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Tips For Getting Rid Of Cat Urine Odors

27 January 2015

Jesse Obrien

For homeowners who couldn't live without their feline companions, knowing some useful tips for eradicating cat urine odors can make pet ownership more enjoyable than ever. Regardless of your cat's litter box etiquette, urine smells might begin to pervade your home if you don't clean them up immediately. If you haven't been vigilant, you may need to contact a place like Henry's Janitorial Services to help you out.

If you are determined to eradicate these smells yourself, the following are five useful practices that will ensure that your interiors constantly give off a pleasant scent of freshness:

Get rid of urine ASAP

Cats are usually very easy to train and highly reliable when it comes to litter box use. However, accidents are bound to happen.

The sooner you get urine out of your carpet or flooring, the less odor there will be. Be vigilant and immediately soak up and wash away urine on your floors. If necessary, have linens or drapes that have been exposed to urine dry cleaned.

Use cleaners that eat up the smell

You can by special enzymatic cleaners that are made up of cultures that will eat urine. This is one of the best methods of getting urine out of the carpet quickly and efficiently. Check out your local pet store or home improvement store to find an enzymatic product.

Use a wet vac

A wet vac can extract any liquids that have begun to soak into your carpet. A wet vac is probably a better option than steam cleaners when it comes to sucking urine odors out of a floor. Steam cleaning can in some cases aggravate urine odors because of the intense heat to which it subjects the floor. Intense heat can allow odors to set into flooring fibers more completely, so use a wet vac at first with cool, clean water. Once the urine is picked up, you can contact a cleaning service to come in and remove stains with a steam cleaner.

Don't underestimate the power of baking soda

While a seemingly run-of-the-mill household substance, baking soda is extremely powerful at fighting odors. You can freshen your air and eradicate odors by making a cleaning mixture of fragrant herbs and baking soda.

Sprinkle such a mixture on your carpet, let it settle for a half hour or so, and vacuum it up to fight any persistent flooring odors. You should only try this after you've cleaned up cat urine and allowed your floor to dry for some time.

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