Treating Spilled Milk Odors — In A Car Or In Your Home

Automotive milk spills are treated no differently from those in a home, or from pet "accidents."  In general, extracting with a carpet cleaning machine is always beneficial, but in some cases (where the spill isn't too extensive) may not be necessary.  The more of the offending organic material you can remove, be it milk, urine or whatever, the less there is for DooDoo Voodoo to have to eradicate.

 

These guidelines apply whether your spill is on upholstery (over foam padding) or on the carpeted floor, but especially the former.  Spills on automotive carpeting don't require as deep a soaking, as there's not so much foam padding underneath.  (The oodles of intricate cells that comprise foam rubber make it harder for DooDoo Voodoo to snake its way into the deep recesses of the foam to get at the deepest soiling.)

 

In either event, thoroughly treating the area with DooDoo Voodoo (in a manner that gets it in contact with *all* the spilled milk, even deep down), letting it dwell (set in-place) for 30 minutes, then, if possible, extracting it with a carpet cleaning machine would be the preferred method.  Then, treat the area with DooDoo Voodoo again, with not quite as much of a soaking, and leave it.  Let it air dry completely, which can take a lot longer than you might at first think, before doing a sniff test to see how effective the first round was.  If necessary, repeat, but most users report that they don't have to.  Some users, either those with deeper infiltration or those who don't, in fact, treat thoroughly enough in round one, may need to do more than two treatments, but this is most often not necessary.  I've personally had experiences where one deep treatment was all that was required, but other experiences where repeats were necessary to fully eradicate the odor.  The latter seem to be instances where the organic material had been in-place for a longer period of time, rather than recently deposited.

Repeating the extraction with each round of treatment is always beneficial, as I said before.  It's up to you to determine whether you think this is necessary in your particular case.

 

The biggest advice I can give you is to allow the area to completely dry before making a decision to (perhaps) re-treat.  Too many customers rush to judgment and re-treat before the area is fully dry.  This negates the portion of the cycle when the bulk of the odor kill occurs, so don't fall into this trap.  Remember:  it's common for the odor to get a lot better initially, then worse, then better at the end of the drying cycle.  Don't give up the ship; let the product do its job.

Bacteria- and enzyme-based products are not as effective as DooDoo Voodoo at eradicating automotive spilled milk odors because the automotive environment is too hostile for their temperamental nature.

 

I hope this info is helpful to you as you attack the spilled milk odor.  Many, many customers have had 100% success with DooDoo Voodoo on their spilled milk odors, and I'm expecting you to, too!