Cleaning Cat Urine
With A Blacklight
by Mike Taylor
Probably the worst smell ever
is a skunk's odor but not far behind has to be the smell of cat urine. My
brother-in-law had a few cats and he didn't keep their litter boxes clean so
the cats urinated everywhere and when you walked into his place the stench
of cat urine was overwhelming.
Thankfully most of us have
better pet keeping habits than he did and keep our cat's litter box clean
and tidy but sometimes we face the problem of kitty peeing or spraying where
they weren't supposed to and we must clean up the urine.
Unfortunately, it is not simply
a matter of cleaning up the cat urine and thinking you are done as there is
a hidden part of cat urine that you cannot see with the naked eye.
Cats do not drink as much water
as other animals and this makes their urine highly concentrated and very
pungent smelling. And, cat urine is a very complicated substance made up of
many bacteria strains. Some of these bacteria cause the putrid odor and some
cause the stain that is almost always invisible.
If you clean cat urine with any
typical household cleaning product you might think you have cleaned the
urine up but in reality all you did was to clean the liquid part of the cat
urine. The odor causing bacteria will still remain in the form of uric acid
salts that bond to all surfaces and the smell will come back over and over.
This is especially true if the area gets wet frequently as moisture will
reactivate the urine crystals and this is why run of the mill household
cleaners do not clean the smell but just spread it around even more.
In fact, cats for some reason
like the smell of urine and will many times urinate in the same spot again
and again while you try to figure out why they keep going in the same spot.
Repeated cleaning really only worsens the problem as this tends to spread
the stain even more.
The problem is caused by those
uric acid salts mentioned earlier. They can't be washed away with cleaners
or soapy water because of the bonding action of the salts. To completely
clean cat urine you need an enzyme based cat urine remover. The enzymes in
the remover will eat the bacteria present in the salts and remove the cat
urine odor completely.
The biggest issue you face in
cleaning cat urine is finding the right spots to clean. That is why you need
a fluorescent blacklight to show where the stains are. A blacklight in a
darkened room will make any cat urine stains glow brightly so you will know
where to apply the cat urine cleaner and you will be able to use the light
to check afterwards to make sure you have thoroughly cleaned the urine spot.
You can buy a blacklight at
stores like Spencer's Gifts where they are sold for special lighting
effects. A few cat urine cleaners will include a blacklight with the product
which is a nice convenience.
Cleaning cat urine is something
that can be done provided you use the right tools. A good quality commercial
cat urine remover combined with a fluorescent blacklight will let you get
rid of that cat urine smell once and for all.
About the Author
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