Removing Pets Stains
Help! Pet stain removal is almost always something that all pet owners need to deal with at one time or another.
Some of us have to deal with it more often than others. In any case, pet stains are not fun stains to deal with. They can be rather easy to handle if you know what to do and have the products that you need to clean up those stains on hand. If you do that, then the stain has no chance of actually becoming a stain.
Clean Quickly
In order to remove pet stain, you do need to react quickly to it. The enzymes in the stain will work quickly to cause discoloration and odor. The longer this is left on the carpet or flooring, the harder it will be for you to get the stain out fully. Quick work is in order any time that it is possible for that to happen.
Clean Effectively
There are many things that you can do wrong to cause that stain to set in your carpeting. Therefore, it is essential for you to get through the stain as quickly as possible and to do it the right away. Here are some basic steps for a basic level of cleaning.
- Use a dry terry cloth to blot the stain to remove any liquid possible.
- Remove any loose debris carefully, without rubbing it into the carpeting or flooring more so.
- Use a solution of 50% water to 50% vinegar on the stain. Spray onto it.
- Blot the stain with a dry, clean terry cloth to remove the stain.
- Repeat as necessary.
If the vinegar solution is not effective at removing the stain, another solution is to add baking soda to the mixture and apply to the area. Just a few teaspoons are all that you need for a successful cleaning. This will cause a chemical reaction with the vinegar and together they will reactivate stains that have been sitting for too long to remove them completely.
What To Do First
When you have a pet, you know that you have to watch him or her and tend to their needs. What you do not know is that you may also need to have an arsenal of tools to aid you in the removal of pet stains. This is very necessary and it can be the difference of a stain setting and one that does not. Here are some things you should keep at hand to handle your pet stains.
- Clean, dry terry cloths for blotting immediately.
- White vinegar
- Sponges
- Mild detergent
- A spray bottle for the solution application
- Baking soda
Do Not Use Ammonia
Do not use ammonia based products on your pet stains. This will only cause the animal to want to urinate there again because, to him, it smells like urine. This is a natural reaction to the scent. On top of that, if you have a stain on your carpeting, you need to fully clean it up so that the dog or cat does not urinate in that spot again. Where he smells urine, he will want to go again
Bare Floor Cleaning
It is important for you to take notice of bare floor messes too. Do a good job of not only cleaning up the stuff that you can see, but handle the grout too. You want to make sure that you get the entire product up, or, as we said before, the pet will just make the same mess again.
Additionally, if you have a wood floor or laminate floor that has a protective coating on it, you should consider the products that you use on the flooring. Some products will destroy the covering and will cause additional damage to the floor. Make sure to check with the manufacturer of the flooring for details on what you should not use on your floor to clean up stains.
Odor Removal
A good cleaning of the pet stain will help to remove most if not all of the odor that came along with the stain. If you find that there is still a lingering odor from the pet stain sprinkle baking soda in the area and allow it to sit over night. Then, you can vacuum the baking soda up. It will pull out the odor completely.
