Comments on How to Remove Cat Urine From Carpet

Use a solution of Non Bio washing powder, and wash into the carpet. The key to removal is get out as much moisture as possible after cleaning. This takes away the offensive odour.

Get rid of the cat.

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My cat has been hitting the same spot for a while. I tried everything out there and found Oxi Clean was the only product that removed the stains.

After discovering a stray male cat was spraying the outside of our patio door, our female cat proceeded to mark her territory by urinating on carpet by the door when she would see him. I steam cleaned the area with a Bissell and also sprinkled baking soda liberally...I let the soda stand for at least one day before vacumning. I did this probably three times. I also purchased an indoor/outdoor repellent for dogs and cats (from WalMart) and sprayed outside the door and twice where our cat urinated inside. There is no smell in the carpet and our cat has not repeated this since...but I am also spraying outside every night before bed to keep the male cat away! Thanks

To neutralize the odor of cat urine or "spray," use Listerine Mouthwash. It can be poured into a spray bottle and applied to the area as needed. You may want to test on a small area of hidden fabric before applying to upholstery.

The oil Patchouli. It smells like earth, but apparently it scares wild tom cats away. I kept having a wild tom spray my van as his territory. I dotted the oil outside and in, and no more cats around my van. Works at home, too.

This odor-removing recipe calls for vinegar, baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and dish detergent. These are all easily available at your local grocery store. First, wet the carpet with warm water and blot up with towels several times to dilute and remove as much urine as possible. Next, wet the area with a solution of 50% white vinegar and 50% water. Make sure it is nice and wet, penetrating the fibers down the bottom. Allow it to air dry. The acidity of the vinegar will neutralize the ammonia in the cat urine. It will NOT remove all the odor, however. When it's mostly dry, apply a good deal of baking soda over the affected area and drench it with hydrogen peroxide mixed with a very little bit of dish detergent. Work it with your fingers to dissolve the baking soda and work it down into the carpet. Allow it to air dry. This worked like a charm for me. There were a couple of small spots that had a little bit of urine odor left, but most of the area treated was quite odor-free, so I reapplied baking soda and peroxide to the recalcitrant spots and the second application worked. Lastly, to get rid of the white residue of baking soda in the carpet and whatever soap was there, I applied hot water and blotted it up with a towel. I tried this because I originally had heard it worked to remove skunk odor. I was desperate. I had tried Nature's Miracle (no use) and Zep Odor Control (also not much good). IT WORKED! I hope this helps someone.

I used almost every product on the market for cat urine in carpets. Nothing for pets worked. Then I found Bissell Fabric Refresher as a quick fix to get rid of the smell. Also, No-Go! Housebreaking Aid stops cats from re-urinating in the same places.

Shampoo the carpet, pour hot water over the soiled area (drenching it), use a shop vacuum to suck up the excess water. Pour club soda over the area, then apply Spray 'n Wash over the area and mop or scrub the area well. Allow to spot to soak for 30 minutes longer, suck up the solution, and allow to air dry (use a fan if you have one). If it is a large area or an abundance of urine it may have soaked into your sub flooring. If there is a way to fold back the carpet to expose the floor, apply the Spray 'n Wash to the sub-flooring and allow it to soak for 30 minutes, then just wipe it up (do not rinse). The Spray 'n Wash has enzymes that destroy the ammonia crystals and neutralizes the odor.

Spray Febreeze on the place where the cat has urinated or sprayed on carpet. Also works great for clothes or bedding - wash afterwards. Febreeze neutralizes the odor.

Have you tried Urine-Off? Just soak the area, cover it with plastic, let it sit, and repeat if needed. It actually eats away the urine crystals that cause the odor. It's a bit expensive, but it really works.

I had no luck with rubbing alcohol. The smell is less noticeable, but the cat has been back.

Listerine will remove some of the smell.

To treat cat urine that has soaked through the carpet into the padding, you have to reach the padding. A regular steam cleaning will not do the trick, it only cleans the surface. This is what works for me, every time, even on the worst spots: 1) Break up the urine: Mix a solution of warm (not hot) water and Shout laundry treatment in a bucket. Shout contains enzymes which break down the urine and makes it easier to physically remove. Pour the mix liberally over the area, until it is thoroughly soaked through to the padding. Place a garbage bag over the spot, and walk on it for a minute or two - to work the solution well into the padding. Smooth the bag down and leave it overnight. Remove the bag and use a steam cleaner to remove as much liquid as possible. Tip: applying extra weight to the top of the steam cleaner with your foot helps it to get better suction and remove more liquid. 2) Lather, rinse and repeat: Drench the area with a solution of hot water and carpet cleaner. Place a bag over the area, work the solution into the area with feet. Remove the bag, and remove as much liquid as possible with a steam cleaner. Repeat until the water removed by the steam cleaner is no longer yellow, and then do it one more time! 3) Deodorize and disinfect: Repeat step #3 with a solution of cool water and Odor Ban. This product is available at Sam's Wholesale Club and on the Internet, and beats every other product I've used hands-down. If you can't get it, use another product or combination of products that have both deodorizing (to combat traces of odor) and disinfecting (to prevent the padding from rotting as it dries) properties. 4) Dry: Place a fan to blow over the area. It will take a couple of days for the carpet and padding to dry fully. Once dry, urine odor will be gone.

