How to Clean Pet Odors From a Large Wool Rug

Pet ownership sometimes comes with unpleasant smells.

Your pets may love your large wool rug as much as you do -- so much, in fact, that they might cause the rug to have a distinct pet odor. This is especially a problem for large rugs that are placed in high traffic areas where your pets typically sleep and play. If you have a pet odor problem in your home, you can remove the unpleasant smells from your rug with a few simple techniques.

Things You'll Need

• Black light
• Chalk
• Paper towels
• Water
• Wet/dry shop vac
• Pet odor neutralizer
• Soft cloth

Instructions

1. Use a black light to see if any of the pet odors on your wool rug are being caused by urine. Make a note of where the urine is located or mark it with chalk.

2. Use paper towels to soak up any liquid, such as urine or vomit. Press on the paper towels and continue the process until you've soaked up all the liquid you can.

3. Rinse the soiled area with clean water. Then, continue to blot with paper towels until most of that liquid has been absorbed.

4. Extract the remainder of the water from your wool carpet by using a wet/dry shop vac.

5. Spray a high quality pet odor neutralizer over the entire carpet, paying special attention to the areas that you know have been soiled.

6. Use a soft cloth to gently scrub in the pet odor neutralizer all over the carpet. Scrub a little more vigorously in areas that you know have been soiled.

7. Rinse the area where you sprayed additional cleaner with clean water. Blot up most of this water with paper towels.

8. Use your wet/dry shop vac to extract any remaining liquid from your large wool rug.

References

• DDFL.org: Successful Cleaning to Remove Pet Odors and Stains