How can I get the smell of vinegar out of my carpet?

Question

I was babysitting this kitten for my aunt. well when my aunt came and got the cat my sister and I started noticeing flea bites on my childern, my sister, and myself. My older sister had told me to use vinegar and water to get rid of them. So I did I sprayed all of the rooms and even the screens on the windows. No fleas have been noted yet but a odor of vinegar has and it is making us sick to our stomachs.

Answer 1

I would use one of those shake on powdery products. Look for one that contains baking soda. I find baking soda takes the odor out of just about anything. Good luck.

Answer 2

I have never heard of vinegar killing fleas but ok. If you have a steam cleaner you may want to run that through the house or where you sprayed the vinegar. The smell should go away when the carpet is completely dry.

Answer 3

How do you neutralize odor in apartment when both vinegar/water and later professional cleaning was applied to carpet? Smell has become so strong hardly can stay there. vonnie p

Answer 4

yep, baking soda neutralizes vinegar. Do you have a wet vac? If you sprinkle the baking soda over the area where the vinegar is, and let it stay there for a while, after you've swept it over to make the baking soda go down into the pile. Then wet vac it, or use a wet sponge to go over the area. It might fizz but that is okay, as it is working. Then let it dry and vacuum it up.

Answer 5

can try the cheap way, and use baking soda. sprinkle it all over the carpet, and furnature, let sit for about a half an hour, vaccum up. Or can use the product Oust, done that before, it worked okay.

Answer 6

Try Ferbreeze

Answer 7

*baking soda will absorb the remaining odor in the carpet. *

Answer 8

SOAP carpet cleaner?

Answer 9

CARPET CLEANING MACHINE