The Solution To Cat Urine Odor

There he is, your four-legged feline friend. And he has left you a present on your carpet. The only thing is that you cannot see it, but you can definitely smell it. And it is foul.

What to do?

Cat urine smells very much like ammonia. Indeed, there is much similarity between the two. This fact will be the basis for treating your feline's surprise.

To begin, get a fan and place it near the stain. Turn it on and turn it off when the stain is dry. You may want to open a window or a door.

Next, get some rubbing alcohol and pour some of it over the dry stain of cat urine. With a paper towel rub briskly over the area. Use another paper towel (or two) until the stain area is damp to the touch. Now place the fan again near the stained area and turn it on. After a few minutes turn the fan off and sniff around the stained area..

Does it still smell? If it does it will probably be a lot less than when you started. If so, then repeat the application of rubbing alcohol. Eventually, you will have a faint smell or no odor at all.

After you get a slight or no odor, the following will need to be done. If you have a lemon or an orange squeeze either (but not both) into a spray bottle of plain water. Lemon juice or orange juice can be used also. Just a few drops will do. And a few ounces of water (3 to 4 ounces). Shake and then spray the solution over the stained area. With a paper towel rub briskly. Then place the fan near it and turn it on. When the area is dry turn the fan off.

If the smell of citrus is too strong, take a paper towel, wet it with some water, and add a little dish washing liquid detergent. Again rub the stained area briskly with the paper towel. Let this dry naturally; unless you wish to apply a commercial brand made to treat cat urine stains, then use the fan to dry the area.

This approach to treating your cat urine stain is based in part on chemistry and in part on observation. The fan is used to dry the ammonia content in your cat's urine. This changes the ammonia from a base to an acid. The rubbing alcohol is a base. When you mix an acid with a base you chemically get water. Expressed another way the rubbing alcohol neutralizes the dry ammonia, which means it gets rid of the smell. The lemon or orange is to keep your cat from spraying in the same area again in the future. Lemon or orange repels a cat.

And so you will need the following to treat cat urine stains:

***things to get***

_____ a fan

_____ roll of paper towels

_____ a bottle of rubbing alcohol

_____ lemon (juice) or orange (juice) diluted with water (in)

_____ a spray bottle and

_____ dish washing liquid detergent

© 1993 Daniel Joseph Goodman

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