Pet Urine Stain And Odour Removal Guide
Keeping your house clean is challenging among the hustle and bustle of your daily life. Therefore, tidying up is one thing, but pet urine stain and odour removal are not. Now, that requires more work, depending on the type of colour and the working surface.
Stains From Pet Urine
Certainly, we all know pet urine stains and odours are far from appealing. And the colour and its odour are certainly open about sticking around. But why is removing pet urine stains and odours so tricky?
By definition, urine is a waste product containing ammonia that humans and animals expel.
The most common types of urine stains occur on the following surfaces:
- Pet Urine stains from carpet
- Urine stains on upholstery
- Pet Urine stains from mattresses
- Urine stains on clothing
See below the Carpet Pet Urine Stain Removal Guide from the Professional Auckland Steam ‘n’ Dry 1987.
Removing Pet Urine Stains Guide[DIY]
Pet Urine
- Soak up and blot the spill.
- Apply tested cleaning solution.
- Leave the solution for 5 minutes or more.
- Rinse with cold water; cover with a white paper towel.
Cleaning Solutions For Urine Stain And Odour Removal
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Detergent Solution
Mix 1/4 teaspoon of mild liquid dish soap with one cup of warm water.
Vinegar Solution
Mix two tablespoons of white vinegar with 4 cups of warm water.
Cleaning urine stains could be more pleasant, whether potty training a toddler or having dogs or cats at home. Nevertheless, accidents involving urine require quick and effective cleanup.
In general, dog and cat urine should be removed from the carpet immediately if your pet accidentally discharged the call of nature on your carpet since it is so odorous. In addition, fresh urine is better to remove than stinky old urine. So then, here are the measures to clean urine or remove it from the carpet.
Getting Rid Of Pet Urine From The Carpet[DIY]
Directions To Clean Urine:
- It would help if you looked at the area first. Assuming the pet’s urine is new, you should try absorbing the remaining urine using paper or clean towels. Next, place plenty of paper towels over the area as much as possible to extract the remainder of the pet’s urine. Should urine be present, you must repeat the procedures until the urine vanishes. Urine: Apply an enzymatic cleaner available at pet supply stores, co-ops, and other natural retailers.
- Combat against odour. To fight against the smell of your pet’s urine, you must ready your carpet cleaning solution. Now, we will be using white vinegar. Indeed, you must prepare 50 per cent of water versus 50 per cent of water. You can also purchase some enzyme-based solutions rather than vinegar. However, an enzyme carpet cleaning solution could even break down the acids from pet urine and combat its odour.
- Apply solution. Following the answer in step two, you must apply this specific solution to the carpet urine. Of course, you can use bottle spray to spray it over or use a sponge to spread or squeeze the solution. Allow the vinegar solution to penetrate the carpet up to the carpet pad. Vinegar combats and neutralises ammonia for pet urine stain and odour removal.
More Ways For Pet Urine Stain And Odour Removal
- Rinse off the carpet by spraying the area with water and blotting it with clean towels to extract or absorb the water.
- Smell the carpet. If you still smell the pet urine odour, you might want to add vinegar solution again. Repeat procedures 3 to 5.
- Dry the area. Once you have checked the smell and know it’s gone, it is time to dry the area. You may put your towel covering the area with matching weights over the towel. It helps ensure the towel absorbs the water, even on the carpet’s deeper site. Leave it for some time and come back after several minutes.
- Vacuum the area for final drying and to restore the carpet’s texture.
Pet Urine Stain And Odour Removal Tips And Guide
- You may use any enzyme-based odour neutraliser from any store as an alternative to vinegar. However, if you would like to save them, vinegar will do.
- Do not be bothered by the vinegar odour. Yes, it is somewhat stable for a moment but will later abate and ultimately be gone.
- Do not ever use solutions or carpet cleaners with ammonia. You have to keep in mind that pet urine has ammonia. If they still smell the odour of ammonia, then it’s likely that they’ll urinate on the area again and again.
- You’ll want to train your pet dog or cat to urinate in a designated area to avoid pet urine on your carpet. Pets are intelligent, so there could be no reason to fail after some training.
- Dispose of your rubbish correctly. Be sure no trace of ammonia is left.
- If you are ever unsure how to clean urine from pets, or if the affected area is more significant, you should call professional carpet cleaners for our help. We are experienced enough to remove and clean urine from the carpet.
- Remember always to do a spot removal test on a portion of carpet or upholstery that is usually not visible
Certainly, with Auckland Steam n Dry’s 1987 guide to removing urine stains, we’ll help you get your carpets, mattresses, and upholstery back in shape. We also remove rust stains in carpets servicing South Auckland, North Shore, East, and West Auckland.
Updated Last: 30 July 2024 By Graeme Stephens.