How to Get Cat Urine Out of The Carpet for Good
Your cat may have an accident on your carpet due to a medical condition or territorial marking behavior. The cat leaves a puddle of urine that leaks down into the carpet padding and it may even re-mark the area due to the odor left behind. Cat urine contains chemicals that give it a pungent, unpleasant odor. This smell can permeate your home if you do not clean the urine away for good with a cleaner that breaks down these odor-causing chemicals, eliminating them completely. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Black light
- Paper towels
- Wet vacuum
- Enzymatic pet cleaner
- Aluminum foil
Instructions
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Locate the cat urine spot on the carpet if you cannot see it but smell the scent. Use a black light to illuminate the spot. Turn the lights in your home down and shine the black light on the carpet. The light causes fresh urine spots to glow yellow or purple and older stains to glow white when you shine it over the affected areas.
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Absorb the urine from the spot by pressing down on it with paper towels. For older urine spots, wet the spot with water and then absorb the water with paper towels.
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Soak the spot on the carpeting with water. Extract the water using a wet vacuum to absorb it. Repeat this process to rinse as much of the urine from the carpet and padding as you can.
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Pour an enzymatic pet cleaner over the still-damp spot. Saturate the carpeting to get the cleaner down through the padding and the sub-floor. Cover the spot with a piece of aluminum foil to slow the drying process and prevent your cat from re-marking the spot with urine. Let the area sit undisturbed for 24 hours to allow the cleaner to break down and digest the components of the cat urine.
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Saturate the area once more with the enzymatic cleaner to remove any remaining urine and residual odors. Allow the area to dry for two weeks, covered in aluminum foil until completely dry.
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Tips & Warnings
Enzymatic cleaners break down and digest the urine, leaving no residue. These cleaners require no rinsing.
Substitute a mixture of one part vinegar and one part water for the enzymatic cleaner.
Clean away any residual tannin stains left by the urine on the carpeting with a nail brush dipped in 1 teaspoon of dish soap mixed in 1 cup of water, after treating the carpet with the enzymatic cleaner and allowing it to dry, according to the Nature's Miracle website.
Scoop your cat's litter box daily to prevent it from eliminating outside of its box.
Always test the enzymatic cleaner on a small area of the carpet before saturating the urine stain with it.
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