my local vet recommended spraying a mix of bicarb soda + water after cleaning the area of urine to mask the smell & deter pet from returning !,this in fact causes a similar stain (my bicarb mix was a little strong i believe!) i am having very good results from your suggestion, so thanx for posting TRAININGMISFIT
Thank you for this video, we have a Victorian house that we just removed all carpets to have our boy cats now doing their business and i tried the 4 day treatment but i was a chicken so did it lightly but took me 7 days for it to lighten up to be almost exact the other boards now. Ty for such valuable information!!
Tamme Tran yea but what about the smell? My dog ruined a small section in my bedroom I had to rip up the tiles and there it was that’s my my room smelled so now I gotta figure out how to clean it plus get rid of the smell
I have used this method but it has taken daily applications over the course of1 to 2 months. When done the area was actually lighter than the surrounding area. I have white oak engineered wood.
Get the 40% w/activator from beauty salon for hair instead of wasting day after day after day then put saran wrap over it, hot damp towel then steam iron over towel to activate peroxide.
@@englishatheartooof that sounds rude, not sure if you mean to be. Lots of people use the word partner… and it’s quicker to say than significant other which, now that I’m typing it, can sound pretentious
Hi, yes I saw a video where they applied tea as a stain. Ours it light oak, darker with age but will give that a try too then ses how it is. Thank you.
I really appreciate this video. I just bought a house and the previous owner had a dog that urinated all over the hardwood oak. I will do the same method as you but with a few slight changes. - Damp cloth with Hydrogen P. On top - Plastic Cover on top of cloth to prevent the HP from evaporating too quickly. When I am done, I'll post my video too. Once again thanks a lot! To the point and most helpful video regarding this topic on youtube.
Would you be willing to post a video, even if it's just a comparison of where you treated it, vs a normal area? I'm nervous about doing this, BUT I can't leave it looking just like his BEFORE picture, either... It's REALLY obvious that my dog had bloody pee there!
hey ,if anyone else is searching for stopping cats from spraying try Cat Recovery Tactics ( cat.RecoveryTactics.com ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my work buddy got amazing results with it.
The 3% worked very slowly for me. I used creme hair developer Matrix Volume10 and still had to use several applications over a period of 3 times for 20-30 min treatments. My stains were BAD!!!!
No, that finish has opened up -- otherwise the wood would not be affected. Just dump it on there and cover it so it doesn't evaporate. Watch carefully because it can go faster toward the end of treatment.
I did this with my oak floors and it worked like a charm. When I first moved into my house, my cat was a bit nervous and urinated on the woods floors in one of the upstairs bedrooms.
Yeah you think that would work but if it's cats piss honey your in for a big surprise. Your house stinks from it. I used shellac instead of polyurethane. It dries very fast and penetrates much better.You can usually apply many coats in a day.
Hello I have 4 small dogs who sometimes pee outside the pad and it runs down my floor like a river! My question is my wood floors are old and are not finished not glossy or shiny so I dnt have black stains but it smells will this work for the smell of pee? And another question why isn’t my floor stained black? Is it because it’s not a finished floor? Because my mom only has 1 dog and her floor is stained black like in your video? But hers is finished and kinda shiny. Thanks 😊
Drain cleaners are usually lye, which does stain wood. I don't know if the peroxide will work, but it doesn't hurt to try. Worst that happens is that it only lightens the stain and you end up having to sand it ( which was likely going to happen had you not stumbled across this video)
I tried it on unsealed wooden floor and just after one application it made the stain much lighter but the area around it became lighter too so I wish I was more careful
For all cat owners - clean litter boxes daily, use unscented litter only, and if you have one cat, you should have two litter boxes, two cats = three litter boxes, four cats = five litter boxes, etc. most cats like to do number one and number two in separate boxes.
I'm jealous lol... I think if I outlive my husband (he doesn't like cats), then one day I'll get a cat again, but this time get an automatic litter box! How hard is it to change an automatic one? How often is it done?
They are the best. Mine is super easy to change, you pull out the drawer grab the bag and throw it out. I change the bag every 5 days or so... and that's with 3 cats. :)
Do you mop up the peroxide each time you use it or do you add more every time? I have a small dog that pee on the carpet rug. The urine has stained my spotted gum wooden floor. Urine forms crystals that cause the bad odour.
