Cat Urine Hardwood Floor Stain Removal

Wipe a gloved hand across the surface of the carpet fibers and push the liquid down into the carpet pad.

Cat urine hardwood floor stain removal. I had cardboard under a litter box on a wood floor and one of my cats peed on the cardboard which soaked through to the wood and kept the floor wet. Urine stains can be removed from some hardwood floors without damaging the finish. The urine and its odor will have already sunk into the seams or the porous surface. Wood floors with gaps or seams enable liquids like cat urine to seep through it allowing the wood to get soaked and wet thus a sander should be used.

Mix equal parts of white vinegar and water together in a bowl and pour it on the carpet where the cat urinated to begin removing the strong odor of cat urine. You can also make a cleaning solution by mixing hydrogen peroxide liquid dish soap and baking. To remove the pet urine stains i poured hydrogen peroxide directly on the stain covered it with a hydrogen peroxide soaked rag and then covered that with plastic wrap and let everything sit overnight. Let it sit for ten minutes and then towel up.

If the stains and odor are not sufficiently removed cover the stain with a paper towel or soft wipe saturated with peroxide. First scrub the spots with a peroxide soaked cloth and let them dry. To remove cat urine from wood floors clean the floor with warm water and white vinegar which will help neutralize the bad odors. Use a drum sander or disc sander for wood floors with gaps or seams to remove the cat urine smell.

Urine stains often leave a dark even black stain on wood floors. How to remove pet urine in a hardwood floor. If your wood floor has gapped seams or a poor finish that allows liquids to soak in you may have to sand away the cat urine. As long as you have solid hardwood floors you can deeply sand them with a drum sander and a disc sander.

When caught and cleaned immediately there is minimal damage to your floors but often with pets you can t always find the accident when it happens. Remove the quarter rounds and baseboards then run the sander on the flooring. I use a combination of h202 solution with citrasolv after cleaning the urine spill up which soaks into the floor.