Archive for category Pet Stains
Pet Stains On Hardwood
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on December 5th, 2009
I came across a question about pet stains on hardwood. The following comment and question was asked.
“I left my dogs alone for a couple days and they peed EVERYWHERE. The hardwood floor is dark in some spots and after mopping it still smells! Does anyone know a way I can fix this without tearing up [...]
Pet Urine Stain Carpet
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on November 5th, 2009
Repair Or Replace?
A few years ago I was asked to repair, decontaminate or restore a carpet in a bed room that had extensive pet urine damage through it. It was a room that had been used by the pet as a bathroom. It was an expensive piece of carpet for the time. The owners wanted [...]
Urine Cleaning Caution
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on October 1st, 2009
The chemicals being developed and used in professional cleaning are improving all the time. This includes the chemicals and products used in pet urine removal and clean up. Both with the stains and odors associated with these type problems. Products are getting more effective and easier to use. Many new green products are becoming available [...]
Pet Baking Soda
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on August 27th, 2009
I have seen home remedies suggesting the use of baking soda to remove pet odors. Baking soda absorbs odor molecules from the air. This is why people often place an opened box of baking soda in their refrigerators to absorb food odors. Odor absorbing would be the benefit of applying baking soda. Baking soda is [...]
Pet Stains Vinegar
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on August 25th, 2009
Should you use vinegar to remove pet stains and odor?
There are two home remedies for removing pet urine that I have run into over and over again on the internet. One is using vinegar and the other is using baking soda. I have seen suggestions to use these in different combination’s with other additional products. [...]
Pet Stains
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on July 30th, 2009
The pet stains I am describing here are stains from pet urine. I will focus specifically on those. I am not addressing urine odor in this post just the stain.
Many times there is no visible stain associated with urine. However when the stains are visible, what you will likely have is one of the following:
Yellowish [...]
Pet Urine 2
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on July 26th, 2009
This is part two of “Pet Urine, Scale of Severity.” In part one we defined minor, light and moderate pet urine damage. In part two we will define severe damage.
Severe pet urine
The pet urine soaks the face fiber and the backing of the carpet and the pad and gets into the wood subfloor/floor. The buildup [...]
Pet Urine 1
Posted by Dog Urine in Pet Stains on July 25th, 2009
This is part one of a 2 part “Pet Urine, Scale of Severity” article.
Let’s create a scale to help us determine how severe the pet urine contamination is. We need a couple things in order to effectively correct dog urine stain and odor problems. We need to locate each of the problem areas. We also [...]
