Pet Urine--what to do about it!

When your pet has an "accident" in the house, it's time for action. First, mop up as much as you can with paper towels. If possible, rinse with clear water and use a wet vac to pull it up (not your regular vacuum cleaner!). If you can't do that, call your local Chem-Dry (find them at www.chem-dry.net) and ask for help.

Chem-Dry has the best urine remover product in the industry. So many former steam cleaner techs have told me that the products they were given really didn't work. They would be called back out because the carpets stunk. There was nothing they could do. But Chem-Dry's own product, PURT -- Pet Urine Removal Treatment-- really works.

It will awaken and then kill the urine in the pad and carpet. The tech can do a black light inspection to find all the spots. Then he will apply the PURT to each area to thoroughly dampen it. It takes 24-48 hours to completely work -- and usually it smells a little worse immediately. That means it's working! Then it quickly begins to smell better.

If you have light colored, or old carpet, it's a high chance that the carpet will be stained. But the quicker you get the urine out, and have the carpet cleaned, the better it will be. Another huge help is having the carpet stain protectant renewed frequently.

I used to never go for stain protection--we were renting, or the carpet was so old it wasn't worth it. But now that I know what it actually does, I tell John "You better protect this carpet every time!" It's 11 years old now and still looks great when he cleans it.

When we replaced the carpet in Parker's room this last year, John first went over it all with a good protectant coating. We knew an 11 year old could very likely spill things or make messes in his room. And has he ever! Muddy foot prints, orange energy drink, what's next!? But it cleans right up because we had it protected.

Ask for the Stain Master protectant--it's not a water soluble like Scotchguard. It will last longer and give you much better results. You'll be glad you spent $20 to save recarpeting your home way too soon.