I went out of town for over a week and hired a "friend" to come stay at the house and watch my dogs. He for one reason or another didn’t follow through, rarely ever let my dogs out which in turn lead to them RUINING the carpet in my dining room (that’s the only area they used as their bathroom) Ive used all sorts of pet stain/odor removers and rented a rug doctor (which didn’t help at all) and I was going to call professional carpet cleaners; but I live with a carpet installer and Im wondering if I should just replace that area of the carpet, maybe just try replacing the pad or if there are any cleaners out there that can guarantee pet odor removal. Its horrible and very embarrassing. I literally never want to go home because it smells so bad. I live in Sacramento if anyone knows of a stand-out cleaning service there or any ideas to remove the odor…pleeease let me know. Thank you thank you thank you
I don’t know for sure whether this will work, but it is cheap, and it once worked for me with – believe it or not – skunk odor.
Get a bunch of baking soda – 15 – 20 lbs., and sprinkle it very generously over the carpet. Let it sit there for several hours – I put it on in the morning and let it sit until I came home from work – and then vacuum it up. I will confess that I could still catch a very faint odor afterward, but it was barely noticeable.
If that doesn’t work, and no one else has a better idea, you’ll probably be best to just replace the carpet – especially since you have an installer so conveniently available.
October 16th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I don’t know for sure whether this will work, but it is cheap, and it once worked for me with – believe it or not – skunk odor.
Get a bunch of baking soda – 15 – 20 lbs., and sprinkle it very generously over the carpet. Let it sit there for several hours – I put it on in the morning and let it sit until I came home from work – and then vacuum it up. I will confess that I could still catch a very faint odor afterward, but it was barely noticeable.
If that doesn’t work, and no one else has a better idea, you’ll probably be best to just replace the carpet – especially since you have an installer so conveniently available.
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October 16th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
There is sponge underlay under every carpet I have seen installed(if this is wall to wall carpet). Sponge holds peeps and poops really good and for a long time. You just dilute it with carpet cleaners. If your living/dining room lay out is an"L" shape the piece of carpet in the dining room is a separate piece.(usually). I would try first to remove the baseboards in the dining room and then lift the carpet up and roll it back toward the living room and see if I can get to the stain area of the underlay. Maybe removal of the underlay is the answer Just cut out a section of foam and replace it with some fresh foam. Also you get to see the backside of the carpet while doing this and you could either clean the carpet with soap and water and a scrub brush and dry it before laying it down again(or continue up to the junction in the L and find the joint or cut a joint across to the wall.
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Maybe a good time to teach the dog how to use the toilet?