Getting rid of cat urine smell....

Jim

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Jan 14, 2006, 8:05:34 AM1/14/06

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The house we've moved into and are renovating used to have a
self-contained flat on the 1st floor which was lived in by an old
cat-loving lady who obviously had *no* sense of smell whatsoever, and
we are guessing that she welcomed all and sundry local felines in
regularly, since all the numerous local cats regularly try to get in.

Basically these cats have p****d all over the lower walls and skirting
board of the flat, and it initially smelt so bad that I could hardly
breathe up there.

The walls have a waist-height dado rail and anaglypta below. We've
stripped the anaglypta back to the plaster, and scrubbed the plaster
underneath with sugar-soap, but one patch in particular still reeks
quite badly. I'm assuming the cat pee/spray has somehow soaked in.

Can anyone suggest a method to try and de-odorise the walls? Is there
anything better than sugar-soap to use?

Thanks :)

david lang

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Jan 14, 2006, 8:16:10 AM1/14/06

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Jim wrote:
> Basically these cats have p****d all over the lower walls and skirting
> board of the flat, and it initially smelt so bad that I could hardly
> breathe up there.

Have a look in Yellow Pages or Yell.com for Janitorial Supplies in your
local area. Almost all of them stock the 'Prochem' range.

What you want is a product called Prochem Odour Neutraliser, a litre bottle
is about £12 and dilutes enough to do a whole house.

This is what pro carpet cleaners use in old peoples homes....

Dave

Dave Fawthrop

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Jan 14, 2006, 8:21:59 AM1/14/06

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*biological* washing powder dissolved in water. Allow it to soak in.
Cats go to the same place every time attracted by the smell of
urine/ammonia, so getting rid of the smell discourages repeat offence.
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Jim

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Jan 14, 2006, 8:26:57 AM1/14/06

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david lang wrote:
>
> What you want is a product called Prochem Odour Neutraliser, a litre bottle
> is about £12 and dilutes enough to do a whole house.
>
> This is what pro carpet cleaners use in old peoples homes....
>
> Dave

Thanks Dave- will try and pick some up next week.

Andrew Gabriel

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Jan 14, 2006, 9:00:17 AM1/14/06

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In article <1137243934....@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,

"Jim" <camd...@hotmail.com> writes:
> The house we've moved into and are renovating used to have a
> self-contained flat on the 1st floor which was lived in by an old
> cat-loving lady who obviously had *no* sense of smell whatsoever, and

It depends on your genes if you can smell cat spray or not;
those that can find it a very strong smell, others can't smell
it at all.

OTOH, most people can smell stale urine, but that might not have
come from the cats at all.

--
Andrew Gabriel

Jim

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Jan 14, 2006, 9:04:47 AM1/14/06

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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

> OTOH, most people can smell stale urine, but that might not have
> come from the cats at all.
>
> --
> Andrew Gabriel

hehe... and there was me blaming the cats... :)

WM

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Jan 14, 2006, 11:52:07 AM1/14/06

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Strong UV light will show location of uric acid crystals. Will need
to look closely to see them.

Can be quite hard to wash away and usually needed masking with
fragrance.

http://cats.about.com/cs/cleaningmesses/tp/blacklight.htm

Mary Fisher

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Jan 14, 2006, 1:12:22 PM1/14/06

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>
> What you want is a product called Prochem Odour Neutraliser, a litre
> bottle is about £12 and dilutes enough to do a whole house.
>
> This is what pro carpet cleaners use in old peoples homes....

So why do they still smell?

I'd like something to repel our local Mog from Spouse's scooter, which it
sprays all the time. Renardine worked for a time but Puss obviously saw it
as a challenge eventually.

I'd kill it if could catch it.

Mary
>
> Dave
>

Dave Fawthrop

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Jan 14, 2006, 2:28:05 PM1/14/06

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Wash the scooter in *biological* washing powder dissolved in water.
The moggy is claiming the scooter as its property.

