Archive for category Urine Odor
Dog Urine and Odor Memory
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on December 17th, 2009
I am going to discuss a couple interesting facts that affect dog urine odor removal. First what I call Odor Memory. This is when we (humans) smell a particular odor and our brain remembers it. For example urine. If we smell urine and it gets into our nose and brain then certain things like seeing [...]
Urine Odor Mattress
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on December 12th, 2009
How to clean urine odor out of a mattress The steps to clean urine odor from a mattress are the same as cleaning it from many other fabric type items. Step one: Find it or locate exactly where the urine residue is on and in the mattress. It is not always obvious with urine. [...]
Urine Odor and Concrete
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on September 4th, 2009
Getting urine odor out of concrete. Concrete is porous and urine will seep deeply into the pores and be difficult to remove. The specific steps for removing urine odor from concrete, as with most surface’s, depend on the circumstances. The main questions to be answered are how sever is the contamination? And how porous [...]
Urine Odor Removal
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on August 22nd, 2009
When you are removing urine deposits whether it is fresh or old you are also removing the urine odor with it. The problem is in the case of a carpet and pad or a mattress or upholstered furniture etc. it becomes almost impossible to remove the entire urine residue. On hard surfaces such as sealed [...]
What Causes Urine Odor
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on August 12th, 2009
What causes urine Odor? There are over 75 compounds that have been found in animal waste that cause odor. Understanding these compounds helps us know what we can do to eliminate it. Urine is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria. Some of the groups of compounds that smell, and are a result of this breakdown are sulfides, [...]
Dog Urine Smell
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on July 27th, 2009
Is it urine or not?
Do you have a spot on the carpet or floor that you are wondering if it is urine or something else? I am going to describe a simple test you can use to find out.
Moisten the suspected spot lightly with hot water. Misting from a spray bottle works just fine.
Take a [...]
Urine Odor part 2
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on July 24th, 2009
Part two
We have discussed using the eyes and nose to locate the source of your urine odor in part one. In part two we will discuss using ultraviolet light and the use of a moisture sensor.
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT (black light) to locate urine odor. Urine residue will glow under a black light. Ultraviolet lights in several [...]
Urine Odor 1
Posted by Dog Urine in Urine Odor on July 23rd, 2009
Part one Locate the source
When you are dealing with urine odor often you do not have a stain or anything visible indication to show you where the urine odor is originating from, or where the problem is. I am going to discuss the different methods of finding these areas. We have several tools available to [...]
