Den söndag 31 januari 1999 kl. 09:00:00 UTC+1 skrev Jeff & Susan Stringer:
Hi, I'm trying to find adive for a BIG project. I am moving back into
> my childhood home. It's a 3 bedroom rancher built in the late 30's,
> early 40's. It has Hardwood floors throughout the living room, dining
> room, hall & 3 bedrooms. It has been used as rental property for the
> last 20-25 years with wall to wall carpeting. The last tenants had at
> 20-30 cats inside the house for at least 5 years. The smell was
> unbearable. All the hardwood floors are now black with old urine > stains.
>
> We have removed the carpeting and scrubbed the floors with Pine Sol to
> disinfect and remove the foam carpet backing, which was "welded" to the
> floor, this was beyond "stuck". Then we soaked the floors with "Natures
> Wonder" or "Simple Solution" from the pet store, as suggested to
> neutralize the smell. We bought all the store had of one and had to buy
> the other, we are sort of testing to see which is better, the living
> room or the dining room.
>
> The floors were once blonde (oak) but are now dark mahogany splotched.
> The man at the hardware store suggested plain Clorox bleach and bright
> lights to lighten the stains. Is this the next "correct" step in the
> process? Is their any other product available that is designed to
> lighten wood stains of this nature? We can't just "Sand out the stains"
> as we may end up in the basement!
>
> Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Please respond to my
> Email as well, I may never find it again in here ;-)
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Susan F. Stringer
I'm sorry for bumping this old thread, but I really feel like I have some advice to offer you - and you seemed to really need it at the time
One of my 2 cats (both neutered males) had taken to painting all of my walls, furniture, and anything else he could reach. I was horrified when I got a UV light. He never did that in all of the 9 years I've had him and didn't when I got him a buddy (they love each other and did so right away) but when a strange black cat started showing up outside both of my cats went nuts and the older one (9) started his wall painting, as well as the curtains out in the kitty room. I couldn't keep up with it.
My cats are indoor cats so it's not like the stray is actually going to get in here but they both hate him (and he is weird...my neighbor's cats hate him too). I've tried cleaning with a pet urine enzyme and then spraying some "No More Spraying" but that hasn't worked. He's a sneaky little bugger too; he waits until he thinks I'm not looking and then does it. He's learned that the minute I see him backing his butt up to something he gets yelled at.
It wasn't until I found "Cat Spraying No More" that I was able to finally get rid of this tiresome behavior.
Now my house doesn't smell like a litter box anymore :)
Here's a link the their site if you're interested in checking it out: NoMoreCatPee.com
I hope you guys don't mind me sharing this. Cheers!