02-06-2012, 10:24 PM
Short of tearing the carpet and replacing it, the best you'll likely be able to do is mask the odor. The stench has likely penetrated all the way down through the carpet and into the padding and whatever else is below. You can clean that top layer of carpet, but the stench below will keep returning as time passes. Just wait till the heat of summer!
Replacing the carpet would be expensive and likely not worth the $ and effort since you plan to trade it in.
I'd say just clean it as best you can (saturate the carpet fully when shampooing, soak it) and put a new air freshener in the day you go to trade it. You could spend a lot of time and effort cleaning it an never fully remove the odor so keep that in mind.
Good luck
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Replacing the carpet would be expensive and likely not worth the $ and effort since you plan to trade it in.
I'd say just clean it as best you can (saturate the carpet fully when shampooing, soak it) and put a new air freshener in the day you go to trade it. You could spend a lot of time and effort cleaning it an never fully remove the odor so keep that in mind.
Good luck
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