amtraksebo1997
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For the longest time, I've wanted to adopt a cat or a few. However, that hasn't happened for a few reasons. Our family has a history of owning them, though, with the most recent being my sister's cat. One of the cats that we had was a black cat named Daphne. My parents had her before I was born. From what I've heard of her, she was a nice and affectionate cat, up until my sister was born. Then I guess she became jealous of all the attention that she was getting. Then apparently she'd pee on just about anything that was white (probably as a way of marking territory). Notably, she peed in what is now my brother's room. My parents tried vigorously to remove the stain with their Hoover SteamVac Ultra, but apparently to no avail. So, they elected to just remove the carpeting in that room in it's entirety and replace it.
Hearing this story from them has got me a bit worried about this part of cat ownership, but at the same time, I find it hard to believe that it'd necessary to completely replace your carpets when your pets do their business on them, that's the carpet installation company mentality! Now, to be fair, their SteamVac Ultra was extremely beaten up when I was around to see it, so it might not have worked that well for cleaning up the stain, but I can't say.
In short, my question is how to effectively remove a cat urine stain from carpeting with a carpet cleaner, and what make of both machines/solutions work best.
Hearing this story from them has got me a bit worried about this part of cat ownership, but at the same time, I find it hard to believe that it'd necessary to completely replace your carpets when your pets do their business on them, that's the carpet installation company mentality! Now, to be fair, their SteamVac Ultra was extremely beaten up when I was around to see it, so it might not have worked that well for cleaning up the stain, but I can't say.
In short, my question is how to effectively remove a cat urine stain from carpeting with a carpet cleaner, and what make of both machines/solutions work best.