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My son was sick on his carpet a couple of months ago (there was a lot of it). I cleaned it up and scrubbed it pretty well with hot water, washing up liquid and a sponge, but the bedroom has that dusty vaccum bag smell if you know what I mean. Does anyone have any recommendations on how I can go about getting rid of this? Thank you.  
My son was sick on his carpet a couple of months ago (there was a lot of it).

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Bi-carb good for smells
+2 votes
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Bicarb leave overnight and then vacum
+8 votes
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I agree with the above ^^^
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Is it from the carpet?  
+5 votes
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Can you spray some diluted zoflora on it? It’s antibacterial and so should kill anything growing that would cause the smell. Personally, when my kids are sick on the carpet, I use powdered biological washing powder mixed with loads of water. I did stain a very cheap carpet once and so I dilute loads now and dry with towels and then add just water and dry that too. No more stains and never any smell x
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If you can pull the carpet back to clean
+5 votes
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Same as others have said sprinkle with bicarb
+1 vote
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Get some pet accident spray cleaner , i used it when my twins were babies , removed sick smell from carpets and matress
+9 votes
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Spray with white vinegar
+5 votes
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Spray with vinegar and leave overnight then cover with bicarb and leave as long as you can (overnight if possible) then hoover hopefully that helps get rid of the smell
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Get a pack of bio washing powder and sprinkle on the carpet. Leave it an hour, then vacuum it up.  
+11 votes
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Probably coming from the underlay luv x
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Febreze fabric freshener sprayed on carpet should help
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