I had really good luck using urine-off, instead of spraying it on the carpet, I bought a turkey injector [a big syringe], put the urine-off in the syringe and "injected" it into the carpet, therefore, going all the way to the pad. I made sure I covered enough of area so there was no doubt that I got all the urine. I put a plastic bag over the area, loosely, just so the cat wouldn't pee on the area again and gave it a chance to to dry. A few days later, after it was all dry, I sprinkled some Arm & Hammer pet deoderizer down, waited a half an hour, then vacuumed. I cannot tell you how pleased I was !!

Get some color safe bleach, mix 1 part bleach to 10 parts water, spray on soiled areas, let sit for at least an hour, then either wet vacuum the liquid up or dab it with paper towels. It's the bacteria that smells, and you need to kill that. Bleach is the only way, and color safe won't hurt the carpets like regular bleach. This doesn't get the stain out very well, but the odor is gone for good.

A tenant of mine could not take care of himself adequately, therefore he could not take care of his two cats. The cats decided that without a litter box they would try to find enticing places to pee. They did so over and over again to such an extent that people in the building were complaining. In fact, the tenant's clothing was saturated with pee, the mattress was saturated with pee, hiding places like closets were covered in pee, and just about everything was covered with pee. After the tenant was evicted, he came back looking for his cats because he failed to realize he was actually going to get evicted. I made sure the cats were responsibly dealt with, and if it was legal to do so, I would have kept the nice one. My first step in removing the odor was to remove the cats, as was suggested in a previous message. But this is a story about cat odor and the chemical ramifications of the same. The second step was to clean. Thankfully a friend was nearby because when I cleaned a confined space (a built in closet) I was overcome with ammonia asphyxiation. I was also using an ammonia based cleaner. That wrenching feeling you get on breathing concentrated cat pee is the clue that you might be having trouble breathing in the very near future. The next step was to throw out everything with fiber. I know you want to save that carpet, piece of furniture, or pile of laundry but the only true way I see of getting rid of the chemicals involved is to encourage a chemical reaction to take place. Ammonia cleaners just won't do it. The idea is to neutralize the nano-particles of ammonia from the cat pee and to capture the particulate matter. NOTE: Before doing the following, open your windows and turn off all electricity and natural gas pilots in the house. Bleach is great because it reacts to the ammonia in cat pee. The problem is that you cannot tell what result you will get from the reaction. You are going to get some amounts or mix of Chlorine Gas, Nitrogen Tetrachloride, or Hydrazine. The result will be a chemical weapon of mass destruction, an explosive and volatile gas, or rocket fuel. You pour the bleach down and spread it around. The point is to have it sit in a thin puddle then dry. Once you deploy the bleach, run! The chlorine released is in fact a "chemical weapon". A day later the area will smell nice like a swimming pool.

I found a 6 week old stray kitten and was surprised to find that it was already housebroken! For those unfortunate ones who still have to do the housebreaking, nothing works better than rubbing its nose in the spot where it peed. It works best if you can do it straight away. If you wait even a few minutes after it has peed, the cat won't understand why you're doing this. Add a few grains of pepper to the mix if the first method doesn't work.

I grew up with cats my whole life and the method we've always used was blotting the stain with paper towels and then using a water/vinegar mix to clean. Vinegar neutralizes the odor. It works in the wash, too, if you can launder the item. Hot pepper will keep a pet away from a favorite accident area as they always sniff before going. It won't hurt them in small amounts and they'll remember to stay away.

I know this may sound sick but it really works. We have a male cat that liked to spray a bush outside of our front door, someone told us to have my husband urinate on it and they will not do it anymore. The cat has not been back for 2 months now!!

As an online retailer of an odor remover, I researched throughly what works and want doesn't. Bacterial or enzyme products are the only thing that will permanently eliminate urine compounds. The bacterial or enzyme products work best at a neutral (7.0) pH, adding baking soda to the carpet will increase the alkalinity to 9.5 pH. In essence, reducing the effectiveness of the product. Ammonia would raise the alkalinity to 13 pH. Vinegar's acidity is 3.5 pH.

Shampoo the carpet, pour hot water over the soiled area (drenching it), use a shop vacuum to suck up the excess water. Pour club soda over the area, then apply Spray 'n Wash over the area and mop or scrub the area well. Allow to spot to soak for 30 minutes longer, suck up the solution, and allow to air dry (use a fan if you have one). If it is a large area or an abundance of urine it may have soaked into your sub flooring. If there is a way to fold back the carpet to expose the floor, apply the Spray 'n Wash to the sub-flooring and allow it to soak for 30 minutes, then just wipe it up (do not rinse). The Spray 'n Wash has enzymes that destroy the ammonia crystals and neutralizes the odor.

I work for a cat-only vet hospital and I have had my share of cats with "inappropriate urination" issues. I tried many products but the only one that worked was Anti-Icky-Poo. Do a Google search and you'll find it. Plus, you won't need to do any scrubbing, mixing, prep, etc. You just spray it on the area and leave it alone. I have not had any more problems, and the stink is completely gone. The only thing is that I think it may not be effective if you've already used other products on the area already. I also have to remind everybody, don't assume your cat is mad at you and showing it by peeing somewhere he shouldn't. Go to the vet and get him checked out. There are very common (and fixable!) health issues that can make cats do this. Also, check out Feliway diffusers. They put out synthetic pheromones like the ones your cat leaves when rubbing against things. It is meant to be a calming influence for stressed out kitties, and has made a difference for a lot of people who have cats with behavioral problems, myself included. You can get them at some vet offices, and I've also seen them in most pet stores. Good Luck!

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