Dave Liquorice

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Jan 14, 2006, 3:11:07 PM1/14/06

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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:12:22 -0000, Mary Fisher wrote:

> I'd like something to repel our local Mog from Spouse's scooter,
> which it sprays all the time.

Tried a super soaker? Few blasts when ever it comes near and it'll
soon learn to avoid.
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Mary Fisher

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Jan 14, 2006, 4:37:11 PM1/14/06

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"Dave Liquorice" <new...@howhill.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:12:22 -0000, Mary Fisher wrote:
>
>> I'd like something to repel our local Mog from Spouse's scooter,
>> which it sprays all the time.
>
> Tried a super soaker? Few blasts when ever it comes near and it'll
> soon learn to avoid.

That would certainly work. But it comes in the night when I'm in the arms of
Morpheus.

That is, Spouse.

Mary

Rob Morley

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Jan 14, 2006, 5:12:36 PM1/14/06

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In article <1137243934....@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

Why not just chop out the particularly offensive plaster? Neutradol is
pretty good for dispersing pet smells.

Rob Morley

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Jan 14, 2006, 6:17:09 PM1/14/06

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In article <43c96f05$0$821$4c56...@master.news.zetnet.net>

Mary Fisher <mary....@zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "Dave Liquorice" <new...@howhill.com> wrote in message
> news:nyyfbegfubjuvyypb...@news.howhill.com...
> > On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:12:22 -0000, Mary Fisher wrote:
> >
> >> I'd like something to repel our local Mog from Spouse's scooter,
> >> which it sprays all the time.
> >
> > Tried a super soaker? Few blasts when ever it comes near and it'll
> > soon learn to avoid.
>
> That would certainly work. But it comes in the night when I'm in the arms of
> Morpheus.
>
> That is, Spouse.
>

PIR detector + electric pump + sprinkler jets = soggy moggy :-)

Dave Liquorice

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Jan 14, 2006, 7:03:59 PM1/14/06

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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:37:11 -0000, Mary Fisher wrote:

>> Tried a super soaker? Few blasts when ever it comes near and it'll
>> soon learn to avoid.
>

> That would certainly work. But it comes in the night ...

How about one of the automatic "super soakers" then?

david lang

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Jan 15, 2006, 5:27:29 AM1/15/06

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Mary Fisher wrote:
>> This is what pro carpet cleaners use in old peoples homes....
>
> So why do they still smell?

The carpet cleaners or the old peoples homes?
Dave

Chris Bacon

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Jan 15, 2006, 5:43:23 AM1/15/06

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
> [repelling cats]

> How about one of the automatic "super soakers" then?

Use a pressure washer.

Mary Fisher

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Jan 15, 2006, 7:31:52 AM1/15/06

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Also soggy bike ...

Mary

Mary Fisher

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Jan 15, 2006, 7:32:14 AM1/15/06

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Either.

Mary

> Dave
>
>

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Jan 17, 2006, 6:44:02 PM1/17/06

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Mary Fisher wrote:

and subsequently

Can anyone tell me why I can't read Dave Liquorice's posts? I only ever
see them from other's replies.

Over the years, I have had 3 versions of BTs web/news access. First one
was off peak dial up, second was dial up anytime and the one I am using
now; btopenworld broad band.
During all these years, I have never received a post on any news group
that he has posted.

I have no spam blocks in place, no kill file, nor any other selective
software that would deny me his posts.

This is just a very basic xp pro system with AVG. as the virus scanner.

I suspect that Dave is not the only one that I don't detect a post from.

Dave

ps

I used to be quite computer literate, but these days, the mere fact that
I have not plugged in a third mobo cable to an ATX mobo has had me
suspecting that it was dead. :-(

Sigh Am I getting too old whilst aproaching sixty? No, don't answer
that :-(

Dave Fawthrop

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Jan 18, 2006, 3:20:05 AM1/18/06

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On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:44:02 +0000 (UTC), Dave <dave...@btopenworld.com>
wrote:

|Can anyone tell me why I can't read Dave Liquorice's posts? I only ever
|see them from other's replies.

