If you own a dog or cat,
chances are you have had to clean up
urine from a carpet or furniture.
Cat urine has a particularly strong
odor, and is often difficult to remove.
Following these steps will help to rid
your house of pet urine odors.
Sometimes it is hard to locate all the
urine. Interestingly, dog and cat urine will glow
under a black light. You can purchase a special
urine black light detector, which can be expensive, or
get a black light bulb and place it in one of your
nearby lamps.
Once you have determined the area your
pet has urinated in, immediately blot it with newspaper
or paper towels. Do not rub, but rather hold the
paper firmly on the stain. Rubbing will cause the
urine to move further down into your carpet or
furniture. Once the paper is saturated, place more
on the spot and hold firmly. Continue this process
until you have removed as much of the urine as possible.
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If you have a steam cleaner (some
available at local stores for under $100), use this
next. A wet/dry shop vac will also work well. Either
use the cleaning solution that came with your vac, or
add one tablespoon of clothes detergent to the water.
Tide works very well.
Steam clean the area and blot out all of the remaining
liquid.
It is possible this procedure will not
remove all of the urine odor. In this case, you
may wish to purchase an organic urine odor remover.
There are many brands to be found online and in pet
stores, such as Outright Pet Stain Eliminator,
Urine-Off, Incredible or Urine Gone (which comes with a
black light). Follow the instructions on the
bottle, but be sure to spot test an area of your
furniture or rug - you don't want to accidentally bleach
out the color.
There are also things you can use from
around the house to remove urine odor:
Peroxide and water.
Vinegar and water.
Detergents made to remove odors
from diapers.
Dishwashing liquid, vinegar and
water, mixed.
Never use ammonia to clean pet stains
and urine. This will attract your pet back to the
spot for further elimination.
