Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Dog Urine in Carpets: What to Do

By Dirk Gruenberg


Getting dog urine out of carpet is not always an easy task, and it is not a task that should be taken lightly. Dog urine tends to soak through the carpet and into the padding underneath it.

There are also bacteria in the urine that seep down into the material under the carpet padding. With bacteria and urine in the carpet, and underneath, it can make your whole room smell like dog urine, even if all the traces of the urine are gone.

With that being said, however, in most cases you can successfully remove the smell. Of course, your first course of action after your dog peed on the carpet is to soak as much of it up with paper towels as possible.

The next step is to apply vinegar to the area where the urine was. Put enough on there so that it can soak in. Then wait about half an hour for it to do so. After that, take your paper towels and soak up the vinegar. Then you are ready for the next step.

After the vinegar is sopped up, use a steam cleaner or carpet cleaner over the spot. Be sure to use hot water in the cleaner.

Some carpet cleaners have heavy duty buttons. If yours does, make sure to use it for cleaning the stain. But even if you do not have such a button, just keep going over the stain and it should disappear eventually.

The next step is to simply let the carpet dry. However, you might still smell the urine, so open the windows for about half an hour to allow fresh air to come in - and the smell of the urine to get out.

What should you do if after the 30 minutes you still smell the urine? Well, I am afraid you will have to repeat the vinegar procedure one more time. Then use the carpet cleaner again, and remember to use hot water with it.

After the carpet is dry again and the smell is gone, you can apply some carpet deodorizer, if you wish. And then all that is left to do is to hope that you will not need to clean the carpet again any time soon.




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