Probably because the method of propagation of usenet posts between
newsservers is cr*p. This sort of post appears regularly on many
newsgroups.

Change your news server to NIN, News.individual.net. It only costs 10
Euros per year and is as near perfect as you can get because it is properly
run by Berlin Free University.

Dave Fawthrop

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Jan 18, 2006, 3:56:49 AM1/18/06

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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:20:05 +0000, Dave Fawthrop
<inv...@hyphenologist.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

|On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:44:02 +0000 (UTC), Dave <dave...@btopenworld.com>
|wrote:
|
||Can anyone tell me why I can't read Dave Liquorice's posts? I only ever
||see them from other's replies.
|
|Probably because the method of propagation of usenet posts between
|newsservers is cr*p. This sort of post appears regularly on many
|newsgroups.
|
|Change your news server to NIN, News.individual.net. It only costs 10
|Euros per year and is as near perfect as you can get because it is properly
|run by Berlin Free University.

Sorry I forgot to mention that NIN has rules and sticks to them, so IMO is
a bit prissy. Read the web site carefully.

elalaouis...@gmail.com

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Oct 13, 2019, 3:58:55 AM10/13/19

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Den lördag 14 januari 2006 kl. 14:05:34 UTC+1 skrev Jim:
> The house we've moved into and are renovating used to have a
> self-contained flat on the 1st floor which was lived in by an old
> cat-loving lady who obviously had *no* sense of smell whatsoever, and
> we are guessing that she welcomed all and sundry local felines in
> regularly, since all the numerous local cats regularly try to get in.
>
> Basically these cats have p****d all over the lower walls and skirting
> board of the flat, and it initially smelt so bad that I could hardly
> breathe up there.
>
> The walls have a waist-height dado rail and anaglypta below. We've
> stripped the anaglypta back to the plaster, and scrubbed the plaster
> underneath with sugar-soap, but one patch in particular still reeks
> quite badly. I'm assuming the cat pee/spray has somehow soaked in.
>

> Can anyone suggest a method to try and de-odorise the walls? Is there
> anything better than sugar-soap to use?
>
> Thanks :)

I'm sorry for bumping this old thread, but I really feel like I have some advice to offer you - and you seemed to really need it at the time

One of my 2 cats (both neutered males) had taken to painting all of my walls, furniture, and anything else he could reach. I was horrified when I got a UV light. He never did that in all of the 9 years I've had him and didn't when I got him a buddy (they love each other and did so right away) but when a strange black cat started showing up outside both of my cats went nuts and the older one (9) started his wall painting, as well as the curtains out in the kitty room. I couldn't keep up with it.

My cats are indoor cats so it's not like the stray is actually going to get in here but they both hate him (and he is weird...my neighbor's cats hate him too). I've tried cleaning with a pet urine enzyme and then spraying some "No More Spraying" but that hasn't worked. He's a sneaky little bugger too; he waits until he thinks I'm not looking and then does it. He's learned that the minute I see him backing his butt up to something he gets yelled at.

It wasn't until I found "Cat Spraying No More" that I was able to finally get rid of this tiresome behavior.

Now my house doesn't smell like a litter box anymore :)

Here's a link the their site if you're interested in checking it out: NoMoreCatPee.com

I hope you guys don't mind me sharing this. Cheers!

Brian Gaff

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Oct 13, 2019, 4:29:40 AM10/13/19

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Are you on commission or secretly training kittens in the art of spraying
walls with urine? grin.
Brian

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Dave W

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Oct 13, 2019, 5:21:57 PM10/13/19

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On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:29:36 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
<bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Are you on commission or secretly training kittens in the art of spraying
>walls with urine? grin.
> Brian

An unknown poster who's obviously trying to sell his product.
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Oren

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Oct 13, 2019, 5:49:03 PM10/13/19

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On 10/13/2019 1:29 AM, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Are you on commission or secretly training kittens in the art of spraying
> walls with urine? grin.
> Brian
>

Brian? Do you give blumpkins?