I let it sit but I was careful to apply to only the dark areas. Mop up anything that gets outside your affected area otherwise it might lighten the surrounding stain.
If the wood is flaking off then its damaged, better of just getting those boards replaced. My floors were new so the effected area was the top layer. The peroxide allows you to lighten the spot without having to resand and stain. It won't fix bad wood.
Hi, I've had the same problem in three area. The first one noticed was black. I cleaned with white vinegar and baking Soda first. It took a little out then use 12% hydrogen peroxide which took about three coats. Now bleached parts white. However it works well.
the HP is likely going to lighten the tannins in the wood, so darker stains will have a greater degree of lightening as a result of the application. In my situation I had straight poly application with no staining, so there wasn't a drastic change. As the HP isn't damaging the woods integrity, you could always restain the board(s) if there is significant lightening.
I'm about to try the HP idea. My dog got out of her area while we were gone. She's sick, so when she broke housetraining, she did so with bloody urine. Floor now quite dark, MUCH like video... Would you recommend that I apply HP, giving it a couple days in between, to prevent it getting too light? If it does, should I use a small can of stain, or should I try tea bags?
Jennifer W the HP affects the very top layer of the wood. I think of this as an alternative to sanding, a quick way to rectify the darkening tannins that got damaged by the uric acid. I can't answer if other methods will work better but if you do go with the HP, be patient with the process.
@@stacystec what do I use to restain? The trick worked. But the wood stain has been damaged. I just need to retain the area now....after the cleaning part.
@@randymulder9105 Mine was just straight poly finish, if you have a stained finish you'll need to take picture of an adjacent board and head down to the hardware store and try to color match the stain and just re-apply. If its just a poly surface, a new coat of poly should do the trick. I didn't need it on mine. I mentioned this to another commentor and I'll share it with you: On stained floors you may want to just sand down the effected area and skip using the peroxide. There are so many stain varieties that it is difficult to anticipate if the peroxide will help. This peroxide tactic is a a quick fix when you are dealing with lightly stained, variable or unfinished floors. Anything else is a crap shoot on getting the stain back to its original hue without re-staining.
Yeah, we let it sit. The idea is to let the peroxide soak a bit just like the urine did. I've seen some people soak rags first and then lay them on the effected area - this way it doesn't evaporate easily.
My floors had a fresh coat of poly and this technique worked without harming the finish. I didn't test across different brands or different types of varnishes { such as lindseed oil) - I would say try it over a week and see if you see a change.If it doesn't you might have to sand. I tried the technique in this video because I didnt want to sand a newly installed floor. If your floor was stained - don't use this technique. The whole point of using the peroxide is to lighten the tannin made by urine.Stained wood won't return to its natural color.
TRAININGMISFIT hey! Thank u! I've started the process on Saturday with a 3% HP without sanding the floor. It didn't work, so I changed to a 30% one on Sunday and is getting so much better. It's not perfect yet, but it's almost there. I would like to show u the pictures and also say thank u for this video, it helped me a lot. I was getting insane about it.
Just discovered my Siberian huskies little secret on my throw rug… pulled the rug back and my floors which are just like yours had the exact black urine stand about the same size…..”Bad Girl”
Provided it’s a poly finish, the peroxide shouldn’t have changed it shine. Can’t speak to other types of varnishes/finishing agents. If you did some scrubbing, it’s possible to remove some of the luster. There are spray-on poly brands that you can get at a hardware store if the luster is gone, just spray - sand (with fine grade) repeat until it’s even. Slow process that should take a few days - always follow directions about dry times with poly products.
There are a few factors in cures for cat spraying. One place I discovered which succeeds in merging these is the Spray Crusher Tactic (check it out on google) it's the most incredible blueprint i've seen. Check out all the awesome info .
