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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Big_Fish on November 11, 2004, 06:49:11 am

Title: We have An Odour Problem
Post by: Big_Fish on November 11, 2004, 06:49:11 am

Hello,

We cleaned a large rental property 2 weeks ago. There had been a poorly cat in residence during the summer and we were asked to bear this in mind when cleaning!

Landlord got back in touch yesterday because the new tenents have complaines of a cat urine odour in a corner of one room. Landlord said that cleaning has "reawakened the smell".

Going back tomorrow between jobs to put some Prochem Odour Fresh down.

What do you think the chances of getting rid?
Thanks,
BF N&M

Title: Re: We have An Odour Problem
Post by: Nobby on November 11, 2004, 08:54:50 am

Big Fish

I think you will have almost no chance of removing the smell with Odour Fresh.  If you know exactly where the problem is I would use Micro Clean from Bio Productions.  I would treat the carpet from the top and from the underside and treat the underlay top and bottom and even the floor.  Micro Clean is basically freindly bactreia which will eat the offending organic stain or odour so it will need to be kept warm while it works etc.  It is a great product. 

Nobby

Title: Re: We have An Odour Problem
Post by: Nobby on November 11, 2004, 08:56:39 am

Sorry forgot to mention in the above, Micro Clean will NOT work if the carpet has previously been treated with disinfectant or bacteriacide.

Title: Re: We have An Odour Problem
Post by: John_Flynn on November 11, 2004, 10:03:32 am

Lift the carpet, clean back of carpet dry before relaying, renew the underlay and maybe also the floor boards in the affected area!!

Title: Re: We have An Odour Problem
Post by: lee_gundry on November 11, 2004, 01:26:41 pm

try unine contamanation treatment from chemspec

i have had 100% success with this product.

Lee G

Title: Re: We have An Odour Problem
Post by: The Great One on November 11, 2004, 02:54:49 pm

Hi

Pet stains are a nightmare.

I do heaps of rental property and come across everything known to man and beast. with letting properties it can be very difficult to know what the stain is in the 1st place?, how it has been treated? (1001 etc) how often the stain has been stained?

If the animal has revisited the site a few times it may of penetrated to the floor boards. If it is urine the alkalie may of reacted with the carpet, if vomit you will need to break down and remove the proteins but then the stomach acid may of caused a permanent mark?

The fact that it is now 2 weeks later suggests that it may of penertrated the backing and gone beyond?

had a job where the dog had been left in all day on a laminate flooring. I cleaned it loads of times but it had penetrated and reacted with the flooring, they were looking at a new floor!

Best of luck

Regards

Martin 8)

Title: Re: We have An Odour Problem
Post by: adl on November 12, 2004, 08:14:00 am

I agree with Lee urine contamination treatment is excellent, another excellent product is from Dry fusion called odaban E we use this a lot in nursing homes, this really does kill odours permanent

regards Dave ADL