i was told that steam cleaning a carpet that has a bad odor will actually cause that odor to remain in the carpet forever. the reason i ask is i plan on renting a house with a buddy of mine and the carpet in the house smells of urine, previous owner had like 4 dogs and 6 cats. smells bad but it is still tolerable. the renter told us if we paint and steam clean the carpets our first month is free. sounds good to me. but will steam cleaning the carpet with my bissel steam cleaner cause the odor to be quot;bakedquot; into the carpet for ever. or would it be better to buy the stuff you sprinkle on and then just vacum a couple of times?
First of all, cat urine does not come out of carpet. u can try to hide it with tee tree oil mixed with water or they even have sprays to hide animal urine. but good luck, and if the spots get any sun good luck, their is no way to get rid of it except to replace the carpet. sorry.
A steam cleaner is the best method. I have never heard of it trapping odor in forever. We just steam cleaned our carpet and it worked wonders, we have 2 dogs and 2 cats. The dogs had some accidents, so we had to clean it. Get a carpet cleaning solutions for pet odor's and make sure to use the hottest water that you can, it will help. You can get a carpet cleaner at Food City, Lowes-If you have one where you live for $21.00 a day. Oh and by the way, cat urine smell is just not going to come out, that smell will just linger and doesn't get better. Good Luck!
Pretreat any spots you see ahead of time with a really good cleaner like Folex and then go ahead and steam clean the whole carpet. You may have to do it several times.