What! That didn't work. Is there something wrong with your eye. I had a similar situation however, mine was much worst. The urine from my cats pissing nightmare situation saturated the wood floor and the 2 by 4 at the base of the floor.. To make things even worst it migrated into the dry wall about 1/3rd up from bottom and the substrate floor as well. The smell was vile and putrid. I mean I had to wear my respirator doing this entire process or I would vomit from the odor. All this being said it came down to 2 choices. 1 rip out the floor? No, that was a big job or. 2 cover and seal the flooring and smell. After sometime trying to find a answer I came across some info on line. Figured it can't hurt. I followed the lead and started the fixing process. Using shellac I began covering the entire area that was soaked with piss. The reason for this is shellac penetrates faster and dries much faster. This allows for a several coat application in a day. I covered the entire 2x4 base and sub floor 8 times. I then proceeded to fix the dry wall and then remove the wood floor so I could and lay the marble tile down. It came out great but the best part is that i can't smell the gross cat urine never smell again. Getting rid of two of my cats at the time helped a lot as well. Hope this helps someone out there dealing with this issue.
I don't have pets but suddenly within a week my floor under a fruit trolley became like this I tried everything nothing working any other ideas ? Would damp look like that but guess Would not appear suddenly right ? So annoyed with the discolouration 😡
Not sure what caused your situation. if the HP doesn't work, sanding it will ( of course you have to poly as well). The HP is worth a go, sanding is the solution when all else fails. Likely just surface effected.
If you have a cat, they pee in their litter box..there really is no reason one should have damage to their hardwood if you put a pad or liner down under the litter box. It's the dog pee that ruin hardwood floors..Dogs pee on carpets that soak through to hardwood or pee on hardwood itself. There is no excuse for damaged hardwoods with cats if you used a plastic litter box, pads, liners etc..
If you ever see the show "My Cat From Hell" or google "why cats spray", you'll find that cats will pee outside their litter box for several reasons.... anxiety, illness, marking their territory or a dirty litterbox just to name a few.
No, that finish has opened up -- otherwise the wood would not be affected. Just dump it on there and cover it so it doesn't evaporate. Watch carefully because it can go faster toward the end of treatment.
These are wood stained floors right? Would the stain be damaged in any kind of process like this? My mom is freaking out, “they’re going to have to sand it.. we have to get a whole new floor!” Ahhhh!!! Help🥺
You should be careful with dark stains because the peroxide will lighten it. If I had a dark stained floor, I'd go straight to sanding the boards with the spot and trying to find a stain match at the local hardware store. My floors had a poly finish.
I just read a post from The Boston Globe that I saved from fall of 2001 in Handyman on Call column. He used Coca Cola and said it lifted the stain right up. Have not had to try this myself but thought I would share
I'm curious too, if you or someone reading this does get a chance to test it, let us know! I would test it myself but out cat is in kitty heaven now. I think the active ingredient would be the sulfuric acid (it reacts with the sodium bicarbonate to make the bubbles). Concerned about the coloring though.
why not just use a decent stripper, lightly sand the outside edges where the old stain will meet up the new stain and just apply a new coat. lol such a small area. just go with the grain.
yeah so what. it's a 12x12 stain. why wait 4 days for couple shades lighter. ad long as you match up the stain it will blend perfect. stripper works instantly. most certainly not brain science.
@@Michael-vg1fj ...because I was trying a different low-effort approach to see if it could work. At the time I made this, sanding was all over youtube. I have sanders. I have poly. I could have done what everyone else did and chances are no one would have cared or given two shits about the results. I tried something different.
SCOE 10X is the best product for eliminating pet odors. Read the reviews. I have used it for years and no other product comes even remotely close to its effectiveness. I have tried them all.
@@jen_217_ At the time I was referring to SCOE 10X for pet odors. There were comments here about how to get rid of pet odors. Trying to get the word out about this fabulous product. It works on just about any surface. It uses probiotics on all three components of any biological or organic odor or stain. So it's worth trying for stains as well! It will eliminate skunk odors! Good luck everyone!
+Kristina blank There are many factors in treatments for cat spraying. One resource I discovered that successfully combines these is the Spray Crusher Tactic (check it out on google) it's the best guide that I have ever seen. look at all the interesting information .
Yeah, before watching this video I'd already read to be careful with provide, that it can bleach the floors. It's really important to do this gradually and only where it is dark!
Luba, my floor is over 100 years old -- and ruined less than two months after moving in here! Would I be able to replace an area about the same size as this? How much would it cost? Where would I find the wood flooring? I need help; I've Never dealt with wood flooring before!
