How to remove urine stain ?
So you want to remove that cat urine stain on your carpet or furniture. Wondering which cat urine remover should you select. What is the process to select a cat urine remover? Most importantly how to find the cat urine remover ?
There are so many cat urine removers to choose from the problem is
which one do you select? Here is a great pet site Life's great
products. How do you make sure the one you select is the proper one.
How do you know that your selection was right for you and more
importantly right for your pet.
It’s a common dilemma. The
scent of cat urine is strong, its stains are vivid, and it's very
difficult to remove from carpet, flooring, upholstery, or anywhere
else. It seems impossible, so what do you do?
Well, there are several techniques you can follow, but first you need
to find the right product. Because cat diets are rich in protein, their
urine has an especially strong odor and is likely to produce noticeable
stains. A good cleaning product will neutralize the proteins in the cat
urine.
Regular household cleaning products, such as carpet-cleaners,
won’t do the trick. No matter what, avoid using ammonia or
ammonia-based products. Ammonia smells similar to cat urine, so these
products will only encourage the cat to urinate in the area again.
Only products made specifically for cleaning cat urine will do. These
products fall into one or more of the following three categories:
enzymatic, bacterial, and chemical.
Here is the facts. You could spend years looking at all the
various
cat urine cleaning products and compare all the different options. At
some point you have to settle on one right. That is the whole point of
this write up is to save you some time and most importantly money on a
product that your not to sure of. The point is we already have looked
at all the various cat urine removal products and I am providing you
the information here for free.
To understand what I am saying you need to review the following bullet
points before making a decision on what cat urine cleaning products
will work for you and your pet.
*No fragrance cover up. This is a temporary solution and will not fix
your cat urine problem.
*Make sure the cat urine remover is simple to use which saves you time
and cash
*Avoid claims that say they will suck up stain or absorb, this again
will require more work from you in the long run.
*It has to make sure your pet will not soil again in the problem area.
1. If the cat has recently urinated on the carpet, first absorb as much of the cat urine as possible using paper towels or an old towel. Place clean paper towels over the cat urine area and tread on them so as to absorb as much of the urine as possible. Repeat with dry towels until no more moisture can be absorbed.
If the cat urine has dried and you are not sure where the soiled area is you can use a black light (pictured above) to detect it. In a darkened room the black light will pick up urine and other stains. Hand held black lights can be purchased for
2. Next, wet the area with a solution of 50% white vinegar and 50% water. Make sure you use enough of the solution to penetrate the fibres deep down. Allow it to dry. You can assist drying by blotting with paper towels as described above. A fan can also be used to assist drying. If you own a wet and dry vacuum extractor use that to remove excess moisture.The acidity of the vinegar will neutralize the ammonia in the cat urine.
3. Apply a liberal amount of baking soda over the affected area and drizzle it with a quarter of a cup of hydrogen peroxide mixed with a teaspoon of dishwashing detergent. Work it in with a scrubbing brush or your fingers (be sure to wear rubber gloves) to dissolve the baking soda and work it down into the carpet. Allow it to dry. Then vacuum.