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A Sticky Mess
My mother and I went to Sam's Club where you can buy everything in bulk, including a one gallon jug of syrup. When we got home the syrup jug had cracked open and spilled all over the inside of my trunk. We tried our best to scoop up what we could, but it is just soaked into the carpet, and is really sticky. My car smells like a pancake house! What can I do to clean up this mess?
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i personally like small of pancakes but bleach ought to do it or some other acid since syrup is a base it needs to be neutralized so id try something like lemon juice or something....you should see waht sam clubs 27 gallon bucket of soy sauce can do that thing is monsterous
JesusFreak
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dont wory you dont have to spend alot of money or anything just take a little bit of bleach and mix it with a pot of watter get a scrub brush and scrub ur trunk it should do the trick
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hahaha...that sucks., sry...make some pancakes i guess...jk..ok...go to a car dealership or like napa autoparts and find out wat u can do to get rid of the smell, and sticky...get ur option togethor and pick the best.
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The best way to get sticky stuff up is with hot water, or steam, to dissolve it. Many grocery stores rent out steamers that you can get for a day for about $20. Rent one of those and steam clean the interior. You can also try a professional carwash.
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Try scrubing it with with seltser water it gets out stains and also works really well.... when i was little i spilled fruit punch in my car and we tried it and it worked!
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oh my... that really sucks...
You will probably have to get the carpet cleaned with either a regular carpet cleaner, or have a cleaning service do it for you. Syrup is thick enough, add to it the sugars and flavour elements and with it soaked in, that's just a bear and a half to try to clean by any conventional means.
Steam cleaning is most likely your best bet. Worst case would be having to shell out $500 or so to get new carpet, but I think that syrup is cleanable (unlike spilling Thompon's Water Seal, which also dissolves the carpet).
p.s. - be careful using any solvents to clean the carpet, as many solvents can dissolve the capet fibers.
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Theres this stuff called Resolve..Its really easy..just spray it..wait a couple minutes..and scrub a little..and it smells pretty good. Well hope I helped..and hope you get that mess cleaned up!
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mandah
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hmm..Maybe like a carpet cleaner? If that doesn't work you could call a carpet cleaner buisness and ask them what to do.
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Go to the carwash and tell them what happened and have them clean it out with a machine! If they can't do it you might want to try calling a carpet cleaning company, and either ask them what to do or have them come clean it. x0x0x0x
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