Thanks for this video!!! I dealt with this on my rental properties! I learned!!!!
my local vet recommended spraying a mix of bicarb soda + water after cleaning the area of urine to mask the smell & deter pet from returning !,this in fact causes a similar stain (my bicarb mix was a little strong i believe!) i am having very good results from your suggestion, so thanx for posting TRAININGMISFIT
It worked on my floor. I sprayed the Hydrogen Peroxide directly it took about 2 weeks for the stains to be eliminated. Very good method.
Thank you for this video, we have a Victorian house that we just removed all carpets to have our boy cats now doing their business and i tried the 4 day treatment but i was a chicken so did it lightly but took me 7 days for it to lighten up to be almost exact the other boards now. Ty for such valuable information!!
Same renovations with animals and kids. Everyone is getting remodeled and retrained
I tried this and it worked!! Took about 4-5 days. I covered the spot with a HP 3% soaked rag. The stain pretty much disappeared! Thank you.
Tamme Tran do you have pictures?
Tamme Tran yea but what about the smell? My dog ruined a small section in my bedroom I had to rip up the tiles and there it was that’s my my room smelled so now I gotta figure out how to clean it plus get rid of the smell
Can you do an update on this spot? Would like to see what it turns out to look like
I have used this method but it has taken daily applications over the course of1 to 2 months. When done the area was actually lighter than the surrounding area. I have white oak engineered wood.
Get the 40% w/activator from beauty salon for hair instead of wasting day after day after day then put saran wrap over it, hot damp towel then steam iron over towel to activate peroxide.
Perhaps you should give credit where it's due to the person who originally came up with this: th-cam.com/video/nh_TZWWK9fs/w-d-xo.html
@Savetime Mann Your comment is possibly one of the longest I've read on YT as of yet. You might want to change your name to @Takemytime Mann
@Savetime Mann LOL..LOL..love it. 👍. That's why mine is 'go with the Flo(w)'. I need to be reminded of that every day.
Take care 🙂
Thank you, you've been a great help. My partner was really against using HP but after using it he was as impressed as me 👍
Significant other* Don't be pretentious.
@@englishatheartooof that sounds rude, not sure if you mean to be. Lots of people use the word partner… and it’s quicker to say than significant other which, now that I’m typing it, can sound pretentious
Hi, yes I saw a video where they applied tea as a stain. Ours it light oak, darker with age but will give that a try too then ses how it is. Thank you.
I really appreciate this video. I just bought a house and the previous owner had a dog that urinated all over the hardwood oak. I will do the same method as you but with a few slight changes.
- Damp cloth with Hydrogen P. On top
- Plastic Cover on top of cloth to prevent the HP from evaporating too quickly.
When I am done, I'll post my video too.
Once again thanks a lot! To the point and most helpful video regarding this topic on youtube.
+Happi Fix did it work for you? considering your urine stains were maybe older? we're in the same situation.
+Skyler Daniel yes it did. mine was light oak so it worked very well
Would you be willing to post a video, even if it's just a comparison of where you treated it, vs a normal area? I'm nervous about doing this, BUT I can't leave it looking just like his BEFORE picture, either... It's REALLY obvious that my dog had bloody pee there!
I also used a cloth on the recommendation of my floor guy. It got out the stain so it was removed just by sanding to refinish
I Need your video please. My dog has killed my floors and we need to resell the house soon!
I have that same dark spot inside the closet where I kept the kitty litter. I'm definitely giving this a shot. Big thanks.
did this help at all?
Thank you for this. I was actually thinking about this and now that I see it works I will go for it. 😉👍
3% didn't work for me, then I tried 35% and it worked in just 2 applications.
There's 35%?
The Loobis food grade is 35%, mostly found in the food industry. Restaurants, bakery ‘s , food processing facilities...
The Loobis or you can go to hair stores like Sally’s
hey ,if anyone else is searching for stopping cats from spraying try Cat Recovery Tactics ( cat.RecoveryTactics.com ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my work buddy got amazing results with it.
The 3% worked very slowly for me. I used creme hair developer Matrix Volume10 and still had to use several applications over a period of 3 times for 20-30 min treatments. My stains were BAD!!!!
Have you ever tried Oxalic Acid? It's pretty common with furniture restorers.
It looks like you applied this over the existing finish? You don't have to remove the finish first? Would this work with older stains?
