Homemade Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner for Dog Urine

Here is a recipe to use on dog urine stains on carpet or upholstery.

Ingredients:

4 cups water
1 cup white vinegar
3 Tbsp. sodium lauryl sulfate
2 tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. lavender essential oil
1/8 tsp. ginger essential oil

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together and fill shampoo bottle half full. Shake the bottle before using. Do not wet too much, you only need a thin layer of suds.

By coville123 from Brockville, Ontario

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By 04/28/2013

Do you use this in a carpet cleaner? or can you just vacuum after??

By 03/29/2013

Does this work with cat urine, too?

RE: Homemade Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner for Dog Urine

By 03/29/2013

I think you will find that the baking soda, white vinegar & water are sufficent enough without all the extras as they do a good job on their own.

By 12/21/2011

I did not know what sodium lauryl sulfate was so I did a Google search. Don't think I want it on my floor; it can be an irritant to animals according to animal rights activists. Although I think I read that it's an ingredient in some soaps and in colones. Go figure.