Getting Rid of Pet Urine Odor in Carpet - Home Ec 101

Dear Home-Ec 101,

I recently officially moved out of my parents house. I was living in a condo while at school, but ?got a house with my fiance, and have been moving a lot of my old stuff from their house into our new home. While I was away at college though, my sister?s cats turned my old room into a cat playground. Unfortunately, this lead to cat hair and urine all over my old clothes. I have been going through and washing everything with vinegar, which has mostly helped with the smell. The only problem I?m having now is that the carpet and the room near the hallway that I sorted through the clothes smells faintly of urine. I can smell it pretty strongly when I walk into the bathroom, though I didn?t ever bring any of those clothes into that room.

Any ideas on what to do?

I?ve vacuumed all the carpet in the area, but the smell is still there.

Signed,
Catastrophe in Catawba

Heather says:

Sisters, cats, what do you do?

As far as the bathroom, if this is your first time living with a man. . . try wiping around the base of the toilet with an acidic, all-purpose cleaner. Let?s see if that doesn?t solve the urine odor in the bathroom. It?d be nice to blame the cat, but. . . I have my suspicions here. I have a part time job in a pub and yes, we all take turns cleaning the bathrooms. The women?s restrooms do not smell like urine, it?s a guy thing from splashing. Yuck, I know. Clean it up (ask him to clean it?) and carry-on with your day.

As far as the odor in the carpet, your best bet is to get an enzymatic carpet cleaner like Kids N Pets and rent a steam cleaner from the hardware or grocery store. Since the pet was not actually in your home, I doubt that any urine has wicked all the way to the padding. If that were the case, I would highly recommend hiring a professional carpet cleaner as their machines are generally in better condition, with more powerful extractors AND they often guarantee their services.

Just make sure you follow the directions on the steam cleaner AND run a fan, box or oscillating, over the carpet until it is completely dry. You do not want to remove the pet urine odor and replace it with the odor of ?mildew. Bleh.

Good luck!

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