No, that finish has opened up -- otherwise the wood would not be affected. Just dump it on there and cover it so it doesn't evaporate. Watch carefully because it can go faster toward the end of treatment.
I did this with my oak floors and it worked like a charm. When I first moved into my house, my cat was a bit nervous and urinated on the woods floors in one of the upstairs bedrooms.
Same story here, seems like my cat didn't appreciate how much that flooring costs!
Great video, going to start the process tonight!
Matthew Albright it dose not work just ruens my flor
+Kristina blank if you had to try this solution your floor was already ruined
+Kristina blank What type of hardwood floors do you have?
Thank you, I’m trying this today.
Good tried, but if you live in the metropolitan area of New York , I can sand it and poly (refinishing) for few bucks
Hello, can you help me out? I have a similar problem and I'm in metro area. Please I'm out of desperation. Thank you!
Hi. I live in Metro as well. Can you help me out? thx
Yeah you think that would work but if it's cats piss honey your in for a big surprise. Your house stinks from it. I used shellac instead of polyurethane. It dries very fast and penetrates much better.You can usually apply many coats in a day.
Looks good, I'm going to try it.
stacystec what enzyme cleaners did you use on the carpets that gave you good results?
Natures Miracle Advanced Formula
Hello I have 4 small dogs who sometimes pee outside the pad and it runs down my floor like a river! My question is my wood floors are old and are not finished not glossy or shiny so I dnt have black stains but it smells will this work for the smell of pee? And another question why isn’t my floor stained black? Is it because it’s not a finished floor? Because my mom only has 1 dog and her floor is stained black like in your video? But hers is finished and kinda shiny. Thanks 😊
Maybe layers n layers of wax?
Hi, I stained my wooden floor with some drain cleaner, would hydrogen peroxide help in this case?
Drain cleaners are usually lye, which does stain wood. I don't know if the peroxide will work, but it doesn't hurt to try. Worst that happens is that it only lightens the stain and you end up having to sand it ( which was likely going to happen had you not stumbled across this video)
@@stacystec No, HP works. Use gloves or you will have WHITE HANDS. I kid you not!
I tried it on unsealed wooden floor and just after one application it made the stain much lighter but the area around it became lighter too so I wish I was more careful
This happened to me, solved one problem and created another one :(
have you ever tried rubbing alcohol on the stain after applying the peroxide?
I'm uncertain if isopropyl alcohol will damage the wood so I haven't really tried it.
IS this wood sealed or unsealed?
the worst thing is when urin dries it doesnt actually dry it becomes gummy so its even harder to clean! But good video!
I bought today I spray on hardwood waiting for result thank you for sharing video
For all cat owners - clean litter boxes daily, use unscented litter only, and if you have one cat, you should have two litter boxes, two cats = three litter boxes, four cats = five litter boxes, etc. most cats like to do number one and number two in separate boxes.
or get an automatic litter box like I have for my 3 cats. Best money I ever spent.
Clay for number 1 and pellets for number 2
Works great
I'm jealous lol... I think if I outlive my husband (he doesn't like cats), then one day I'll get a cat again, but this time get an automatic litter box!
How hard is it to change an automatic one? How often is it done?
They are the best. Mine is super easy to change, you pull out the drawer grab the bag and throw it out. I change the bag every 5 days or so... and that's with 3 cats. :)
OMG can you please tell me what automatic cleaner and where to get it??? I'm dying over here with two cats.
how long is each treatment...how long do you leave it on? Or do you just let it dry in place?
Dry in place although some have used a soaked rag to extend exposure. I live in a humid climate so evaporation is slow.
Good method. Thank You.
I did this and I think I just made the floor even worse because now it’s this yellowish color, someone please help
seems 2 b working!!! fingers crossed
Do you mop up the peroxide each time you use it or do you add more every time? I have a small dog that pee on the carpet rug. The urine has stained my spotted gum wooden floor. Urine forms crystals that cause the bad odour.
I let it sit but I was careful to apply to only the dark areas. Mop up anything that gets outside your affected area otherwise it might lighten the surrounding stain.
Dose this work with just water ?
My dog is a sloppy drinker and splashes water everywhere .
On stains ~ I'm assuming you mean water stains, so yes.
