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Spilled milk in boot - what a pong!
Hi all,
Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from the carpet in my E39's boot? I thought I'd cleaned it up at the time but now it really honks! I've tried Febreze - absolutely useless as I expected... I've tried a can of Simoniz carpet shampoo which seemed to work but after a couple more days the smell came back, this time with a slightly chemical edge to it! Suggestions I have had a Blast the thing with a pressure washer, then soak it with Zoflora, leave it a while then blast it again Baking powder White wine vinegar Will any of these actually work? Any other suggestions? Am I just better off getting a new carpet (from BMW or a breakers)? TIA -- Shevek I'm selling a Sony Ericsson T630 and Bluetooth headset on eBay! http://snipurl.com/al43 (Not an affiliate link!) iTunesRegistry.com: 4,199 tracks, 2.968 diversity http://www.itunesregistry.com/report...?showuser=2011 Get DigiGuide - a downloadable desktop PC TV and Radio Guide http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=31493 Get Firefox! http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=8681&t=1 |
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Spilled milk in boot - what a pong!
I had a similar problem when two cartons of prawn curry fell into the
passenger footwell of an Triumph 2500TC I had over twenty-five years ago - had to sell it in the winter. Take the carpet out. Make sure that you have cleaned out any crevices underneath. White wine vinegar sounds promising. Otherwise lots of cold water and then leave it in the sun for a while until the milk has completely broken down. "Shevek" > wrote in message ... > Hi all, > > Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from the > carpet in my E39's boot? > > I thought I'd cleaned it up at the time but now it really honks! > > I've tried Febreze - absolutely useless as I expected... > > I've tried a can of Simoniz carpet shampoo which seemed to work but > after a couple more days the smell came back, this time with a > slightly chemical edge to it! > > Suggestions I have had a > > Blast the thing with a pressure washer, then soak it with Zoflora, > leave it a while then blast it again > > Baking powder > > White wine vinegar > > Will any of these actually work? Any other suggestions? > > Am I just better off getting a new carpet (from BMW or a breakers)? > > TIA > -- > > Shevek > > I'm selling a Sony Ericsson T630 and Bluetooth headset on eBay! > http://snipurl.com/al43 (Not an affiliate link!) > > iTunesRegistry.com: 4,199 tracks, 2.968 diversity > http://www.itunesregistry.com/report...?showuser=2011 > > Get DigiGuide - a downloadable desktop PC TV and Radio Guide > http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=31493 > > Get Firefox! > http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=8681&t=1 |
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Shevek > haute in die Tasten:
> Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from > the carpet in my E39's boot? > Milk? Uh-oh! The most efficient smell removing treatment I have heard of is a flooding with ozone gas. There are companies which do these jobs for money, you could ask a second hand car dealer for a contact. The cheapest yet recommendable solution I have ever heard of is taking a pound of freshly milled coffee powder, pour it into a shallow soup dish and place the dish in the trunk for two days. I doubt that this solution will entirely remove the smell of sour milk. Frank -- please replace spam-muelleimer with fk-newsgroups for e-mail contact Citroen - Made in Trance |
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Spilled milk in boot - what a pong!
"Shevek" > wrote in message ... > Hi all, > > Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from the > carpet in my E39's boot? > > I thought I'd cleaned it up at the time but now it really honks! > > I've tried Febreze - absolutely useless as I expected... > > I've tried a can of Simoniz carpet shampoo which seemed to work but > after a couple more days the smell came back, this time with a > slightly chemical edge to it! > > Suggestions I have had a > > Blast the thing with a pressure washer, then soak it with Zoflora, > leave it a while then blast it again > > Baking powder > > White wine vinegar > > Will any of these actually work? Any other suggestions? > > Am I just better off getting a new carpet (from BMW or a breakers)? > Get yourself some antibiotic capsules (not tablets). About 20 or so will do. After washing the carpet in plain water, open the capsules while the carpet is still damp, and sprinkle the powder onto the stain. The smell is caused by the bacteria, not the milk. The antibiotics will kill all of the bacteria stone dead. End of problem. I have successfully used this method both on the carpets and inside the air vents of a 735. (I had to brake pretty suddenly and fogot the litre of chocolate milk sitting on the console didn't have a lid on it!!) JB |
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"Frank Kemper" > wrote in message ... > Shevek > haute in die Tasten: > >> Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from >> the carpet in my E39's boot? >> > > Milk? Uh-oh! The most efficient smell removing treatment I have heard > of is a flooding with ozone gas. There are companies which do these > jobs for money, you could ask a second hand car dealer for a contact. > The cheapest yet recommendable solution I have ever heard of is > taking a pound of freshly milled coffee powder, pour it into a > shallow soup dish and place the dish in the trunk for two days. I > doubt that this solution will entirely remove the smell of sour milk. > Don't for the love of God use Ozone! It will *eat* all of the rubber-based components it touches, and many plastics too. Some rubbers go very 'tacky', while some go brittle. It just ain't worth the risk. Pretty toxic too. JB |
