Our cats may be the most adorable creatures in the world, but cat urine cleaning soil remains an important task. Not only do you need to remove the cat’s urine, you also need to remove the smell. Otherwise, your cats will smell the remains of the urine and urinate there again. To effectively remove the smell of cat urine, it is necessary to kill the bacteria, which is the main cause of the odor.
One of the best cat urine removers is Natures Miracle. This is an enzymatic cleaner; you can buy it at places like Target, WalMart, or Petsmart. It is a concentrated liquid and comes in a white bottle with a red cap. The instructions on the bottle are pretty easy to follow. Not only does it clean cat urine off your floors, it can even remove it from carpets and fabrics. This stuff can be a bit expensive, so you may want to get a black light to use with it. Turn on the blacklight in the dark and it will make cat urine stains glow yellow or green. You can then use Natures Miracle on those spots, without washing the entire floor or carpet.
Any commercial enzymatic cleaner will probably work as a cat urine remover, it doesn’t have to be Natures Miracle. The only thing is that enzymatic cleaners can be a bit finicky. Not all of them work on all kinds of stains. You need to make sure you get a brand that works for cat urine disposal. So the best place to buy some is probably your local pet store. Look where they sell cat litter. Better yet, ask the sales staff where they keep the enzyme cleaners to clean up cat urine.
Another good way to clean up cat urine and its odor is to use a steam cleaner. Friends have had good results with the Polti Vaporetto that uses steam to disinfect and remove dirt. This steam is also very effective at killing bacteria in cat urine and works on both floors and carpets. However, the Polti is expensive. Something cheaper like the Light and Easy Steam Mop works almost as well, for a fraction of the price.
If you’re on a tight budget, you can douse the spot where your cat urinated with strong disinfectants like Dettol or Listerine. You may need to repeat this a few times to get all the smell out. Pouring boiling water over the spot can also work, just be careful. Some types of bleach can kill bacteria and should work as well. But you want to check the ingredient list before you use it. Make sure it doesn’t contain ammonia, otherwise it will entice your cats to urinate there again.
So, here are the three best ways to clean cat urine off your floor:
1) enzymatic cleaners like Natures Miracle;
2) Steam cleaners;
3) Any strong disinfectant (like the one they use in hospitals).