Try a large placemat or buy a larger piece of vinyl flooring to put under their bowl. Measure the splash zone! Lol
The sound on this video was really lousy......could hardly hear it and volume was up all the way
I'm researching treating cat spraying at home and discovered an awesome website at Makale cat cure (check it out on google)
I just bought some resolve urine remover from Lowe's and it did pretty good. I still have more to go but the first application was pretty impressive.
Humility Before Honor Smk what are the ingredients in it?
What's product called?
@@mattmullucey1105 he said Resolve.
does this really work my floor look like this but the some parts the wood coming up
If the wood is flaking off then its damaged, better of just getting those boards replaced. My floors were new so the effected area was the top layer. The peroxide allows you to lighten the spot without having to resand and stain. It won't fix bad wood.
ohh thanks for the info.
Hi, I've had the same problem in three area. The first one noticed was black. I cleaned with white vinegar and baking Soda first. It took a little out then use 12% hydrogen peroxide which took about three coats. Now bleached parts white. However it works well.
the HP is likely going to lighten the tannins in the wood, so darker stains will have a greater degree of lightening as a result of the application. In my situation I had straight poly application with no staining, so there wasn't a drastic change. As the HP isn't damaging the woods integrity, you could always restain the board(s) if there is significant lightening.
I'm about to try the HP idea. My dog got out of her area while we were gone. She's sick, so when she broke housetraining, she did so with bloody urine. Floor now quite dark, MUCH like video...
Would you recommend that I apply HP, giving it a couple days in between, to prevent it getting too light? If it does, should I use a small can of stain, or should I try tea bags?
Jennifer W the HP affects the very top layer of the wood. I think of this as an alternative to sanding, a quick way to rectify the darkening tannins that got damaged by the uric acid. I can't answer if other methods will work better but if you do go with the HP, be patient with the process.
@@stacystec what do I use to restain? The trick worked. But the wood stain has been damaged. I just need to retain the area now....after the cleaning part.
@@randymulder9105 Mine was just straight poly finish, if you have a stained finish you'll need to take picture of an adjacent board and head down to the hardware store and try to color match the stain and just re-apply. If its just a poly surface, a new coat of poly should do the trick. I didn't need it on mine. I mentioned this to another commentor and I'll share it with you: On stained floors you may want to just sand down the effected area and skip using the peroxide. There are so many stain varieties that it is difficult to anticipate if the peroxide will help. This peroxide tactic is a a quick fix when you are dealing with lightly stained, variable or unfinished floors. Anything else is a crap shoot on getting the stain back to its original hue without re-staining.
Dude, you need a spray bottle and a scrub brush.
Hi, did you LEAVE each application on for the day? Just let it sit until the next day? Thanks
Yeah, we let it sit. The idea is to let the peroxide soak a bit just like the urine did. I've seen some people soak rags first and then lay them on the effected area - this way it doesn't evaporate easily.
would of been nice if you showed how you actually applied the hydrogen peroxide
It takes a lot of soaking after soaking for it to disappear
My floor is varnished and I don't want to sand it. Do you think this method is going to work?
My floors had a fresh coat of poly and this technique worked without harming the finish. I didn't test across different brands or different types of varnishes { such as lindseed oil) - I would say try it over a week and see if you see a change.If it doesn't you might have to sand. I tried the technique in this video because I didnt want to sand a newly installed floor.
If your floor was stained - don't use this technique. The whole point of using the peroxide is to lighten the tannin made by urine.Stained wood won't return to its natural color.
TRAININGMISFIT hey! Thank u! I've started the process on Saturday with a 3% HP without sanding the floor. It didn't work, so I changed to a 30% one on Sunday and is getting so much better. It's not perfect yet, but it's almost there. I would like to show u the pictures and also say thank u for this video, it helped me a lot. I was getting insane about it.
Do u have an email where I can show you the pictures ? It's unbelievable
Just discovered my Siberian huskies little secret on my throw rug… pulled the rug back and my floors which are just like yours had the exact black urine stand about the same size…..”Bad Girl”
The floor did not return to it's original state.
There’s a stain like this in my room because of my dog! I gotta clean it fast before my dad sees it!!
Looks like it also bleaches the wood color :(
This works my mother-in-law showed me and I have showed a customer who turned out to be a good friend but decided to replace the floor in any way
Will the floor need to be refinished? What do I do to restore the shine?
