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regarding Sawastea's closed thread:
Musclemom: my present cat is not much of a puker. He seems to have an iron stomach. In eleven years I've probably had to clean up only three or four puke stains from him, but one of those was a recently eaten rat. Oh god, the smell of that!
My previous cat, the late lamented Alice, was on the frequent puker plan though.
Musclemom: my present cat is not much of a puker. He seems to have an iron stomach. In eleven years I've probably had to clean up only three or four puke stains from him, but one of those was a recently eaten rat. Oh god, the smell of that!
My previous cat, the late lamented Alice, was on the frequent puker plan though.
Mine seem to go through phases ... like all girls they seem to do things en mass ... so I'll have no barf for months and then for two weeks it's like a minefield ...Mr. dB said:
Thank god no dead rodents around here, mine just torture them to death and leave them for me to find ...
you won't lose the ENTIRE desposit, just what it takes to recarpet that room.sawastea said:
And again, you whinin over an extra $100?
you are paying $100 for a chance to save $1000 or whatever the cost would be. Would you rather pay $0 and have a 100% change of paying for the damages or pay $100 and have less then a 50% chance?
Sawastea how about the ideas here:sawastea said:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache...ed+wine+stain+carpet&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
Was it Angel that said White wine?
Drug stores carry glycerine ...
black sheep
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HAHA - I don't come over to the 'C'hat and 'C'arma board often, but I had to LOL at the red wine vomit stain. Kudos for posting something that made the rest of the board sick!
Bleach would probably do the trick. Just bleach the entire room so its all the same color. Wallgreens $10.00 worth. Problem solved.
hamstershaver
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i thought chairman threads were unlockableLestat said:
sawastea said:LOL @ pic
I told lestat that I was going to post it. It's hard to explain without giving you a visual
Post it up dude...you know how everyone likes a good barf pic evey now and then.
sawastea said:
They won't give you the key to the executive washroom untill you shell out the $900 bucks. Otherwise, what if you declined to continue the Chairman membership after your demo expires? They can't risk having unauthorized personnel rummaging through the mod forum.
HumorMe
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sawastea said:
It's not going to come completely out. You can take everyones advice on try this and try that and go broke trying stuff.
Face it....it isn't coming out. It might look better once the cleaners come but it will still have some discoloration to it. Plus it has probably already dried out and that only complicates matters.
hamstershaver
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well that makes sensepintoca said:
I know that you can rent them in grocery stores here. Heck you could buy a new one for 100 bucks, and be able to reuse it.sawastea said:
We have a bissle one and if it gets up the nasty dog crap that this dog puts out, it will clean up red wine for sure
and then if u ever decide to shampoo your carpets, you can do it yourself, and its freakin easy, and not get c harged an arm and a leg. IMO its a good purchase in the long run
and noone invades your privacy in your home
pay the $100. Ask on the phone first if they can get it out. Most can. The puke is nothing, the wine is the thing. Remember, carpets are made with man made material. Not cotton. It should come out with the right care.
Came out of the parents, it will yours. Pay the 100 and get it over with. If it dried in it, I can't promise you anything, just ask on the phone. They get it all the time
Whiskey
Came out of the parents, it will yours. Pay the 100 and get it over with. If it dried in it, I can't promise you anything, just ask on the phone. They get it all the time
Whiskey
sawastea
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Here is the breakdown:
Called the people this morning and they came by @ 1:30 and stayed until 3. They did all sorts of shit on it and there is still some bile residue. He sprayed it and then put some white powder on top and told me to vacuum it tomorrow. Hopefully that'll do it. If it doesn't, I'm probably going to grab some scissors and cut the fucking carpet (like a crew cut) to tske the discoloration off.
Called the people this morning and they came by @ 1:30 and stayed until 3. They did all sorts of shit on it and there is still some bile residue. He sprayed it and then put some white powder on top and told me to vacuum it tomorrow. Hopefully that'll do it. If it doesn't, I'm probably going to grab some scissors and cut the fucking carpet (like a crew cut) to tske the discoloration off.
hamstershaver
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paint a uf logo on your carpet
HumorMe
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sawastea said:
Sounds like he is using a powder to try and wick out the remaining residue of the vomit. It might lighten up a bit but it is prett much damaged permanently.
Your stomach has some of the strongest acids known to man in it. Mix it with food and liquid and throw up all over carpet and you have a mess.
Not much you can do about the discoloration of the carpet. It has damaged the fibers of the carpet therefore you will probably have a reddish or brownish tint in that area no matter how much you clean it.
I wouldn't go to the extreme of cutting anything out of the carpet. Even cutting out a piece of the damaged carpet and replacing it with a patch from the closet is risky. It is very hard to match up grain of the carpet plus the wear of the carpet.
From the pictures, it looks like it is stained pretty bad all the way to the backing so clipping the top part of the stain will do nothing more than probably accent the stain even more.
If you knew how to dye the carpet in that area the same color then you might get away with it but it is a very risky procedure that holds no promises.
No, don't give the carpet a haircut ... if you think a faded stain looks bad how do you think a faded stain in a sculpted out section of the rug will looksawastea said:
even if you COULD cut out the stain (doubtful, as Humorme pointed out) you'd STILL be looking at this chopped out section that would look just as bad if not worse than a faded barf stain. 1. Either get a large area rug to cover most of the room, just put it right over the existing wall to wall.
2. Get some throw rugs to scatter around the room (so it looks like a decorating decision, versus the one to cover the puke stain).
3. Just rearrange the bedroom entirely.
4. Recarpet.
But DON'T give the carpet a haircut ... if it's gonna drive you that nuts see the above suggestions ...
eat big
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musclemom said:No, don't give the carpet a haircut ... if you think a faded stain looks bad how do you think a faded stain in a sculpted out section of the rug will look
1. Either get a large area rug to cover most of the room, just put it right over the existing wall to wall.
2. Get some throw rugs to scatter around the room (so it looks like a decorating decision, versus the one to cover the puke stain).
3. Just rearrange the bedroom entirely.
4. Recarpet.
But DON'T give the carpet a haircut ... if it's gonna drive you that nuts see the above suggestions ...
Well when he moves out he's gonna get fucked either way.
@ eat big
Hmmm, well you could always tell the landlord your asthma has gotten worse and your allergy doctor recommended that the carpet be taken out and see how that flies ...sawastea said:
Seriously now, generally speaking ... if you held the lease for more than a year ... landlords pretty much figure a stain is part of normal wear and tear, really (I mean, nothing's written in stone) but if you've taken reasonable care with the rental, clearly weren't malicious and leave it clean with no holes in the walls or doors (particularly if when you move out you back this up with photos), no small claims judge busts you for a stain on the carpet. The unfortunate fact of life is, people get sick (hey, you had wine with dinner ... ooops) you called a professional (save the receipt somewhere safe by the way). Reasonable care is all that's ever expected of any tenant, not for the place to be pristine like it was never lived in.
If it comes to this, you can always patch the carpet. If, after steam cleaning, some of the stain won't come out, accurately measure the smallest rectangle that will fully enclose the stain, and cut it out with a sharp carpet or linoleum knife. Then find a scrap of the same brand and color of carpet, cut it to the exact same dimensions, and plug the hole. If you do it right, you can't see the patch.
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