Urine Off was a livesaver for our basement!
October 16, 2014
Our cat decided to get into a peeing match between a neighborhood cat through our basement door (which leads to a stairwell accessible from outdoors). We hadn't gone into that area of the basement for a while, and were clueless that this was happening until one hot, humid rainy day where the stench came up the basement stairs into our house. We thought it was the litter box, which I gave a thorough cleaning, but this was not it. After a quick search, I found the area - a wooden door and concrete floor (both exterior and interior). I tried all of the typical products - vinegar (full strength), bleach (full strength), Nature's Miracle, but nothing worked. I did some research online for getting cat urine out of concrete floors, and it was recommended to first clean the floor with TSP (found at Home Depot) to open up the pores of the concrete and then come in with a heavy duty bio-enzymatic cleaner to soak into the concrete and destroy the odor causing elements. I treated the floor with bleach, and let dry for a few days, treated with vinegar and let dry for a few days, before cleaning with the TSP according to manufacturer instructions. This whole time, I barricaded the area off from our cat so he wouldn't get into these chemicals. After the area thoroughly dried (and still smelled at this point - honestly I think it was worse after the TSP treatment because it opened up the pores in the concrete), I doused it with two spray bottles worth of this cleaner and let it dry for a few days.It has been almost a month now, and there's no trace of cat urine. There was about one day of an intense "perfume" smell, but that dissipated pretty quickly in our case. We've had more hot humid rainy days, where there was water coming into other areas of the basement, but NO SMELL!! This is truly a lifesaver, as this area of the basement is mostly finished except the floor, which was painted due to lack of ceiling clearance) and my wife and I refused to hang out and play video games in the basement due to the smell. Now, we are back to throwing darts and playing games down there with our friends. What a relief!
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