How Pet Urine Effects Your Carpets: Carpet Cleaning Castle Rock 

The best time to clean pet urine so that it all comes out is to clean and extract it while it is still wet. Unfortunately, many pet accidents happen while the homeowner is not home and this unfortunately makes it more challenging to remove. This all has to do with pet urine and how it can alter the ph balance of your carpet.

Carpet by natural should have a neutral or slightly acidic ph level. When your pet urinates on the carpet, even thou urine is acidic as it dries it turns to an alkaline level. When urine begins to set in, this alkaline may have a negative effect on the dye in your carpet, causing a yellow discoloration. The longer the urine has remained in your carpet the higher the ph level goes up and the more difficult it will be to clean. 

Another effect of pet urine is especially of the urine salts that it creates. The crystalline structure of the urine can become embedded deep in not only the fibers but also can seep into the padding and subfloor. This makes normal steam cleaning ineffective in reversing the carpets delicate ph levels. 

 

No need to panic if you have older urine stains give TLC Carpet Care in Castle Rock a call. We have special products like our Urine Stain Remover that is peroxide based and time released so we can bleach out the yellowing without discoloring your carpet. Thus your carpets ph levels go back down to a neutral level. 

 

If you have more questions about pet urine and carpet give us a call at 720-314-0178 you can also read more info on our website at tlccarpetcare.net /  Carpet Cleaners Castle Rock