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[gosling]

If, say, your exceedingly independent four year old were to attempt to make himself an impressively large volume of a version of chocolate milk (using maple syrup!) while you were busy elsewhere in the house, and then, I expect due to the weight, were to drop it, covering most of the kitchen floor, how would you go about cleaning it? It appears his

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[hammercock]

Oy vey...I could sort of see Xander doing that at some point. :-}

[ceo]

Update: Some scrubbing with towels soaked in very hot water appears to have done the job. Might need a final go-over, but that's not happening tonight.

Floor is hardwood that's in need of refinishing and not getting it anytime soon.

[achinhibitor]

As far as I can remember, I've never had a hard time removing sticky food stuff (egg whites!) when I put my mind to it. My only guess is that the milk/sugar combination may have dried enough to produce a solid layer, and simply washing over it doesn't dissolve the entire layer. If that's the case, you might try putting water and a little soap on it, and using a combination of waiting and repeated scrubbing with a stiff brush to get the entire layer to dissolve. Then wipe it up thoroughly, and do a few rinse-and-wipe cycles afterward to make sure none of the dissolved gunk remains behind.

[halleyscomet]

Reminds me of some of the messes I've had to clean up after a spill while brewing beer.

A decent hardwood cleaner, a mop, hot water and lots of rinsing tend to do the trick for me, at least with malty, hoppy, surgery, stick wort. Sadly it's one of those "keep mopping until it's no longer sticky" situations.