Provided it’s a poly finish, the peroxide shouldn’t have changed it shine. Can’t speak to other types of varnishes/finishing agents. If you did some scrubbing, it’s possible to remove some of the luster. There are spray-on poly brands that you can get at a hardware store if the luster is gone, just spray - sand (with fine grade) repeat until it’s even. Slow process that should take a few days - always follow directions about dry times with poly products.
@@stacystec Thank you so much!
How did it get through the finish?
What about the smell? What did u use to remove the smell?!?!
I used Nature's Miracle pet enzyme cleaner - works well on both cats and dogs.
Where do you purchase that kind of peroxide ?
Most pharmacies carry this type of peroxide. The brand doesn’t really matter.
Cats are wonderful creatures.
Does this get rid of the smell??
Yes, but I would recommend using enzyme based carpet cleaners if you think the urine got under the floorboards.
Does the pee smell?
Thank you; unfortunately I cannot hear what you are saying.
turn volume up!
Damn annoying guitar but glad it worked
So you go from having a dark stain to having a bleached stain
didn't work on my floor
You have to lay it on a paper towel and let it dry or it won't work.
Sorry, though it's much better, it still looks pretty bad.
Did the cat have an UTI?
Not a UTI, think his age was catching up with him. He passed not long after we made this.
There are a few factors in cures for cat spraying. One place I discovered which succeeds in merging these is the Spray Crusher Tactic (check it out on google) it's the most incredible blueprint i've seen. Check out all the awesome info .
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What! That didn't work. Is there something wrong with your eye. I had a similar situation however, mine was much worst. The urine from my cats pissing nightmare situation saturated the wood floor and the 2 by 4 at the base of the floor.. To make things even worst it migrated into the dry wall about 1/3rd up from bottom and the substrate floor as well. The smell was vile and putrid. I mean I had to wear my respirator doing this entire process or I would vomit from the odor. All this being said it came down to 2 choices. 1 rip out the floor? No, that was a big job or. 2 cover and seal the flooring and smell. After sometime trying to find a answer I came across some info on line. Figured it can't hurt. I followed the lead and started the fixing process. Using shellac I began covering the entire area that was soaked with piss. The reason for this is shellac penetrates faster and dries much faster. This allows for a several coat application in a day. I covered the entire 2x4 base and sub floor 8 times. I then proceeded to fix the dry wall and then remove the wood floor so I could and lay the marble tile down. It came out great but the best part is that i can't smell the gross cat urine never smell again. Getting rid of two of my cats at the time helped a lot as well. Hope this helps someone out there dealing with this issue.
WHAT IS A BUSH? i HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS FOR A CLEANING TOOL.. THANKS
Charlene Anderson - it think they meant "brush" and it was a simple typo.
I don't have pets but suddenly within a week my floor under a fruit trolley became like this I tried everything nothing working any other ideas ? Would damp look like that but guess Would not appear suddenly right ? So annoyed with the discolouration 😡
Not sure what caused your situation. if the HP doesn't work, sanding it will ( of course you have to poly as well). The HP is worth a go, sanding is the solution when all else fails. Likely just surface effected.
2,1/4”x3/4” red oak
i think it would have worked much better if you sand the area.
Dionne Coleman no
lifesaver!!! omg this workedd
Outstanding
You have to soak a cloth put plastic over it.
If you have a cat, they pee in their litter box..there really is no reason one should have damage to their hardwood if you put a pad or liner down under the litter box. It's the dog pee that ruin hardwood floors..Dogs pee on carpets that soak through to hardwood or pee on hardwood itself. There is no excuse for damaged hardwoods with cats if you used a plastic litter box, pads, liners etc..
You obviously don't know much about cats, Joe. We are all here because we have hardwood floors, cats AND plastic litter boxes, pads, liners, etc.
Moi Absolutely!
If you ever see the show "My Cat From Hell" or google "why cats spray", you'll find that cats will pee outside their litter box for several reasons.... anxiety, illness, marking their territory or a dirty litterbox just to name a few.
I see a lady on youtube use hair bleach it doesnt take that long it looked very good
It’s like you filmed at my house, all my floors look like that 😭😭😭🐕
Your concentration is probably low. I started with 30% HP but not sure if you can get this any more. But you can get 10%. Takes longer. USE GLOVES!
