Poo smell in vacuum

[richardc1983]

Funny post I found on another forum;

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5156672


"hi, we have a canister vacuum cleaner - the type with a long hose with a pipe attached to the main body. i cleaned up dog poop with it many months ago and ever since then the smell remains in the pipes, and comes out of the other end of the vacuum, when the air gets blown out. any idea how to get this out ?

i tried soaking the pipe overnight in a bucket of water and fairy. it helped a little but not a lot. somehow i think i've got to find a way to scrub inside the pipe, but it is so long. unless i use a broom handle or something"

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5156672

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi,

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Richard, I'm pleased it wasn't you who was sucking up poop. When I first saw the title of the thread and your profile name I began to wonder till I actually opened up the thread and read it.

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<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

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[treetopguy2028]

To rid the smell in the hose

Grind up charcoal to dust and work it into the hose. Baking soda might work too. To use water will only prolong the coating the debris left.

 

[vinvac]

OMG!

First and foremost, take the vacuum away from her....I can't beleive people can be so dumb!

Although my sister did that one time...only using my moms 508 Kirby...what a mess...she didn't want to touch the poo....

 

[marks_here]

Makes ya think

The next time your standing in front of one at the tip wondering what HAS been vacuumed up in it.. LOL besides beds bug, maggots, fleas, vomit not to mention the odd spider inside & any other worse case you can think of

 

[ralph123]

My dog recently got sick and left several "presents" in the house. Certainly I was able to bag up the large parts, but not all. My advice - if you don't have one, rent a carpet cleaner with an upholstery hose. Only use the upholstery tool until the 99.99% of the poo is removed. Go slow and use lots of solution to dilute. I used my Bissell Big Green - with the upholstery hose. It did an amazing job cleaning up the mess. Afterwards, I used the main unit with lots of water/cleaning solution. Thoroughly flush the hose with water when you're finished. fortunately the dog has only done this once in her 18 years of life...

 

[durango159]

Accidents happen!!

This is only funny to those who haven't experienced it!!

I clean houses for a living and one time a Rotweiler got extremely sick in a house I was cleaning and pooped in several locations little tid bits all over a one of those 2" or 3" long stranded yarn like rugs. I didn't see any mess at all at first till the front clear nozzle on her Dyson DC25 upright I was using turned brown. The room didn't even smell which was the bad part!! Then I looked more closely and discovered the horror!!!

Luckily it wasn't a canister vac but that vacuum needed indepth cleaning!! For a canister vac I'd have to recommend soaking the entire hose and hoping it works, but hose may need to be replaced. Replace all filters and bag and disinfect bag compartment. Brush roll, agitator cavity and all other parts of power nozzle would need cleaned as well in addition to wands which some rags could be sent through or a drain cleaning brush.

Really a shame. If I hadn't experienced it myself I might laugh too. On a normal carpet it would hard to miss but on that long stranded yarn rug it just buried itself deep in and was barely noticeable, but this dog got sick and didn't leave one massive pile!

 

[floor-a-matic]

Why would ANYONE vacuum up feces? A shop wet/dry vacuum is the next best thing to use instead of a regular vac if U dont have a carpet extractor

NEVER USE A REGULAR VACUUM for vacing up feces!

 

[tolivac]

Don't use ANY vacuum for picking up poo--Use a large peice of potty roll-then drop it in the nearest "potty"or wrap in a paper towel and throw in the trash if the potty isn't nearby.Have see "poo" vacs at vac shops.often they will not take the machine.or if they did tell the customer to take the machine away.The ones that I have known of that get cleaned out-the whole machie is dismantled-all parts washed in hot bleach solution and bags,filters replaced.The customer is scolded by the vac tech and sent on their way.