Cleaning pet urine from carpets

In general, indoor rugs and pets are a dangerous combination. You may love having your pet in the house, but be prepared to undertake the task of cleaning pet urine from the carpet not just once, but many times. You may have paid good money for a professional dog trainer to potty train your pet, but there will be times when your pet will pee on your carpet. After all, if your pet needs to go, it will go wherever the need seizes it.

Unless you don’t care much about your carpet, and you don’t mind living in a house that smells like pet urine, you’ll want to put it at the top of your priority list. The only way to avoid pet stains on the carpet is if you kick your pet out and never let them into your home.

Whether it’s a cat, dog, hamster or any other pet staining your carpet, pet urine is not something you want to remain on your carpet. Pet urine has an extremely strong odor and leaves a visible stain on carpets.

Here’s a tip for removing pet odor from carpet with the help of baking soda and vinegar: The pet stain must be completely dry before applying baking soda. Take some paper towels and press them against the urine on the carpet. When you have expelled most of the urine, moisten the area with clean water. Then sprinkle baking soda on top. Allow the baking soda to dry for several hours (even overnight). Vacuum over the area the next day.

Alternatively, you can use white vinegar. Mix 1/2 cup of white vinegar with 1/4 cup of warm water. For the solution on the stained area. Place a dry towel over the area and press down on it with a heavy object. Keep the towel pressed on the area for at least two hours or even overnight. The next morning, remove the towel and clean the area with a soft hair brush.

Sometimes you won’t see any visible stains on your carpet, but you could definitely smell them. It can be quite difficult to get rid of pet odor from your carpet if you can’t find exactly where the odor is coming from in your carpet. It could be that your pet urinated in a corner of your house that is difficult to access. Or it could be that the smell has become so ingrained in the carpet that it is virtually impossible to determine exactly where it is coming from.

For those hard to see pet urine stains, use an ultraviolet black light. Close the blinds, turn off all the lights, and turn on the ultraviolet black light. Pet urine stains glow under ultraviolet black light, so you should be able to see where pet odors are coming from, and then you can take steps to remove them.