i have just rented a house and started to clean the rugs now smell a strong urine oder, can anyone tell me how to get rid of this fast.i tried boarax, backingsoda, vinager , peroxide, and nothing seems to help. i will give 30 points to someone if they help me remove this smell.
Try ODOBAN. It works great on my rugs... you can let it soak on the rug or if the rug is small enough you can throw it in the washer with some of the cleaner... =]
You might consider calling your landlord and complaining see if they can send a pro out. Its not your mess and its not something you should have to deal with. If that is not an option I would rent a steam cleaner, just scrubbing will make it soak into the pad and spread but a steam cleaner will suck it out. I think it was bissell (bought mine at target) makes a pet odor remover rug cleaner for steam cleaners, it does help a lot. Before steam cleaning you can pour some pet enzyme cleaner on the area, one I used was called Petzyme and can be found at pet stores. If its really bad though, not a small area but a large area that appears to have been urinated on multiple times its most likely going to need to get replaced. That again wwould be your landlords responsibility, they should not rent out a house with unsanitary conditions.
get some spotshot to get it out of the rug.
Baking soda works well to eliminate surface (but not deeply penetrated) odors. You can also try white vinegar.
toss them, but let the owner know first. if it's in the rugs, it's probably in the carpet padding, too. request that they are replaced.
