pongy carpet - help!

kunekune

My 8 1/2 year old with DS is not yet fully toilet trained. The other night he wa upstairs and DH and myself had finally sat down to eat. He started calling Dadadadad and DH decided to ignore him, thinking he was asking for help with the computer. Eventually, DH went into the hall. Oops. O had had a big poo accident and was asking for help, had come most of the way down the stairs and left a trail of turds along the way. Oh, and lovely marks on the wall. We have washed the carpet twice using fairy liquid (this is a rental, house, btw, with brand new carpet!!!) but there is still a pong of poo in the hall. The fairy liquid approach has always worked before ... it's not as this is the first time, but it is one of the worst.

Can anyone help?

squeaky

There might be some tips in these threads that can help...

- Urine - Cleaning up potty training accidents
- Urine - Toddler stain

kunekune

Had a look at these, but the accidents other people have seem to involve wee rather than poo. Has anyone successfully tried vinegar for poo? Am worried it will bleach the carpet!

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

Have you tried sprinkling bicarb on the carpet (if its dry) rub it in and leave for as long as you can and then vaccum up...it should remove smells..
hope it helps

squeaky

kunekune wrote: »

Had a look at these, but the accidents other people have seem to involve wee rather than poo. Has anyone successfully tried vinegar for poo? Am worried it will bleach the carpet!

It's unlikely to bleach the carpet - and with any cleaner - it's always a good idea to do a test somewhere out of sight.

And yes, I know those threads deal with wee - but the remedies will be equally effective for poo. (They even work for pet accidents, both solid and liquid too!)

Charis

Kim and Aggie use a few drops of essential oil mixed with a lot of bicarbonate of soda, in a sprinkler (the kind you might use for flour or castor sugar when baking, or an old talc. container).

On the dry carpet, sprinkle it liberally, brush it in if necessary with a hand brush or scrubbing brush, leave as long as you can to do the job and vacuum up later.

You can get larger amounts of bicarb from boots and huge amounts from the sort of places that sell things for horses and livestock (Countrywide for e.g.) Those expensive little pots in Tescos are far too small for this job, you need quite a bit. The essential oils are expensive but last for ages because you really do only need a few drops. Holland and Barrett and Boots both stock them.

trigger2

My DS has always been a sicky child & I swear by using a solution of bio powder in warm water & use this with a cloth to scrub the affected area. It will clean it & also freshen it.