Well as you know I came home to a disaster of a house and dogs.
I've since been able to return the carpet to normal color but the smell is a different story!! The urine smell has proven to be a night mare. Throat and eye burning night mare.
So I've been getting quotes on getting the carpet and pad replaced. Pulling the tiles and replacing them due to the pee that sat there for who knows how long...
Trying to save some money obviously!
So Google to the rescue.
My couch was a mess. And I've tried everything, foam fabric cleaner, upholstery cleaner that Chris got for his couch and nothing the spots seemed to spread the. Gah!!!!!
I googled how to clean a micro-fiber couch?
Rubbing alcohol of all the things.... Bought a .79 bottle of alcohol and a spray bottle and went to work. Holy crap it worked!!!
Before:
After:
The smell:
As mentioned above the smell.... Desperate and getting ready to pull the carpet and padding up and toss it on the curb. So last effort, I can't do anymore damage than already has been done... Right? So....
Pull the filter and empty a half a can of Lysol up the ducts!! (Chased the dog and kids out of the house). Went outside played with the kids and neighbor kids while things settled down. Came back in and thank goodness the smell is 100 times better! Once the kids and dog is down I'm going to sprinkle some plain baking soda and let that set over night, and tomorrow I'm taking the kids to Chris's apartments and swim for a few hours to let it set without being walked on. Vacuum. This should help draw any remaining moisture and Odors from the carpet. But the house has already started to sell better.
Tile in the bathroom:
The pee managed to seep into the cracks and under the tiles, the smell in the bathroom was horrid probably the worst of all! Of you stepped on the tiles it would squish out between the seams.... So plain baking soda to the rescue! Sprinkled it along the baseboards, the seams, around the toilet... Hoping to draw the grossness out from under the tiles! It's only been a couple of hours and the smell is gone but I'm leaving it there over night pull it up with the shop vac and repeat if necessary!
Carpet:
Hoover carpet washer (100.00 at wal-mart I had this) Hoover 2X concentrate cleaner solution $15.00. Wash the carpet most spots came up but there were some stubborn spots that just wouldn't come up. Hot shot spot cleaner! $1.75 at the dollar store (we use this at work to remove the grease that the guys track in) spray the spot, depending on the severity and length of time on carpet you usually don't have to scrub, if you have to scrub use a white wash cloth and blot the stain out.
Before:
After:
The products:
I hope that some of these help some in the future with minor everyday pet smells, I don't like using smelly good things to mask the pet odors I want to REMOVE them. I will admit I am OCD when it comes to a clean house and I've been told several times that they can't tell I own dogs until they met them. I hope that NO one has to endure what I've had to.
(I posted this because I remember a post from a member that was selling her house)
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I've since been able to return the carpet to normal color but the smell is a different story!! The urine smell has proven to be a night mare. Throat and eye burning night mare.
So I've been getting quotes on getting the carpet and pad replaced. Pulling the tiles and replacing them due to the pee that sat there for who knows how long...
Trying to save some money obviously!
So Google to the rescue.
My couch was a mess. And I've tried everything, foam fabric cleaner, upholstery cleaner that Chris got for his couch and nothing the spots seemed to spread the. Gah!!!!!
I googled how to clean a micro-fiber couch?
Rubbing alcohol of all the things.... Bought a .79 bottle of alcohol and a spray bottle and went to work. Holy crap it worked!!!
Before:
After:
The smell:
As mentioned above the smell.... Desperate and getting ready to pull the carpet and padding up and toss it on the curb. So last effort, I can't do anymore damage than already has been done... Right? So....
Pull the filter and empty a half a can of Lysol up the ducts!! (Chased the dog and kids out of the house). Went outside played with the kids and neighbor kids while things settled down. Came back in and thank goodness the smell is 100 times better! Once the kids and dog is down I'm going to sprinkle some plain baking soda and let that set over night, and tomorrow I'm taking the kids to Chris's apartments and swim for a few hours to let it set without being walked on. Vacuum. This should help draw any remaining moisture and Odors from the carpet. But the house has already started to sell better.
Tile in the bathroom:
The pee managed to seep into the cracks and under the tiles, the smell in the bathroom was horrid probably the worst of all! Of you stepped on the tiles it would squish out between the seams.... So plain baking soda to the rescue! Sprinkled it along the baseboards, the seams, around the toilet... Hoping to draw the grossness out from under the tiles! It's only been a couple of hours and the smell is gone but I'm leaving it there over night pull it up with the shop vac and repeat if necessary!
Carpet:
Hoover carpet washer (100.00 at wal-mart I had this) Hoover 2X concentrate cleaner solution $15.00. Wash the carpet most spots came up but there were some stubborn spots that just wouldn't come up. Hot shot spot cleaner! $1.75 at the dollar store (we use this at work to remove the grease that the guys track in) spray the spot, depending on the severity and length of time on carpet you usually don't have to scrub, if you have to scrub use a white wash cloth and blot the stain out.
Before:
After:
The products:
I hope that some of these help some in the future with minor everyday pet smells, I don't like using smelly good things to mask the pet odors I want to REMOVE them. I will admit I am OCD when it comes to a clean house and I've been told several times that they can't tell I own dogs until they met them. I hope that NO one has to endure what I've had to.
(I posted this because I remember a post from a member that was selling her house)
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