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:19:30 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton"
> wrote: >I had a similar problem when two cartons of prawn curry fell into the >passenger footwell of an Triumph 2500TC I had over twenty-five years ago - >had to sell it in the winter. > >Take the carpet out. > >Make sure that you have cleaned out any crevices underneath. > >White wine vinegar sounds promising. > >Otherwise lots of cold water and then leave it in the sun for a while until >the milk has completely broken down. Heh, sun, in the UK, in January, heh. ;-) > >"Shevek" > wrote in message .. . >> Hi all, >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from the >> carpet in my E39's boot? >> >> I thought I'd cleaned it up at the time but now it really honks! >> >> I've tried Febreze - absolutely useless as I expected... >> >> I've tried a can of Simoniz carpet shampoo which seemed to work but >> after a couple more days the smell came back, this time with a >> slightly chemical edge to it! >> >> Suggestions I have had a >> >> Blast the thing with a pressure washer, then soak it with Zoflora, >> leave it a while then blast it again >> >> Baking powder >> >> White wine vinegar >> >> Will any of these actually work? Any other suggestions? >> >> Am I just better off getting a new carpet (from BMW or a breakers)? >> >> TIA >> -- >> >> Shevek >> >> I'm selling a Sony Ericsson T630 and Bluetooth headset on eBay! >> http://snipurl.com/al43 (Not an affiliate link!) >> >> iTunesRegistry.com: 4,199 tracks, 2.968 diversity >> http://www.itunesregistry.com/report...?showuser=2011 >> >> Get DigiGuide - a downloadable desktop PC TV and Radio Guide >> http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=31493 >> >> Get Firefox! >> http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=8681&t=1 > -- Shevek iTunesRegistry.com: 4,199 tracks, 2.968 diversity http://www.itunesregistry.com/report...?showuser=2011 Get DigiGuide - a downloadable desktop PC TV and Radio Guide http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=31493 Get Firefox! http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=8681&t=1 |
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:26:33 -0000, "JB" > wrote:
> >"Shevek" > wrote in message .. . >> Hi all, >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from the >> carpet in my E39's boot? >> >> I thought I'd cleaned it up at the time but now it really honks! >> >> I've tried Febreze - absolutely useless as I expected... >> >> I've tried a can of Simoniz carpet shampoo which seemed to work but >> after a couple more days the smell came back, this time with a >> slightly chemical edge to it! >> >> Suggestions I have had a >> >> Blast the thing with a pressure washer, then soak it with Zoflora, >> leave it a while then blast it again >> >> Baking powder >> >> White wine vinegar >> >> Will any of these actually work? Any other suggestions? >> >> Am I just better off getting a new carpet (from BMW or a breakers)? >> >Get yourself some antibiotic capsules (not tablets). About 20 or so will do. >After washing the carpet in plain water, open the capsules while the carpet >is still damp, and sprinkle the powder onto the stain. >The smell is caused by the bacteria, not the milk. The antibiotics will kill >all of the bacteria stone dead. End of problem. >I have successfully used this method both on the carpets and inside the air >vents of a 735. (I had to brake pretty suddenly and fogot the litre of >chocolate milk sitting on the console didn't have a lid on it!!) > >JB > Sounds good, thanks... -- Shevek iTunesRegistry.com: 4,199 tracks, 2.968 diversity http://www.itunesregistry.com/report...?showuser=2011 Get DigiGuide - a downloadable desktop PC TV and Radio Guide http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=31493 Get Firefox! http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=8681&t=1 |
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Spilled milk in boot - what a pong!
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:07:40 +0000, Shevek > wrote:
>Hi all, > >Does anyone have any suggestions how to remove a milk stain from the >carpet in my E39's boot? > >I thought I'd cleaned it up at the time but now it really honks! Ultimately, the best fix may be to replace all the carpets and padding. I had a bottle of wine break in the boot, and that's what I ended up doing. Until I did that, I couldn't get rid of a smell like a wino had been kipping and throwing up in there. -- Dan. |
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Spilled milk in boot - what a pong!
"Shevek" > wrote in message ... > On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:19:30 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton" > > wrote: >>Otherwise lots of cold water and then leave it in the sun for a while >>until >>the milk has completely broken down. > > Heh, sun, in the UK, in January, heh. > > ;-) You never said you were in the UK! |
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Spilled milk in boot - what a pong!
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:16:15 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton"
> wrote: > >"Shevek" > wrote in message .. . >> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:19:30 +0000 (UTC), "R. Mark Clayton" >> > wrote: > >>>Otherwise lots of cold water and then leave it in the sun for a while >>>until >>>the milk has completely broken down. >> >> Heh, sun, in the UK, in January, heh. >> >> ;-) > >You never said you were in the UK! > Ah, yeah, er, missed that bit! I really don't want to wait for July with that smell.. Maybe I'll put it under a sunbed ;-) -- Shevek iTunesRegistry.com: 4,199 tracks, 2.968 diversity http://www.itunesregistry.com/report...?showuser=2011 Get DigiGuide - a downloadable desktop PC TV and Radio Guide http://getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=31493 Get Firefox! http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=8681&t=1 |
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