Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors

RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By cathy gardner (Guest Post) (06/06/2008) I have removed the pet stain with wood bleach- but now I am having a problem with the spot getting damp when ever it is humid or rains. Does anyone know what to do about this problem? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Alyssa (Guest Post) (03/27/2008) How long does dog urine have to stay on hardwood floors for it to stain? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post by pinewald (1) | (03/13/2008) Contact Q: we have pre finished hardwood floor... we have a few dark stains on them... can we use peroxide on pre finished floor? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By A.Parker (Guest Post) (02/27/2008) I have just sand my oak hardwood floors and were going to finish it with a water base varnish. I have 3 blackend spots in my wood. how do I get the stains out so when I put my varnish on ( Clear Coat no color) it will not show up in spots? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post by cantmissamy (14) | (11/19/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Peroxide may do more damage than good for your floor and may actually bleach the area. I suggest that you use ammonia to strip the area and then follow up with Murrphys oil soap. If the smell is still there then put a dish of vinigar in the room and this should absorb the smell in the room. Report Spam or Abuse cat urine on old, unfinished wood floors Post By kelly (Guest Post) (10/31/2007) We just moved into an old house and the guy before us had a few indoor dogs and cats. When we pulled up the old nasty carpet, we found old nasty, worn out wood floors. He lived there for 12 years and just about every corner and surface of floor next to a wall is just saturated and stained from all those years of the animals peeing on the carpet and it soaking into the wood! Are these floors salvageable? Will peroxide work? It's almost the entire house thats affected. Any suggestions? Editor's Note: If you are going to recarpet, get some shellac like Bin or Kilz and paint the floors where it is discolored. It will seal in the smells. If you are trying to use the floors, you could try peroxide and see if it works to bring the floors somewhere back to the normal color. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Peke Mamma (Guest Post) (10/14/2007) Check out this link for great information on how to bleach stains on wood floors. http://www.oldhouseweb.com/stories/Detailed/214.shtml We found the solution here to a problem area on an oak floor with a very large blackened area due to an older dogs incontinence. We did have to try most of the suggested treatments, till we found the one that worked for us . We did not want to stain the oak after sanding, just seal it with clear sealer . The treatment lifted the stain after multiple applications, and it looks beautiful. We found the Oxalic Acid mixture worked the best. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post by jan632 (1) | (10/01/2007) Contact I have a large blackened area that I started using peroxide on yesterday. After about 36 hours, I can see a noticeable improvement. I have been using rags soaked in peroxide, covered by plastic wrap, and have used weights to hold them in place. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By tara (Guest Post) (09/17/2007) Thanks Laura, I think your right. I appreciate the feedback. Thank you Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Laura (Guest Post) (09/15/2007) I would imagine that whatever color you stain the floors, the stains will just get darker too. I think the refinishing ought to get rid of most of the marks, though, and if you choose a darker stain the remaining marks may not be as noticeable. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Tara (Guest Post) (09/13/2007) I'm purchasing a condo "as-is" with wall to wall carpet and oak floors underneath. I'm almost positive we're going to find surprises. The developer is re-finishing the floors. My question is: If there are pet stains after refinishing can we stain the floors a darker color in hopes of covering some of the stains (and I like darker stains) or should I just go with the peroxide? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Tara (Guest Post) (09/13/2007) I'm purchasing a condo "as-is" with wall to wall carpet and oak floors underneath. I'm almost positive we're going to find suprises. The developer is re-finishing the floors. My question is: If there are pet stains after refinishing can we stain the floors a darker color in hopes of covering some of the stains(and I like darker stains) or should I just go with the peroxide? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Laura (Guest Post) (08/31/2007) Follow-up to my earlier post--my floors are looking MUCH better! The spots are still visible but nowhere near as bad as before--there are no more black spots, they're just a bit darker than the rest of the wood. I'm hoping that with more soaking they'll lighten up even more. At least if I re-do the floors some day they should turn out okay. So if you're trying the hydrogen peroxide, don't give up too soon. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By helen j macdonald (Guest Post) (08/30/2007) Thanks so much. Will try hydrogen peroxide this a.m. