Recommendations for a Carpet Cleaner to Clean up Split Chocolate Milk

AlienC on 03/03/2022 - 21:14
Last edited 04/03/2022 - 14:57 by 1 other user

Unfortunately in my stupidity I clumsily dropped milk from the top floor accidentally down the stairs and it exploded down stairs all over the carpet but wait there's more. In my idiot stupor I tried to rinse out all the chocolate milk with a bucket of water like lots of it. So now I have soaked carpet with chocolate milk and water.

My options are to further rinse out the water and then dry it with fans. Or get some machine like a wet and dry vacuum or carpet cleaner. I know Woolworths has carpet cleaner hire but getting the item home is the tricky problem as I don't drive lol. I still have some of the Woolworths carpet cleaning solution from last time when a friend with car helped did it. Not sure if that friend still has that car.

So now I'm thinking to invest in a carpet cleaning machine and or wet and dry vacuum. So far I have seen, which is $99 and looks like it will do the job at shampooing the carpet and might even extract the liquid. I think I can operate the machine no problem so just looking for recommendations on what to buy for a quick job and something cheap to keep around in case another accident happens or to just you know clean the place up a bit.

Home & Garden Carpet Cleaner

Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 03/03/2022 - 21:38

    supercheap sells similar machines designed for cars, they should probably work on normal carpets too

  • cashless on 03/03/2022 - 21:44

    Wet carpet shampooer . SCA sell them. Don’t hire, you can buy one cheap then sell to a friend or keep. Make sure you use good, strong (nice smell) detergent.
    Clean once, twice.
    Allow to dry
    Sniff carpet
    If still musty, clean again

    That should work

    • AlienC on 03/03/2022 - 23:36

      Any links to ones you might recommend?

  • trex on 03/03/2022 - 22:24

    Bissell, love it! I have an older and larger model but this model seems good. It is on sale with free delivery.

    • AlienC on 03/03/2022 - 23:36

      What's the cheapest you have seen this?

      • 87percent on 04/03/2022 - 09:00
        +1

        $239 on the Good Guys Commercial site

  • [Deactivated] on 03/03/2022 - 22:28
    +1

    Once the carpet is dry, sprinkle some bicarb soda to remove any musty odours from the carpet - leave it overnight & vacuum in the morning.

    You can also get carpet cleaners in a can from Colesworth to tide you over with any spills until you get the carpet cleaning machine.

    • AlienC on 03/03/2022 - 23:36

      Oh I like this idea I'm definitely gonna try the bicarb soda thing.

      But when this soppy carpet will dry who knows.

  • ronburgundy11 on 04/03/2022 - 09:07
    +2

    Why is every sentence on a new line?

    • AlienC on 04/03/2022 - 13:25

      For some odd reason brain thought that this would be easier to read than wall of text.

      Yeah I dunno haha lol.

      Each day I try to experiment something new.

    • Baysew on 04/03/2022 - 15:00
      +2

      Reduced a dozen sentences into three paragraphs. Roughly 1> What has happened? 2> What I have tried so far? 3> What is the solution?

  • Euphemistic on 04/03/2022 - 09:15
    +2

    At risk of losing my ozbargain licence, what about a commercial company to clean it. It’s a one off, you are unlikey to do the same again, unless you don’t learn lessons well. It’ll probably cost a little more but it’ll be done right. Getting a commercial carpet cleaner will come with high quality equipment and a guarantee of some sort.

    • AlienC on 04/03/2022 - 13:26

      That is definitely in the cards.

      I remember seeing something in groupon or one of those aggregate deal sites that had something cheap and good.

      Honestly I might just do this than buy an expensive $300 or higher equipment only to not use it or break it.

    • AlienC on 04/03/2022 - 13:26

      I saw that.

  • the Unforgiven on 04/03/2022 - 12:35

    I accidently got a lot of blood on my carpet, how do I clean that off?
    It has been a few weeks now, so it has dried real good, it is not crunchy anymore

    • AlienC on 04/03/2022 - 13:29

      water and dishwashing soap in a bucket then rag or scourer and lots of elbow grease aka rub the crap out of it.

      then soak it for a bit to really lift the blood off the carpet.. the drying part is the tricky part because I am in the same boat now.

      We can either try mop it out aka wring the mop then absorb all the water again wring it out absorb rinse and repeat literally until dry but that can be an annoying method.

      For me I have a huge floor of wet carpet plus my carpet could do with some cleaning not just drying.

      So actually hypothetically I could take my own advice and do the whole floor with a rag and bucket lol or mop but that might take me days instead of a few hours with a machine.

      Hmm good question it made me think a lot about my own situation thanks.

      • the Unforgiven on 04/03/2022 - 14:03

        I tried sugar soap not long after the blood was there, but that did not work
        I have a wet & dry vac out in the shed, that can suck up all the juicy blood & water out of the carpet.
        I won't ask about yours if you don't ask about mine. You must have one big spot, I just have 2 medium patches and then footprints leading from the crime scene. The blood in the kitchen was easy to clean up. As was the blood in the bathroom and the bathtub.

        • AlienC on 05/03/2022 - 00:49

          Hol up wait wat

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