# Rancid Milk Smell in Carpet!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rancid-milk-smell-in-carpet/4886>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 20, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rancid-milk-smell-in-carpet/4886 "2007-09-20T02:36:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Chol26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d9b06d/32.png) [@Chol26](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Chol26)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rancid-milk-smell-in-carpet/4886/1 "2007-09-20T02:36:15Z")

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HELP! My daughter dropped her sippy cup and it rolled under the seat. By the time I found it several days later, the milk had spoiled and spilled and pooled into the carpet. I have cleaned it so many times and my car still smells like rancid milk. I’ve tried: dishwashing liquid; baking soda; Oxyclean. My last resort was to open a home air freshener, which helps a little but when the car sits in the sun, the smell smacks you in the face when you get in! I’m starting to take public transportation to avoid it!

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**Author:** ![americar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/americar/32/42_2.png) [@americar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/americar)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rancid-milk-smell-in-carpet/4886/2 "2007-09-20T02:51:21Z")

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you may need to take it a professional, but I would think the padding below will need replaced, and the carpet cleaned while out of the car. Good luck