Protein family: cold water first
How to get pet urine on carpet out
Soaks through to the pad. Blot hard and use an enzyme cleaner made for pets.
Do this first
Blot with towels, standing on them
Fresh stain
- Blot with towels, standing on them
- Rinse with cool water and blot
- Saturate with enzyme pet cleaner
- Let it air dry slowly
Dried or old
- Repeat enzyme cleaner
- a UV torch finds old spots
- Fabric care
- No ammonia, no steam (heat sets the smell).
- Time
- Overnight drying
- How to tell
- Look: yellow patch; Feel: damp or crisp; Smell: strong ammonia
Where this fix comes from
- Household folk practice, checked against the guides above
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.