Getting rid of cat urine smell....

[Jim]

The house we've moved into and are renovating used to have a self-contained flat on the 1st floor which was lived in by an old cat-loving lady who obviously had *no* sense of smell whatsoever, and we are guessing that she welcomed all and sundry local felines in regularly, since all the numerous local cats regularly try to get in.

Basically these cats have p****d all over the lower walls and skirting board of the flat, and it initially smelt so bad that I could hardly breathe up there.

The walls have a waist-height dado rail and anaglypta below. We've stripped the anaglypta back to the plaster, and scrubbed the plaster underneath with sugar-soap, but one patch in particular still reeks quite badly. I'm assuming the cat pee/spray has somehow soaked in.

Can anyone suggest a method to try and de-odorise the walls? Is there anything better than sugar-soap to use?

Thanks :)

[david lang]

Have a look in Yellow Pages or Yell.com for Janitorial Supplies in your local area. Almost all of them stock the 'Prochem' range.

What you want is a product called Prochem Odour Neutraliser, a litre bottle is about £12 and dilutes enough to do a whole house.

This is what pro carpet cleaners use in old peoples homes....

Dave

[Dave Fawthrop]

|The house we've moved into and are renovating used to have a |self-contained flat on the 1st floor which was lived in by an old |cat-loving lady who obviously had *no* sense of smell whatsoever, and |we are guessing that she welcomed all and sundry local felines in |regularly, since all the numerous local cats regularly try to get in. | |Basically these cats have p****d all over the lower walls and skirting |board of the flat, and it initially smelt so bad that I could hardly |breathe up there. | |The walls have a waist-height dado rail and anaglypta below. We've |stripped the anaglypta back to the plaster, and scrubbed the plaster |underneath with sugar-soap, but one patch in particular still reeks |quite badly. I'm assuming the cat pee/spray has somehow soaked in. | |Can anyone suggest a method to try and de-odorise the walls? Is there |anything better than sugar-soap to use?

*biological* washing powder dissolved in water. Allow it to soak in. Cats go to the same place every time attracted by the smell of urine/ammonia, so getting rid of the smell discourages repeat offence.

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[Jim]

Thanks Dave- will try and pick some up next week.

[Andrew Gabriel]

It depends on your genes if you can smell cat spray or not; those that can find it a very strong smell, others can't smell it at all.

OTOH, most people can smell stale urine, but that might not have come from the cats at all.

[Jim]

hehe... and there was me blaming the cats... :)

[WM]

Strong UV light will show location of uric acid crystals. Will need to look closely to see them.

Can be quite hard to wash away and usually needed masking with fragrance.

[Mary Fisher]

So why do they still smell?

I'd like something to repel our local Mog from Spouse's scooter, which it sprays all the time. Renardine worked for a time but Puss obviously saw it as a challenge eventually.

I'd kill it if could catch it.

Mary

[Dave Fawthrop]

|> What you want is a product called Prochem Odour Neutraliser, a litre=20 |> bottle is about =A312 and dilutes enough to do a whole house. |>

|> This is what pro carpet cleaners use in old peoples homes.... | |So why do they still smell? | |I'd like something to repel our local Mog from Spouse's scooter, which = it=20 |sprays all the time. Renardine worked for a time but Puss obviously saw = it=20 |as a challenge eventually. | |I'd kill it if could catch it.

Wash the scooter in *biological* washing powder dissolved in water. The moggy is claiming the scooter as its property.

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[Dave Liquorice]

Tried a super soaker? Few blasts when ever it comes near and it'll soon learn to avoid.

[Mary Fisher]

That would certainly work. But it comes in the night when I'm in the arms of Morpheus.

That is, Spouse.

Mary

[Rob Morley]

Why not just chop out the particularly offensive plaster? Neutradol is pretty good for dispersing pet smells.

[Rob Morley]

PIR detector + electric pump + sprinkler jets = soggy moggy :-)

[Dave Liquorice]

How about one of the automatic "super soakers" then?

[david lang]

The carpet cleaners or the old peoples homes? Dave

[Chris Bacon]

Use a pressure washer.

[Mary Fisher]

Also soggy bike ...

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

Either.

Mary

[Owain]

So *that's* his name :-)

Owain

[Mary Fisher]

Close ... :-)

Mary