Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors

RE: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors Post By Rachel....... (Guest Post) (07/31/2008) HELP ME! My Floors Stink Really bad & I Can't get rid of the Smell! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors Post By Jody (Guest Post) (04/01/2008) The problem with trying to remove urine odor is the wood has already absorbed all the urine it can hold and in order for any of these miracle products to work there must be direct contact with the odor source. How do these products penetrate deep into the urine saturated wood?.... They Dont! When you pour these products on your floor what happens? it puddles....and if you leave and come back an hour later that puddle will still be there doing a good job at surface level only. When the product dries on the surface by evaporating into the air the fragrance is carried along with it giving you a pleasant smell until all the moisture is gone.. next the cat urine moisture in the wood along with its foul odor until it is completely dried out and the salts crystallize causing the odor the odor to be in a dormant state until more moisture or high humidity reactivates it. If the moisture from the wood is not corrected and you spend a lot of money on having the floors sealed and screened the acid in the urine will eventually rise to the surface cause the polyurethane finish to peel and the odor to off gas. Polyurethane floor finish is not a odor sealer and does not resist acid or prolonged exposure to moisture if it did. The cat urine would not have penetrated into the flooring in the first place. We use products specifically designed to address situations like this and they work! The Walls: if the walls are painted with a flat paint there could be a problem with urine penetrating into the drywall but they can be dried and sealed. 95% of our jobs are pet odor related and I hope this information helps. For more info: jody AT thepetodorspecialist.com visit: www.thepetodorspecialist.com call: 877 386 3677 or 310 645 5588 We do service San Pedro Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors Post By mds (Guest Post) (03/06/2008) Listerine mouthwash works quite well for permanent elimination of cat urine odor. The other option is to rent "ozone generators" to run in the house 24/7 for a week or so. This method requires that people or animals not be in the home during this time, since the ozone levels required reach toxic levels. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors Post By elizabeth_t_hayes@yahoo.com (Guest Post) (01/11/2008) My husband sands and refinishes hardwood for a living. THe best thing to do is get a person who does that for a living to look at it. You may only have to "screen and clean" your floors to get it out and add an extra coat of finish to it if it's not deep int o the wood. If its been there too long , you may have to get it sanded and refinished. Be careful, especially if you don't know the guy because it is cheaper to screen and coat it than it is to sand and finish and he may stick it to you and make you think it really needs to be sanded completely when it doesn't. i would get more than one quote on it if i were you. If you have any more questions about it, e-mail me., i would be glad to help. My husband could give you more tips to fix it without the price because it can get expensive. elizabeth_t_hayes AT yhaoo.com hope this helped Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors Post By Yvonne (Guest Post) (01/10/2008) Thank you all for responding. Sheila, I should have been more clear. My cat pees outside the box when we are away and he is confined to three rooms. If he is not confined, he uses the box normally however he sprays in other areas. Would you use the same protocol as you described for the spraying as well? Again, if he isn't confined, he uses the litterbox correctly but sprays in other areas. The smell of the spray is what is driving us crazy. I will try the mouthwash. Any additional suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I plan on contacting a behavior specialist as well. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors Post By Sheila (Guest Post) (01/10/2008) Having worked as a vet tech for 20 plus years, I've heard and tried many things for removing urine smell. One that works great on carpet, can't say what it would do to hardwood floors, is Scope Minty mouthwash. First, remove as much of the urine as possible using absorbent toweling, then liberally apply the mouthwash to the area and let it set for a minimum of 30 mins. Wipe up area with dry towels. Of course the area will smell a bit minty for a time, but it seems to work longterm for removing the smell. On a side note: when animals develope a behavioral problem such as repetitive soiling of carpet or other areas, intervention is a must! The area needs to be cleaned thoroughly AND the animal needs to not have access to the area! Any animal soiling the house should have an exam and evaluation by a vet for health problems, then be treated appropriately. If there no health issues are found, then the animal needs to begin a retraining program using direct supervision and a crate in order to learn where the appropiate elimination area is. During this time, the animal SHOULD not have unsupervised access to the problem area. With cats, they should be confined to a large crate with a litterbox so that they have to use the correct area. After a week or so of no accidents in the crate, then the area can be opened up to one small room, preferably a bathroom or laundry room. After two weeks of no out of box accidents, then the area can once again be increased. The goal is to get the entire house accessible, so long as the litterbox is being used 100% of the time. Sheila Report Spam or Abuse Request: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors Post by Laurel_admin (394) | (01/09/2008) Contact My cat keeps peeing and pooping on my hardwood floors. Any suggestions on how to get up the urine smell? Amy Answers: RE: Cat Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors I don't have pets but my son says Odoban is a good product for pet odors. I've also seen ZeroOdor advertised on TV. Also, check this link http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf250655.tip.html for past suggestions about this problem. (06/20/2005) By Seagrape RE: Cat/Dog Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors My wife and I have two indoor dogs. They urinate in the house quite often, especially when it is raining. We used odo-ban on the hardwood floors and rugs, didn't work. We even soaked the rugs in odoban overnight. The smell was not as apparent but it was still there. Oddly enough, after the rugs dried and sat a couple of days they started to smell again. Odoban will cover some odors but in my opinion it just makes flower scented urine. Vinegar worked better for us, simply because of the acidity level. Hope this helps. P.S. Hardwood stains can be removed with Hydrogen Peroxide. (05/17/2006) By Everett Report Spam or Abuse