alien gloop on kids clothing or carpet

wendywitch · 13 January 2011 at 1:37PM

Have you tried using an ice cube like you would for chewing gum?

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-25-2005-75468.asp

Bigjenny · 13 January 2011 at 1:40PM

This person seems to had some success with vinegar http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/good_housekeeping/593368-help-alien-goo-on-bedclothes-clear-gel-won-t-come/AllOnOnePage

HTH

LucyLocket · 13 January 2011 at 1:54PM

I really sympathise as we had a similar problem with the evil stuff:mad: I tried wetting the patch with warm water/vinegar and keeping it continually damp under a moist tea towel. Then I scraped gently from the outside edges towards the centre with a teaspoon, each time I did it a small amount of the gunk would come away until eventually it was pretty much all gone. I can still see a very slight difference in the 'pile' though, where it was scraped but that is mainly because I know it was there. good luck

Penelope_Penguin · 13 January 2011 at 4:40PM

bravobeastie wrote: »

My daughters latest craze is those flippin aliens in goo.

crikey - that takes me back to when mine were small and aliens were last around *shudder smilie*

we have an existing thread on getting this goo out of clothing, so I'll merge this to see if there are any more suggestions for you.

good luck!

miaoww · 19 August 2011 at 6:46PM

hi guys - my DS had one of the growing alien egg things with gooey stuff inside which i have just found has expolded and dripped onto the carpet! any ideas of what i can use to remove it tried to pick it off but its quiet liquid and sticky - also to top it off the carpet is cream!

meritaten · 19 August 2011 at 8:58PM

yeah - I had the same prob with one of the grandchildrens' aliens! scrape up as much goo as you can - then put a bag of ice on the stain - leave about ten minutes then check to see if the remains have solidified! scrape them up! keep going until you think you have it all scraped up. if the goo was coloured then the prob is getting the stain out (I had a nice neon blue on an oatmeal carpet!). I used ordinary soap and it did get most of the stain out, and neat stardrops worked in with a nailbrush, then rinsed and rinsed again lifted the rest off!

lollyfin · 19 August 2011 at 9:01PM

Dont you just love kids stuff..not. Alien goo on carpets, play doh dried into carpets, crayons on radiators and my personal fave the tiny bits of lego left so you stand on them with bare feet!
The only thing I can think of to do with the goo is put a towel on it then stand on it to absorb as much as possible then sprinkle it with bicarb of soda leave overnight to absorb the rest or you could try this from a self sufficience cleaning book
dissolve 125g borax in 1 litre of hot water apply with a stiff brush working from the outside of the stain in and dont saturate the carpet just dampen then stand on the stain with towels again
I havent tried this so dont know how it will work but would def patch test somewhere you cant see first

squeaky · 20 August 2011 at 7:42AM

Maybe a few more ideas here... google remove alien goo

zippychick · 26 August 2011 at 2:06PM

would you believe we have an alien goo thread??!?!! :rotfl:Ive merged yours with it so you can read back for other ideas

Zip

Pleaseadvise · 13 November 2012 at 3:38PM

Thanks to this thread I think I have saved my 3-year-old's new dress. She filled the pocket with alien goo, sticking the sides together. I soaked it in undiluted white vinegar which seemed to disintegrate it, and washed it by hand. Seems to be ok now, though it's not dry yet. Those alien eggs are a menace!

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