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It took about 3 baking soda blizzards, plus a week or so of early-spring room-airings in between applications, then a rental steamer (to get the weird powdery feeling off the carpet more than for odor-cleaning purposes).
The smell will probably go away as the carpet dries. It's just watermelon. You could try sprinkling baking soda on it, and then vacuuming the carpet. Febreze also works well (if not temporarily). posted by KokuRyu at 10:25 AM on September 11, 2013 [1 favorite] The smell will probably go away as the carpet dries.
The next step is putting it out in the sun. I had a surprising amount of success recently with a dog urine stained antique wool rug that I was afraid to use enzyme cleaner on by hauling it out into the driveway on a sunny day, spraying the whole thing down with a solution of 1:4 white vinegar and water and leaving it out there for 8 hours.
Make a solution of 1:1 white vinegar & hot water with a few drops of soap. Soak your carpet with it, then suck out as much liquid as you can with a wet/dry vac. Air dry the rest. Smell should be gone when dry. or b.) Make a solution of 16 oz. hydrogen peroxide, 1 tbsp baking soda, 1 tsp dish soap.
Sift baking soda into the carpet, let it sit a while and then use a roll of quarters to vacuum it up. Clean the floor mats with a hose while you're there. Then drive around with the windows open. Good luck. I am pretty sure regular exposure to air freshener smell will cause you to grow a tail and make your eyes melt.
Speaking of softener, don't use it until you get the smell out. Fabric softener will just coat the fibers and lock in the stink. Vinegar is good, but I think spraying Bac-Out on everything works better. posted by PorcineWithMe at 7:32 PM on August 13, 2014
Try some peroxide and use paper towels to blot it. I am not sure if you can get all of the iodine out. You may want to put the paper towel on the stain then some newspaper on top of the paper towel folded over a couple of times and use the heel of your foot to press on it to get a good blot. You might want to try it a few times-pour a little ...
Drop the folded bathmat on it. Stand on it with the ball of your bare foot right over the spot, and give it a good old grind into the floor. Check the underside of the bathmat: you should see that some of the bin juice has migrated into it from the carpet. Move to a dry spot on the folded bathmat and do it all again.
4) Nature's Miracle is great, but Method All Purpose spray has been surprisingly effective and significantly cheaper. It also smells good. 5) Clorox Wipes (the gianormous round tub) can be had from Amazon Subscribe and Save! Unfortunately, I've had experience dealing with very similar dog issues.
All the solvent and liquid paint removers and cleaners being suggested might melt the fibres of a synthetic carpet, or fade and remove dye from a wool carpet. And liquids will likely leave water marks behind. Carefully test the product in an inconspiculous area and wait a couple days before trying any of them out.