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More Home Remedies That Might Help With Pet Stains

Although it is not an anti-bacterial remedy many people claim that club soda is a good remedy for getting read of pet urine. Club soda helps remove any substance with protein in it, such as blood or urine, from a surface. It can help the area smell a bit more fresh but it does not remove the smell and it is not anti-bacterial.

 

The Club soda solution is to simply pour the club soda over the stains and sop u with paper towels and let air dry. If you are impatient you can also use a dry-blower to hasten the process along. The danger here is that you might be spreading the bacteria or encouraging mold-growth in the underpadding of the carpet.

 

You also might want to try the color safe bleach remedy. Find the pet stains and pour color safe bleach on the problem then place a heavy object such as a towel held in place with a telephone book over the problem. Repeat this process until the stain is gone.  This is an inexpensive solution but it may bleach out certain types of fabric.  It is recommended that you do a test patch with the color safe bleach to make sure that it does not affect the color of the fibers of the carpet.  Color safe bleach is not always as color safe as it sounds.

 

Another common remedy is to use hydrogen peroxide.  You mix one part hydrogen peroxide with one part baking soda and one part water. This might be effective on carpets or upholstery.  The best hydrogen peroxide to use is 20% strength.  This might work but it also may bleach fabrics and floors. After all, hydrogen peroxide is used to bleach hair.

 

Mouthwash is another home-grown fix for pet urine stains. After soaking up any urine with paper towels you then pour mouthwash on the stain and scrub vigorously.  This is said to work because mouthwash is anti-bacterial.  There may be a danger that you could end up with an odor that is described as minty ammonia.  It is best to use this on tiles or ceramics although pet owners have reported good results on fabric and carpets.

 

Another unorthodox remedy is shaving cream. Blot up any excess urine with a paper towel and then spray shaving cream on the spot. Wait for the shaving cream to dissolve and dry up (usually takes about twelve hours) and then vacuum it up.  Shaving cream is thought to be especially effective when it comes to getting cat odor out of upholstery and carpet.

Home Remedies That Might Help With Pet Urine Stains

Pet urine stains can be notoriously hared to clean up. Whether or not a home remedy is effective for your particular situation may also depend a great deal on the type of surface that needs cleaning. For instance, some home remedies might work better on tile and cork floors than carpet or upholstery.  And some remedies, for instance using soap and water on a wool carpet, might make the problem even worse and even bleach out or warp the flooring.

 

One remedy for cleaning wood floors is to use ammonia, but with oil soap. This probably will actually make the smell wore if you use it on a carpet. Ammonia may increase the strength of smell and maybe even attract your pet to urinate in the same spot again.

 

The solution is to take one part Murphy’s oil soap with one part ammonia and apply the mixture on a sponge to the floor to try and get rid of the odor. This works best on wood floors and not on anything that is fabric or that is very absorbent like a cork floor.

 

A home remedy that has been used for years on pet-urine soaked carpets is baby powder. It is a very absorbent powder because it contains cornstarch. The idea is that the liquid is soaked up by the powder and leaves a baby-powder scent behind. However, the smell of baby powder mixed with urine is not that pleasant, especially if the urine is already degrading into the smell of ammonia.  You might be better off simply using corn starch on the problem. You will also need baby powder and paper towels.

 

Although using baby powder is inexpensive it does contain fine particles of silica that a pet can inhale into its lungs. Baby powder is also not an anti-bacterial agent and in fact could give bacteria a place to grow see keep an eye on the situation if you use it to correct pet odors.

 

Baking soda is another home remedy that is for people who do not want to use any kind of harsh cleaner, bleach or soap on the problem. You will need baking soda, water, a scrubbing brush, paper towels and a vacuum cleaner. You simply clean up the mess the est. you can with paper towels and the sprinkle baking soda over the remain stain in an inward motion. Repeat this process again and again until all moisture seems absorbed and the vacuum up the remaining particles with the vacuum cleaner.

 

Just like the baking powder remedy this may not be that effective and bacteria may grow over time. With both methods be sure not to scrub the urine and the odor deeper and deeper into the carpet!