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Dog Urine In Grout

dog urine in groutToday my wife started out the day cleaning the grout in our kitchen tile. We have a pug named Betty and her brother (Rumble) has been over visiting. He is not as good as Betty about waiting and urinating outside. He has been visiting for about two weeks and we now have a build up of urine stains in our white (off white) grout. We had stains in the grout already but not real bad. With Rumble It was looking and smelling bad enough for her to decide she had to clean it up. She first tried a strong alkaline cleaner which helped a little but she was not satisfied at all. Then she tested several products to see what would clean the dog urine out of the grout. She tried bleach and she tried an acid cleaner. These were after the alkaline cleaner. It got a little brighter with each process. Then she got a hydrochloric acid product from a professional stone chemical company.  This had a strong smell and she had to wear gloves but she reported that this cleaned up the grout fast and easy and she was thrilled with it. It brightened and whitened the grout right up. It took the urine and everything else that was making the grout dingy out and now it looks like new. It took a little time for the smell of the acid to dissipate but after it did she applied two coats of grout and tile sealer so the future urine would bead up on the grout instead of absorbing in. The hydrochloric acid product did the trick for our dog urine in the grout situation. It cleaned everything else out of the grout at the same time.

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Dog Urine Solutions October 2, 2009

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Dog Urine Solutions September 25, 2009

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Dog Urine Solutions September 18, 2009

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Removing Pet Urine

remove pet urineThe quick and easy way of removing pet urine. There is a method of pet urine removal that is promoted by some company's that sell urine removal products. This method includes buying their product. It usually comes in a ready to use spray bottle. They tell you to simply spray their product on the urine spots and you are done. Yes, this is quick and easy. This method will work only if the following conditions exist. If the product is a quality product and the urine is only in the surface of whatever you are spraying. The product has to be one of the types of products that are effective for urine removal. Some of the products these company's are promoting are effective. Some are not. The second thing is, if the chemical you are spraying on the urine spots is only getting onto the surface then the urine has to be, only in or on the surface. If the urine has soaked down deep then a little spray on the surface will not solve your pet urine problem. The chemical has to come in contact with the urine residue. It also has to have the proper conditions for it to work on that urine. Those conditions will depend on the type of chemical you are using. For example an enzyme product has to stay wet or moist long enough for the enzymes to work and digest the urine residue. Certain neutralizing chemicals have to have molecule for molecule exchange to be effective. This means for every molecule of urine residue there has to be a molecule of the neutralizing chemical. It has to come in contact with the urine molecule and neutralize it or you will not get complete removal or elimination. If the urine problem you are dealing with is only in or on the surface and you use a good product and use it properly then this is a quick and easy way to deal with and remove pet urine. Pet urine stains and pet urine smells. These situations are very light dog urine damage situations. If you have moderate or severe pet urine damage you will not be happy with this method. You will have to do more than spray the chemical on the surface and leave it. This quick and easy way to remove pet urine is a great way to go when the conditions call for it or when you have light urine damage. Also see steps to remove urine for moderate damage. Or the injection method.

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Dog Urine Solutions September 11, 2009

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Dog Urine Solutions September 4, 2009

  • Gary Bogue: Dogs: Please don't let them urinate on your neighbor's *...*
  • September 2, 2009
    - Gary explains that you can wait for the neighbors dog to urinate on your lawn and then dilute it with water to counteract the nitrogen so it does not harm your lawn. When a neighbors dog is urinating on your lawn you can find out what the local leash laws are and advise the neighbor of them. One more possible solution is to spray your lawn with a product that treats the soil with microbes and neutralizes the effects of the urine on the lawn.

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Dog Urine From Carpet

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remove urineTrying to get dog urine from carpet? In this post I will explain the injection method of getting dog urine from carpet.  I  assume you know where the urine is in the carpet. If you do not know and need to locate it read locate the urine article. After locating the urine you will want to get an idea  of how extensive the damage is. Or how large an area you are going to be treating. This can be difficult without taking the carpet up and looking at the backing, floor and pad. If you use the injection method of treating the urine you will not be taking the carpet up. You will be injecting the chemicals with a syringe and needle (or similar tool) into the carpet, carpet  backing, pad and possibly onto the subfloor. If the urine has reached that far them the chemicals must reach there also or you will not be effective at getting the dog urine from the carpet. If you have a moisture sensor this will help immensely in determining how large of an area has been affected by the urine. It  is suggested that you clean the area first to remove as much dog urine as you can from the carpet. In this injection process you will be chemically altering the urine.  You can read about the types of chemicals that are effective on dog urine here. After you have removed as much urine as you can with cleaning you then take the chemical and inject it into the area.  Injection can successfully treat odors (but not stains) especially when the contamination is confined to small areas. The injection can be made with a 50 cc syringe and a 19 gauge needle. The needle can pierce the backing of the carpet to apply your chosen urine counteracting chemical to the pad and floor. A syringe of solution will spread 2 or 3 inches in each direction from the point it is injected. Make one injection every 4 – 6”. Be sure to treat not only the area visible from the surface but the expanded unseen contamination underneath. As a margin of safety, extend the treatment zone several more inches in each direction. The chemical will then work on the urine and eliminate it. You will need adjust how you use the chemical depending on the directions for the specific one you choose. For example enzyme products must be kept damp for the recommended length of time to work and digest the urine residue.

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Dog Urine Solutions August 28, 2009

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Dog Urine Solutions August 21, 2009

  • Veterinarians warn about Lepto in humans
  • August 18, 2009
    - I understand there are only a few cases of Lepto reported each year in the state of New York. It is always wise to take precautions when you have a sick dog.

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