How to clean a car seat?

[lesliepear]

Last night Alan threw up in the car (very unexpected and very rare for him). He's ok - but the car seat still smells. I had taken it inside and tried to clean it with Nature's Miracle - but it appears that I will have to dissamble it and wash it. He has a Graco combo booster (the ones that have a harness to 40 lbs and then go to 80 lbs). Any hints on this would be appreciated.

(I'm glad he basically threw up on him and car seat, he didn't get the car's back seat all.)

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[ginky.livejournal.com]

You can only spot clean a Graco harness, not submerge it, so I'd call Graco and order a new harness, ASAP. Take the cover off, and machine wash it on gentle. They're hang dry, but I put my covers in the dryer on no heat (important because they will shrink) because it speeds up the process. Once you have the cover off, you'll be able to see where all it went into the little nooks and crannies and clean it out.

I hope he's feeling better!

[bad-soup-day.livejournal.com]

We have a Britax Super Cruiser (I looked for a link but they seem to be discontinued now) for David. He does throw up from time to time (all the bends on our roads I guess) and you can take the entire outer coating off and it's machine washable. I'm not sure how we would have managed otherwise.

We had a Volkswagen a few years back that we nicknamed the Vomitvagen on account of repeated distasteful expellations. We put an awful lot of perfume in that car in order to sell it.

Both the girls were sick in the car too when they were younger.

Maybe it's my driving!

Rich

[fruitysplace.livejournal.com]

id start by hosing it off outside

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I'm in a condo, no outside hose :(

[fruitysplace.livejournal.com]

eh....shower? LOL

[yeoww.livejournal.com]

I am trying to remember if I had a Graco. I basically took everything cloth that I could off and washed it. If I remember correctly I either wiped off or washed the harnesses too. I couldn't stand the vomit smell, so I took the chance on the non-washable aspect. I didn't have any problems after.

[artemis-rich.livejournal.com]

Ick. We haven't had to deal with this yet, but I'm sure it lies in our future. Is Alan okay?

As far as the car seat goes: I'd try Febreeze. And remember, Clorox Disinfecting Wipes are your friend!

[nicolechan.livejournal.com]

Since I'm scared to death of vomit... I have my car set up incase Alie ever does that. I bought a carseat that would be able to wash easily. In the seat pocket, I have clorox wipes, plastic bag, plastic gloves, and travel paper towels. I know, I'm paranoid :O) Knocking on wood that it never happens!!!

[petalmcmako.livejournal.com]

We took the cover and the harness and everything off and put it in the washing machine, then hosed off the actual base. It does take a fair while to dry, though. Fortunately, each time it's happened, we have been places where we haven't had to drive for a day or so afterwards.

The first time, we got the febreeze happening as well, because there was a ghost smell.

Hmmm, wonders if the people who bought the old car still get waft of baby spew every now and then, when it's hot?

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

Well I washed the cover tonight and cleaned the base and harness up. We have 2 cars so we'll use the other car with the other seat tommorrow and it should be all ready to go for Sunday.