I have a home aide client where it was discovered that a pet had used a back corner in the back room nobody hardly ever went into, so we’re talking long-term, dried, well set-in stuff.
What is, in your experience, the best thing to use on a long set-in pet stain on carpet?
A match?
Contractor to remove flooring [carpet? Hardwood? Other?], underfloor, reinstall both?
Rip it up. That carpet pad has got to be disgusting. Nothing can fix that. If they don’t care how it looks (and believe that it is a concentrated area and not all over) maybe you can just cut out that portion, Kilz primer (or similar), replace pad, and re-carpet. It’ll likely be difficult to match… but cheaper than doing the whole thing.
That’s what I was thinking. She was hoping something could work on it, but I really think that corner is hopeless.
If you can get the top layer of carpet clean, you might be able to pull up the corner, cut out the pad, seal the floor, put a patch in the pad and re-lay the carpet. Big if on getting it clean, but at least you won’t need to match it with this method.
For something that big and so long set in I would rip it up.
For more recent and smaller messes I have discovered just recently, Folex instant stain remover. I find it works better than Nature’s Miracle.
I echo folex. Great stuff. Home depot or Lowe’s. Can use in carpet cleaning machine too.
I will amend my response to, if cat urine, prob best to rip,up. Go on Amazon. Get one of those black light pet stain finders. Cost about 11 bucks. Also apparently detects scorpions. No kidding. Have not had use for that feature yet, but you never know.
I get it - our tiny dog ruined the carpet in almost an entire house before we got her, and she’s done a pretty good job on our hardwoods. They ripped up every inch of carpet in the house after the dog left, refinished the floors, put down laminate and tile everywhere. I feel badly for your client - it was a similar situation with our dog, her elderly owner just wasn’t able to care for her properly.
Never heard of Folex! Just ordered some to try it out. My mom visited recently with a 5 month old pup who developed an upset tummy. Been battling that stain for a couple of weeks - hope this works!
If its from a cat I suggest it all has to go but if a dog you could try NokOut.
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