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Clean Up Vomit and stop the smell

Submitted by Cindy Snyder

A very bumpy plane ride gave me a great education in cleaning up vomit. The flight attendants used a package of coffee. They spread it over the vomit. It not only soaked up the liquid, it filled the foul-smelling plane with a wonderful coffee aroma. The "grounds" were then swept up, leaving a dry and scent-free carpet.

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Worthless Comments By: angryvomiter on 2007-11-16 This is a terrible tip! I tried it and not only did my carpet smell like vomit, but coffee too. A horrendous mixture!   Coffee and vomit mix Comments By: Michelle on 2008-02-18 After trying several cleaners I researched on the Internet to spread ground coffee on the floor. Well......it worked wonders and now my house smells like Starbucks. Now the vomit smell could possibly still be there....but the coffee smell may overpower the vomit smell. I'll take coffe over vomit anyday.