When my carpet gets wet it smells like vomit. Normal?
07-22-2013, 04:26 PM
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When my carpet gets wet it smells like vomit. Normal? I bought my 2000 Pontiac Firebird about 8months ago. One time I tried cleaning a carpet stain in the back and it smelled like vomit when I got it wet. Now today I found a puddle in the passenger rear seat floor because I didn't close the t-top properly and it rained. Again it smells like vomit.
Let me know if this is normal. I hope it is, that way I'm not dealing with vomit juice soaked carpet... Please help, this is a serious matter. And I'm not kidding when I say it smells like VOMIT!! It smells like stomach acid and everything.
Let me know if this is normal. I hope it is, that way I'm not dealing with vomit juice soaked carpet... Please help, this is a serious matter. And I'm not kidding when I say it smells like VOMIT!! It smells like stomach acid and everything.
07-22-2013, 05:38 PM
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No, it shouldn't smell like 
There were either kids in the back seat that got car sick at some point or people that couldn't hold their alcohol.
If you can't stomach the odor, get the car professionally detailed with stress on the shampoo for the carpet. A high grade cleaning machine will get that carpet like new with no more odor. The prior owner obviously didn't care enough to do that. You'll be fine once this is done. The best $100 (maybe less) you ever spent.
There were either kids in the back seat that got car sick at some point or people that couldn't hold their alcohol.
If you can't stomach the odor, get the car professionally detailed with stress on the shampoo for the carpet. A high grade cleaning machine will get that carpet like new with no more odor. The prior owner obviously didn't care enough to do that. You'll be fine once this is done. The best $100 (maybe less) you ever spent.
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Not normal! I'd pull the seats out and rent a steam cleaner and go to town. It may be easier to just pull the entire carpet out and clean it out of the car and let it sit outside for a while.
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When my verts top was bad I had water on the carpet and was surprised that it did not smell bad. The carpet and padding in my basement had a sickening odor when it got wet from leaking walls.
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No, it shouldn't smell like
There were either kids in the back seat that got car sick at some point or people that couldn't hold their alcohol.
If you can't stomach the odor, get the car professionally detailed with stress on the shampoo for the carpet. A high grade cleaning machine will get that carpet like new with no more odor. The prior owner obviously didn't care enough to do that. You'll be fine once this is done. The best $100 (maybe less) you ever spent.
There were either kids in the back seat that got car sick at some point or people that couldn't hold their alcohol.
If you can't stomach the odor, get the car professionally detailed with stress on the shampoo for the carpet. A high grade cleaning machine will get that carpet like new with no more odor. The prior owner obviously didn't care enough to do that. You'll be fine once this is done. The best $100 (maybe less) you ever spent.
Thanks for the info..Damn it, I have a vomit soaked carpet. I did find a little bit of vomit under the rear seats, I ended up cutting out half the carpet out of the car. It looks seems like that vomit made it all the way under the front seats tho 'cause that's where I had the puddle last week and it stank from there. I remember the previous owner told me they had two big dogs...I hope it's pet puke and not human puke; for many obvious reasons.
As far as cleaning I would rather spend a big chunk of change on a new custom colored carpet then getting it cleaned. I think I'll get Deep Black, that will look good. I hope it's easy to put in.
Thanks for everyone's help...
07-25-2013, 05:37 AM
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Thanks for the info..Damn it, I have a vomit soaked carpet. I did find a little bit of vomit under the rear seats, I ended up cutting out half the carpet out of the car. It looks seems like that vomit made it all the way under the front seats tho 'cause that's where I had the puddle last week and it stank from there. I remember the previous owner told me they had two big dogs...I hope it's pet puke and not human puke; for many obvious reasons.
As far as cleaning I would rather spend a big chunk of change on a new custom colored carpet then getting it cleaned. I think I'll get Deep Black, that will look good. I hope it's easy to put in.
Thanks for everyone's help...
As far as cleaning I would rather spend a big chunk of change on a new custom colored carpet then getting it cleaned. I think I'll get Deep Black, that will look good. I hope it's easy to put in.
Thanks for everyone's help...