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Laura (Guest Post) (08/25/2007) I've been trying soaking rags in the hydrogen peroxide and leaving them on the stains. They don't smell very good but when I change them they do have brownish stains on them. I'm hoping that's the urine coming out of the wood. I only see slight improvement after doing this for several days and am wondering how long this process should take and when I should just give up and call in the pros. How much of an improvement is it realistic for me to hope for? These stains are a couple of weeks old (that's how long we've had our puppy) but in some areas they are pretty dark. Thanks everybody! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post By Jenn. (Guest Post) (07/30/2007) I did this however now that area I treated with hydrogen peroxide is noticeably a lighter shade than the rest of my hardwood floor! What can I do? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post by hunners (2) | (06/19/2007) Profile | Contact When everyone talks about using bleach after the hydrogen peroxide are we talking about the same kind of bleach we use to whiten our clothes?? Just trying to get the facts straight?? So try the peroxide and then mix bleach with the peroxide?? Thanks in advance for the clarification!! Report Spam or Abuse Request: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post by lewis_admin (1210) | (09/18/2006) Profile | Blog! | Contact Can anyone help me with cat urine stains and smell on hardwood floors? I plan on refinishing them so anything will help. Ginny from Quincy, MA Answers: RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors I tried the hydrogen peroxide and covered it with clear plastic wrap to hold the moisture in longer and when I woke up the next morning (approx. 9hrs later), almost all the dark black was gone. Now the stain is a faint green hue. Repeating to see if the rest will come out. (07/02/2006) By GRL RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Try the urine remover here - http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Urine_Remover.htm It will remove any staining and kill the odor (07/13/2006) By ben123 RE: Using bleach/water solution to damp mop old hardwood floor Can't you use a bleach/water solution to clean/sterilize old hardwood floors, before going over them with a dust mop and liquid gold? (07/14/2006) By Kia RE: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors We are getting ready to sell our condo, which has the "pre-finished" (meaning not enough varnish to matter) oak floors and we had a couple pet urine stains and a couple places where someone put a damp mop and left it (our son did it-not me!!). I tried just bleach and it helped some, but dark stains along the cracks still showed, so I tried one further step: I poured some hydrogen peroxide on the stain and let it sit for a couple minutes, then I poured full strength bleach over it, combining the two liquids. It REALLY foams! Be careful and don't wear good clothes, or they might get bleached! I left the foamy stuff on for about 5-10 minutes, then took my string mop and mopped most of it off, leaving it slightly damp. It looked better right away, but by the next morning (I did it in the evening), the stains were gone. I don't know if the combination is doing the job, or just one or the other worked, but I'm not complaining. A long time ago, I bought a commercial wood bleaching kit, and it was a solution of lye, which you sprayed on the wood to soften it, and then some strong peroxide, which caused MAJOR foaming, and did the bleaching. I thought that maybe this might work too, being two strong oxidizing solutions. (07/17/2006) By Susan H Report Spam or Abuse Request: Pet Urine Stains On Hardwood Floors Post by lewis_admin (1210) | (04/11/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Does anyone know how to remove set in pet stains (urine) from oak hardwood floors? The stains are dark, almost black. They are in a rental property and may be up to a year old. Thank you. Thriftyone Answers: Urine Stains - Hardwood floors 05/29/2005 While finding this site, checking with wood flooring stores, and the local PetSmart, We accidentally found a solution to the urine stain problem: Fill a squirt bottle with full strength Hydrogen Peroxide from the drug store. (The solution is about 3.5% out of the bottle). Squirt the stain and let rest for about 1 minute. You will now be able to easily scrape off the varnish. Apply the solution again liberally. Let it react for at least 2 hours. Depending on how old and how dense the stain, you may have to sand the spot and reapply the peroxide several times. Then it will be necessary of course to refinish the spot. We have just sanded and refinished a large hardwood floor that has been under a wall to wall carpet for 14 years. Imagine our delight to see blackened urine stains fade away with this process... By Mary from Denver - - 06/07/2005 they said PEROXIDE, not bleach. Peroxide bleaches your hair, but it's not CHLORINE bleach, which gets your whites clean. By la escritora - - 06/25/2005 I gave hydrogen peroxide a try and to my shock it works! It is slow going and I am not finished yet but so far have had good results. :-) By Autumn - - 10/29/2005 Tried the hydrogen peroxide. It works! I used it on oak cabinets that the little guy got into and peed in. By Ann Report Spam or Abuse