No, that finish has opened up -- otherwise the wood would not be affected. Just dump it on there and cover it so it doesn't evaporate. Watch carefully because it can go faster toward the end of treatment.
Jeep spraying until the dark board is light!
Well that didn’t work at all. So how is this a how to video????
Who loves megs his cild
Tastes great
Can't notice anymore? Interesting
This did not work for me
It’s red oak
0:38 I plan on using a bush.. :)
Yeah it was my first video, editors weren't in the budget!
You still had better editing than most instructional booklets. Thanks for posting.
celticslimjim WHAT IS A BUSH? i HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS FOR CLEANING TOOL.
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These are wood stained floors right? Would the stain be damaged in any kind of process like this? My mom is freaking out, “they’re going to have to sand it.. we have to get a whole new floor!” Ahhhh!!! Help🥺
You should be careful with dark stains because the peroxide will lighten it. If I had a dark stained floor, I'd go straight to sanding the boards with the spot and trying to find a stain match at the local hardware store. My floors had a poly finish.
👀👂🏾👂🏾👂🏾 anybody else barely hear it, or is it just me?
Wow ! Awesome !
I just read a post from The Boston Globe that I saved from fall of 2001 in Handyman on Call column. He used Coca Cola and said it lifted the stain right up. Have not had to try this myself but thought I would share
I'm curious too, if you or someone reading this does get a chance to test it, let us know! I would test it myself but out cat is in kitty heaven now.
I think the active ingredient would be the sulfuric acid (it reacts with the sodium bicarbonate to make the bubbles). Concerned about the coloring though.
Stacy, there's no sulfuric acid in Coca Cola. The acid is phosphoric, but it is not a bleach.
I recommend removing the wood and put new one it would probably take like 30 minutes to replace it and refinish it !
Miguel Espinoza yes but it costs more that way
That first day should not have counted 🤣
Just use cat litter it'll soak all of it up in 1 hour!!!
why not just use a decent stripper, lightly sand the outside edges where the old stain will meet up the new stain and just apply a new coat. lol such a small area. just go with the grain.
.... because it was a brand new floor. Or to put it another way, why should I sand a brand new floor if I can try an alternative first?
yeah so what. it's a 12x12 stain. why wait 4 days for couple shades lighter. ad long as you match up the stain it will blend perfect. stripper works instantly. most certainly not brain science.
@@Michael-vg1fj ...because I was trying a different low-effort approach to see if it could work. At the time I made this, sanding was all over youtube. I have sanders. I have poly. I could have done what everyone else did and chances are no one would have cared or given two shits about the results. I tried something different.
SCOE 10X is the best product for eliminating pet odors. Read the reviews. I have used it for years and no other product comes even remotely close to its effectiveness. I have tried them all.
Pet odor or stains on hard wood floors?
@@jen_217_ At the time I was referring to SCOE 10X for pet odors. There were comments here about how to get rid of pet odors. Trying to get the word out about this fabulous product. It works on just about any surface. It uses probiotics on all three components of any biological or organic odor or stain. So it's worth trying for stains as well! It will eliminate skunk odors! Good luck everyone!
You intro is blasting loud and you are so quiet
that sucks all it did was ruen my flor
What happened?
it took all he coler of my folr
I didn't want to be TOO critical..
+Kristina blank There are many factors in treatments for cat spraying. One resource I discovered that successfully combines these is the Spray Crusher Tactic (check it out on google) it's the best guide that I have ever seen. look at all the interesting information .
Yeah, before watching this video I'd already read to be careful with provide, that it can bleach the floors. It's really important to do this gradually and only where it is dark!
super gross
lol
gross
Check how I did my hardwood floors
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Dude I can cut that out replace wood and finish it in one afternoon stop wasting time playing.
+Danny Diet Total time spent applying the spray has your afternoon beat by a few hours and a few dollars...
Not if your floor is veneer and you can no longer get replacement flooring.
Luba, my floor is over 100 years old -- and ruined less than two months after moving in here! Would I be able to replace an area about the same size as this? How much would it cost? Where would I find the wood flooring? I need help; I've Never dealt with wood flooring before!