Cleaning Up Vomit

[Soviet Heavy]

So yeah, weekend parties at University seem to make messes with bodily fluids. I've never cleaned up puke before, I always hit the toilet so I don't need to clean up.

Last night, someone only made it to the sink counter. And nobody else in our suite wants to clean it up. Fucking brilliant.

What would you guys suggest for cleaning it up? To avoid smells, your own nausea, cleaning supplies, stuff like that?

And since that isn't enough to hold discussion value, how 'bout some drunken vomit stories from the rest of you?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

In my experience, vomit doesn't really need any special cleaning supplies to neutralize the smell -- just use whatever household cleaner you normally use. As for avoiding your own nausea, good luck. Tying a handkerchief with some cologne on it around your face might help, assuming you're not allergic. Otherwise, the best you can hope is that your stomach is strong enough that you don't puke too. I had that problem a lot as a kid, but now that I'm older, smelling someone else's puke doesn't generally make me puke anymore.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

In my experience, vomit doesn't really need any special cleaning supplies to neutralize the smell -- just use whatever household cleaner you normally use. As for avoiding your own nausea, good luck. Tying a handkerchief with some cologne on it around your face might help, assuming you're not allergic. Otherwise, the best you can hope is that your stomach is strong enough that you don't puke too. I had that problem a lot as a kid, but now that I'm older, smelling someone else's puke doesn't generally make me puke anymore.

I can usually handle it, but for some reason, this particular incident makes me sick just thinking about it. Cologne you say? I'm gonna buy some Fabreeze and fumigate the bathroom first.

 

[xvbones]

Newspaper is surprisingly absorbent and if you've enough sheets together, you can use it to scoop the chunkier bits.

 

[godofallu]

How about the most embarrassing moment in my life? A vomit story.

I was at a party with 8 people and 1 keg, and in the battle of Man vs Keg; Man won. So for the after party me and a few other people I had just met went to an apartment a few blocks away. When we got there I was relaxing on the couch while the owner of the place went out to smoke. Suddenly I had to puke! I clamped both hands over my mouth and sprinted to the large trash bin that was located in the kitchen about 20 feet away. Once I had made it there I threw up in the bin a few times and then stood near it just in case.

That's when the owner of the place came in and went to go sit on the couch. He got almost to the couch when suddenly he turns back and asks who puked. I say it wasn't me since I thought I had made it to the trash can no problem, I mean there was no puke on my hands so clearly I had made it. Except it turns out there was a vomit trail leading from the couch to me. I was yelled at for being a liar and ended up having a very awkward night.

PS: You can clean puke up with a carpet cleaner in seconds, if you don't own one you can go buy one and make the $100 investment early.

 

[LobsterFeng]

Throw a couple of Febreze soaked towels on it. As for stories, I don't drink alcohol, and I'm not at college right now.

 

[zehydra]

And people wonder why I don't drink.

 

[Buzz Killington_v1legacy]

The trick I always heard for preventing nausea from smells like that is to take some Vicks Vaporub and put a little bit under your nose. It'll deaden your sense of smell.

As for the mess itself, once you've cleaned it up and nuked it from orbit with any bleach or ammonia (but not both at the same time) you might use, you can use baking soda to get rid of most of the remaining smell.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

The trick I always heard for preventing nausea from smells like that is to take some Vicks Vaporub and put a little bit under your nose. It'll deaden your sense of smell.

As for the mess itself, once you've cleaned it up and nuked it from orbit with any bleach or ammonia (but not both at the same time) you might use, you can use baking soda to get rid of most of the remaining smell.

Vicks Vaporub -- that's brilliant. I'll have to remember it.

 

[WolfThomas]

Last week I drank far too much and actually vomited on the floor of my room. What did I learn from this experience? Take the time to think about how you're going to clean it. I used far too much water and basically jut spread it around initially. Vinegar negates the smell but then still smells like vinegar. Baking soda is a far better choice, it's neutralizes the acid sprinkele it liberally on the spot with a small amount of water, wait until it is dry and vaccum it up.