The Host Carpet Cleaning Adventure

[bagintheback]

DURANGO159

That picture is from the kitchen next to the door leading outside. I'm using a citrus degresser and the Oreck Orbiter. Some parts of the grout look a light gray when I quickly brushed the aera. If you look closely in person, you can see that the black/dirtly part is thicker and elevated than the white part.

 

[bagintheback]

An Update

A few days ago I brought in my UV flashlight to see if I had removed all the urine stains from the carpet. To be completely serious, I was literarily stepping on a carpet half drenched in urine. The Host did not even touch the urine stains. I doubt many professionals have seen such bad carpeting. Two of our neighbors say the house was filled with animals with it's last owner. Our painter even commented on the house smelling of cat urine. I tried everything to clean these carpets: large amounts of Host drying overnight, bonnet cleaning, and bonnet cleaning followed by exaction, but they would not come out.

At least one good thing came out of this: Home Depot is charging less to install new carpeting because it doesn't reek of urine. I guess there is fee to remove carpet that smells.

By the way, the carpet most filled with urine looked the cleanest. See reply #11 for the picture.

The adventure will continue when I clean the old house's flooring. Check back in a few weeks.

 

[trebor]

The stains...

are likely urine molecules that have actually inserted themselves in between the molecules of dye in the carpet. Both are acidic. The molecules of uric acid are smaller than the molecules of dye.  It would be interesting to try the 'dye transformers' that actually break off an oxygen molecule from the dye to render it invisible in the visible light spectrum. I wonder if it would have the same effect in the ultra violet light spectrum.  Lindhaus makes a very effective chemical of this type.

 

[kirbysthebest]

Urine

Simple Solution & Simple Solution Extreme.

Wet it down to the pad. Leave it! Blot to damp after five minutes then allow it to air dry.

When our dog died last December she lost control of her functions and soaked the carpet behind the couch. I thought I was going to have to replace the carpet. I used Simple Solution as directed by the lady at PetSmart and the odor is gone.
It has enzymes that break down the urine. A few days later I steam cleaned the entire carpet with a cup of Simple Solution in the water.

 

[thehooverman]

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Wow The Oreck Did Excellent