How To Get Cat Pee Smell Out Of Clothes
If you’ve ever had a cat pee on your clothes, you know how difficult it can be to remove the stain. Cat pee is actually one of the most difficult stains to remove from clothing because it contains ammonia and urea, both of which are proteins that make it harder for detergents to break down. To make matters worse, felines aren’t always discreet when they mark their territory—meaning you might have more than one spot on an item of clothing that needs attention! Thankfully, there are several ways to get rid of these pesky smells. The first step is recognizing what went wrong in the first place:
Before you wash
Before you wash your clothes, you need to blot the stain with a paper towel. If the stain is still there, put the clothing in the freezer for 24 hours. If it’s still there after that, put it in direct sunlight for as long as possible. Once all of these steps are completed, give your clothes another blotting with a paper towel and then wash them as usual with detergent and water.
Subsection: Wash them in hot water and add a little extra detergent.
If your cat has urinated on your clothes, you’ll want to wash them in hot water and add a little extra detergent. You can also try putting them in the sun to dry or soaking them in white vinegar and lemon juice overnight. If all else fails, there are several cleaning products on the market that will help remove urine smells from fabric. These may include OxiClean™ or other hydrogen peroxide-based products; baking soda; vinegar; or laundry soap with enzyme action designed specifically for removing pet odors from fabrics.
Subsection: If that doesn’t work, try putting them in the sun to dry.
If that doesn’t work, try putting them in the sun to dry. Sunlight will kill any bacteria that’s present and help get rid of the smell. You can either hang them outside using a clothesline or lay them on an old towel in your yard and let the sun do its thing. If you have no access to sunlight, then a UV light will also work—just make sure it’s strong enough to penetrate deeply into your clothing.
Subsection: If that still doesn’t do the trick, soak them in white vinegar and lemon juice overnight.
Another way to remove the smell from your clothes is to soak them in white vinegar and lemon juice. If you plan on doing this, make sure that you only use white vinegar on natural fibers (cotton, rayon, linen). Do not use vinegar on colored clothing or wool. Also be mindful of what type of fabric your shirt is made out of; if it’s silk or leather, then don’t use vinegar at all.
After determining whether or not you can safely put your shirt into a solution with lemon juice and vinegar (you may need to test a small area first), pour half a cup each in with your stained clothes before tossing them into the washing machine with detergent as usual. Let them soak overnight before rinsing thoroughly
After you wash
Once you’ve washed the clothes and they’re dry, you can try some other methods to get rid of any remaining cat pee smell.
- Put the clothes in direct sunlight. This will help neutralize any lingering odors.
- Soak them in white vinegar or lemon juice overnight to remove the smell from your clothing. The acidity level helps break down some of the odor molecules and neutralize them so they won’t be as noticeable when you wear your stained clothing again. Just make sure that you use enough vinegar or lemon juice! If it feels like it’s not wet enough when you put this mixture into your washing machine, add more liquid until all pieces of clothing are covered by at least one inch of liquid (but not so much that there’s standing water). Don’t worry if a little bit spills out onto your floor—just wipe it up as soon as possible so that it doesn’t stain anything else in your house!
- Wash again—if neither method works for removing odors from cats’ pee on clothes after drying time has passed, then wash those items one more time using a commercial stain remover like Shout Gel Stain Remover Spray . For best results on how-to get rid of cat urine smell from fabrics without ruining fabric integrity while doing so: Use hot water before adding detergent; don’t use bleach because it breaks down fibers over time; add extra rinse cycles afterward
Subsection: Dry in direct sunlight.
The next thing you have to do is dry your clothes in direct sunlight. Sunlight is an effective way of removing odors and stains, as it’s a natural bleaching agent. This means that any odor-causing bacteria on the clothes will be destroyed by ultraviolet radiation from the sun. After drying, if the smell remains, repeat steps 1 through 3 again until it’s gone!
Subsection: If that doesn’t work, soak them in white vinegar and lemon juice, then put them in the sun to dry.
If your clothes are dry, soak them in a solution of white vinegar and lemon juice. Let them sit for an hour or so. Then rinse the clothes with water and put them outside to dry in the sun. The combination of vinegar, lemon juice and sunlight is a very effective cleanser. The acids in the lemon juice will remove odors from your clothing while also acting as a natural fabric softener. It’s also an excellent stain remover, it can be used as a bleach substitute (and unlike chlorine bleach, it won’t harm color fabrics), plus it has antiseptic properties that will kill bacteria on contact!
Cat pee stains can be difficult to get out of clothes
Cat pee stains are difficult to remove from clothes. Cat urine is acidic and contains a lot of uric acid, which can cause permanent damage to the fabric or even make it disintegrate. Cat pee can be much harder to get out than dog pee, or even human urine!
There you have it! These tips should help get rid of that stubborn cat urine smell from your clothes. If the stain is still there after all your efforts, try using a commercial stain remover instead. Remember that the sooner you treat your clothing, the better chance they will have at coming clean again.
