the open areas of a room and void a lot of
volume of urine in these areas
6. a.While she may still have a diet of the
cereal and grains just like the male dog, the
word Volume becomes an issue to consider
How can we identify this?
With two tools that are very necessary in this
line of work.
1. A UV Light because the urine salts will
fluoresce
2. A Hydro Sensor because the urine salts are
hygroscopic and we can pick up the moisture
with the Hydro Sensor
• We can even outline exactly how large of an
area is contaminated with the urine
• We can also tell, with a reasonable assurance,
if the animal was a cat a male dog or a female
dog with the hydro sensor
After we identify where the damage is, we must
proceed with some very basic fundamentals of
deodorization principles:
1. Remove the excess
2. Re-agent the insoluble salts
3. Clean as much as we can
4. Then, based upon the results of all of this,
we will now actually try to perform our
deodorization processes
• This can be enzyme treatments
• This can be pairing agents
• This can be encapsulates
• This can be with oxygen products
• Or whatever our favorite methods may be or
even a combination of all of the above (in
their correct order)
If things go well, we may be able to make the
conditions acceptable for the consumer as to the
odors and the contamination concerns.
Yet, what if there is the dreaded ‘URINE
STAIN’?
Here we may have to treat that as a color
added or color loss or color altered damaged
area. We may have to treat this with our different
stain removal processes that so metimes work and
sometimes do not.
We may try to add color to the ‘yellow’ that is
present and try to blend the color or appearance
back to as close as we are able to and sometimes
this will work in an acceptable manner. Many
times it will not.
Sometimes we may simply have to take a
knife and ‘cut out the damaged area’ and try to
resection this with another piece of carpet.
This last suggestion is one that many do
not often consider because they are concerned
with getting it to look good. Maybe one does
not know how to cut out the old damaged area
and insert a donor piece. There are some real
advantages of knowing how to do this type of
work with ‘Pet Damaged Areas’.
Let’s just consider the pet damage that is
usually the more difficult one to deal with, Cat
Urine. Yet, even with this, it can often be the
easier to correct if we think in terms of actually
cutting it out and removing the source of the
odor instead of trying to treat this area. How
could this be so?
First, if we have ever tried to work on a corner
area of a room that a cat has voided a lot of
urine onto, over and over, the odors can be very
difficult to try to remove. If by some process we
can remove the odor to an acceptable level then
we are often faced with a stain that can be color
loss, color added or color altered.
Next to consider, if we know how to (or
if we are willing to learn how to) cut out the
damaged area and replace it with new (or at least
undamaged carpet) we have made our entire
job much easier. Or at least we have another
alternative way to try to correct the damage that
has occurred.
Let’s consider why this may be a good
alternative to at least consider:
1. Instead of working, possibly for many trips
and even a few days of time periods on a urine
stain and odor, we can simply cut the damaged
piece out
• Time wise this is very time efficient
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