the foam mats but like an idiot didn’t check to see if it had seeped through onto the floor.

Picked the mats up to vacuum under them this evening and the floor is sticky, wet and a bit swollen where the juice has been sat on it. I can deal with the swollen bits of floor and I’ve wiped the floor and leaving it to air dry. I’m just worried it might now grow mould where it’s been sat in juice for two days? Can anyone advise please, do I need to replace that bit of flooring? Many thanks.

I’ll post photos in a comment below.

CatLady87

Photos below, sorry they’re a bit blurry

grumbler

IMO, replacing is the only option, but this can be not an easy job.

CatLady87

Oh joy, not an easy job doesn’t sound promising.

Thank you for your reply. 

casper_gutman

If you can live with the way it looks now, I wouldn't worry about any mould issue unless and until it occurs. If the floor is generally dry, you may get away with it....

Jeepers_Creepers

Don't worry about mould or smell - there won't be any.

Try and live with it. When the floor is completely dry - perhaps give it another day - put the cleaned mat back down...

CatLady87

Thanks folks! I can certainly live with it (I hate laminate flooring and this is yet another delight I inherited when I purchased, haha!) does anyone think a glass of juice would rot the floorboards underneath? I fear I’m probably overreacting!

CatLady87

Thanks folks! I can certainly live with it (I hate laminate flooring and this is yet another delight I inherited when I purchased, haha!) does anyone think a glass of juice would rot the floorboards underneath? I fear I’m probably overreacting!

rach_k

It's not going to rot your floorboards and I doubt you'll get any mould.  It takes a lot for a floor to rot!  If you're worried about mould, I'd just make sure it's completely dry as mould needs moisture.  Perhaps chuck some bicarb over the area that got wet and leave for 24 hours, then sweep up.  Repeat until it stays dry.