Re: Floorboards and Stale Urine?

Tony

Does the Cinnamon Oil neutralise the smell or simply mask it with another? I believe that NP's post is correct stating that the smell is from "wet" urine. In other words, as well as improving the situation by scrubbing away some of the residue, I am aggravating it by returning the dried remains into solution.

In response to G&M's carpet comment, yes there was, but the offending liquid has obviously run down the outside of the pan, rotted away and/or soaked through the carpet and impregnated the flooring beneath.

Picking up Peter Parry's comment on time scale, the job has probably taken the thick end of 6 months solid (spare time) DIYing. Glad it's finally coming together! Before anyone asks, yes we do have other washing facilities.

Phil

It produces very effective masking for the period of time needed for the unwanted odor to diminish when exposed to air drying. As Cinnamon is often recommended for these problems it may also be that it has a significant neutralising effect As far as re-wetting the area goes, we're talking about a very small amount of water in spray form here. Sometimes I use a spirit base. Surgical spirits is a cheap option but carries it's own distinctive smell.

When we bought our house there was one room which the previous owners used to leave their Dalmatians in all day and it *reeked* of stale dog's urine. We chucked out the carpets of course but even the stench from the bare concrete floor made the room basically unusable.

I washed it down with diluted Jeyes fluid and once the smell from *that* had gone the room was free from any malingering malodour.

HTH

Neil

In that case, your aim is totally wrong. :-)