 |
How To Remove Pet Odors From Carpet.
Mans best friend can be your carpets worst enemy. Pet owners sometimes struggle with the task of keeping their home clean and odor free. As a professional carpet cleaner with over 27 years of experience, I have seen (and smelled) the damage caused by our beloved four legged friends, over and over. When I get called in as an expert to solve a pet odor problem, my first question to the home owner is, “have you used anything yourself, to clean it with?” and the answers I get represent the frustration pet owners experience as they reply, “I’ve tried everything”; three specific home remedies I hear about are baking soda, vinegar, and enzymes-the problem is that when the “everything” approach is taken these remedies cancel each other out.
Baking soda can work as a deodorizer because of its ability to adsorb odors (No it’s not a typo, it is adsorb with a d) vinegar can help, because as an acid, the acidification slows down the bacteria action that gives urine a putrid smell, the logy behind enzymes is that the area is actually seeded with non-pathogenic bacteria that “theoretically” consumes the proteins in urine that cause the odor. In order for this process to work, the area must be kept wet for up to 48 hours and in a slightly alkaline condition. If enzyme products, like natures miracle are used in conjunction with vinegars, the acidity of the vinegar the alkaline created by baking soda will neutralize the acidity of the vinegar. It is no wonder why homeowners become frustrated by pet odors with so many conflicted ideas about how to get rid of odors. So what is a pet lover to do? Luckily there is hope. The key to removing the odor is removing the urine, by rinsing it out. No urine equals no more odor. Hot water extraction carpet cleaning is essential to removing urine from carpet. A professional carpet cleaner can use subsurface extraction tools, to remove pet odors and urine odors from the carpet backing and cushion underneath as well. Instead of adding bacteria with products like Natures Miracle, I want to kill the bacteria, and rinse it out. For expert pet odor removal in Mountain View CA, call The Carpet Expert at 408 836-2137.
