If you are having problems with your cat urinating on your furniture, then having a surefire way of cleaning away the stain and smell is essential. Are you embarrassed because your house smells of stale cat urine, and whatever you do to get rid of the smell does not work? Lets look at some easy ways to clean cat urine from furniture.
I would first like to explain what not to use to clean up, after your cat has urinated on the furniture or carpet. You may think that using anti-bacterial spray is a good way of getting rid of the smell, but you would be wrong. These types of spray can actually attract cats back to the affected area. Cleaning solutions that contain ammonia will also attract your cat, as cat urine contains ammonia also.
What can I use to clean cat urine from furniture?
There are many solutions that you can make from home, and you will probably have the ingredients in your home, so you can get started right away. The following is a tried and tested way of cleaning away cat urine stains, and also the odor.
You will need an equal solution of distilled white vinegar and warm water. The best way to use this easy to make solution is placing it in a spray bottle. You can also make the solution in a small bucket and simply apply with a cloth, both work well. You may want to test the solution on an area that cannot be seen first, to make sure it doesn't affect the furniture material.
If the cat urine is fresh, use paper towels to soak up as much of the urine as possible. This will prevent the cat pee from being spread over a larger area. Once you have soaked up as much as you can, simply spray the area with the white vinegar and water solution, soaking the area. Once the solution has soaked in, either use a gentle brush or soft cloth to work it into the fabric. This homemade spray also works well on carpets too.
You may find a couple of treatments are needed to clean away the stain and stale odor for good. Once you have tried this easy to make solution, you will finds it works better than anything you can buy in your local supermarket.
There is a problem with this however, and that is you are not getting to the root cause of why your cat is urinating on your furniture or carpets. There can be many reasons for why they are doing this, and its important to get to find out the problem, instead of constantly cleaning up after they have an accident.
