Dog had his first accident yesterday while nobody was home. He's pretty well house-trained, but it looks like he got sick this time- there was puke, diarrhea and urine all over in a bedroom. It's not really his fault, so there's no getting mad at him, and fortunately we have (recently installed :-/ ) Stainmaster-guarded carpet.
All the solids came up ok, and most of the liquids were still beaded up on the surface and easy to soak up with a paper towel. I didn't have anything else to use, and knowing time is of the essence, i used alternating moist "swiffer" pads and paper towels. It all cleaned up pretty good- there is no visual indication anything happened. The room aired out pretty good and the smell of rank dog feces doesn't knock you over when you first walk into it.
However, if you get down close to the floor you can still smell it in a few spots. I'm pretty sure that the trace amounts of anything that would remain is going to be in the upper 1/4" of the carpet fibers (the carpet itself is some pretty thick stuff- probably 1.5").
Suggestions? Is it possible to completely remove all the trace amounts and have the carpet "good as new" again?
At first I thought of steam cleaning, but won't that just blast it all down deeper, possibly into the pad?
Thanks for any and all.
(I assume this isn't too off topic for 'home repair') ;)