Tootsie Roll stuck in my carpet! Any suggestions?

Question

My 2 yr old son decided that it would be a good idea to mash an apple flavored Tootsie Roll into our carpet. I have no idea how to remove this green, sticky mess. Please help!

Answer 1

I promise I am not totally insane with this but it does work - WD40. Spray it on the sticky mess, let it set for a minutes then with paper towel it should pull out. you will need to use a carpet cleaner on the spot afterwards - Woolite Oxy Pro - to remove the WD40.

Answer 2

Pick as much as you can out of the carpet. Try to harden it first with an ice cube. Then use a carpet stain remover like Resolve.

Answer 3

Try putting ice on the tootsie roll until it gets hard and pick it out.

Answer 4

if you can get your hands on some dry ice(i think you can get it at walmart....wear gloves when your handeling it, it's very cold! rub the tootsie with it vigorously and it should start to freeze the tootsie enough where you can break it away from the carpet fibers....this works with candle wax as well

Answer 5

Try putting ice on the tootise roll until it get hard and than pick it out of the carpet.

Answer 6

use everything that you can use on it after you have gotten rid of the tootsie roll. lots of washing and use a professional carpet cleaner thingie on it afterwards.

Answer 7

They make apple flavor now? Wild!!

Anyway--back to the question. Put some ice on it and then cut away at it.

Answer 8

Peanut butter. It works miracles. Even gets gum out of hair and carpet.

Answer 9

I'd try using a baggie full of ice. Put it on the spot to make it get real firm from the cold. Then try and scrape it up.

Answer 10

Try freezing it with a bag of ice. This works for chewing gum.