OSR, Quat-A-Lot, or both?

[hanks75]

I'm treating for dog urine odor tomorrow. It's a 3x4 area where dog urinates that has produced an odor. Should i flood with osr and extract, or flood with quat-a-lot and extract? Has any tried to mix the two together?

 

[Carpet Cleaning Fool]

For EXTREME pet odors using either is like taking a knife to a gunfight. Next time try arming yourself with Dynachem OdorSolve. It's my weapon of choice!

http://www.cobbcarpet.com/dynachem.html

They also make a product called Odor Attack which is guaranteed odor removal.

 

[Warren Wallace]

I use osr and mix with odercide or quat works great...

 

[Guest]

ditto

 

[Leslie Judson Jones]

I'm treating for dog urine odor tomorrow. It's a 3x4 area where dog urinates that has produced an odor. Should i flood with osr and extract, or flood with quat-a-lot and extract? Has any tried to mix the two together?

William,


You can use Quat-A-:Lot by itself for pet stains and odor. 1 – 2 ounces to a gallon of water is all you will need. Quat-A-Lot is extremely powerful and you would have to add 4 – 8 ounces of a comparable product to match the strength. Quat will take care of the odor, but for your stain and odor, my customers are making a super brew by mixing 4 ounces of O2 pre spray with 2 ounces of Quat-A-Lot. The O2 pre spray has high disinfectant properties in and of itself. This mixture will deal with the stain and the odor. There is no concern of any bleaching of the color.

 

[Carpet Cleaning Fool]

Les,

Would you be interested in my one and only experience with quat (mint flavor)? I have to warn you though. It wasn't pretty. :-(

Nothing malicious. It just didn't work out for me. I can't say quat was the only reason I lost that big account. But, I heard so much hype about it on MB I just knew for sure it would do the trick.

Anyhow, I guess that's all I got to say about that.

 

[tim]

I mix hot osr with hydracide and quatalot. they all destroy odors in different ways. never has failed me yet

 

[Jim Williams]

I tried les's brew of O2 prespray and quat alot today on a large urine spot from a large dog and it worked great. No odor left whatsoever.

 

[Greenie]

O2 Prespray and Quat-a-lot will replace OSR.

and DD-12 in any flavor is not a replacement for the above, it's just more universal.

 

[Dan Lloyd]

Are you guys using the Judson mix like OSR, that is saturate the spot, then WaterClaw? Or do you just spray it on?
I'm guessing the mix Les gave was mixed with a gallon of water.

 

[Greenie]

Yes. JUST like OSR....let it dwell, and claw it out.

And just to be clear, urine salts should be flushed with water and clawed before the chemisitry is added, no reason to make your job more challenging than it already is.

 

[tim]

I mix OSR and quat together so I dont have to remove urine in a seperate step...time consuming

 

[Dan Lloyd]

Here are two more questions
1) How many of us run clear water and claw it out before applying the chemistry? If you do, what is your procedure and effectiveness? If you don't, what is your success in eliminating odor?

2) If you do flush with water, is there any advantage to using a vinegar mix to release the urine salts, or is that only necessary on wool?

Honestly, no matter what I try, I seem to have limited success in eliminating odor.

Thanks

 

[tim]

Dan, try my method and I think you will find no problems removing odors. I dont use vinegar as the odor is almost as bad as urine (same with odorcide). I dont flush with water, have tried that and it is very time consuming and can be problematic in wickback. I mix OSR with HOT water from my truckmount. I add Quat-a-lot(1-2 ounces per gal) and Hydracide (8 ounces per gal) and add a little masking agent like DD12 to knock down the odor immediately. I locate the urine with a blacklight and determine the extent of the damage with a moisture probe. I pour generous amounts of the mixture in the carpet and use the wand to work in into the area. I also step on the carpet several times to work it into the pad well. I allow 30 to 45 minutes dwell time and claw. I then clean the carpet as usual to take any residue up the claw might have brought. I have never had problems with this method and I do it alot!

 

[Dan Lloyd]

Thanks Tim. You are letting it dwell longer than I have. I usually did the 15-20 minutes. And just OSR. I never used that recipe.

What do you charge for all of this? Do you charge by the spot or by the gallon of solution?
Have you ever put so much solution on that it ran through the floor to the space below??

Thanks

 

[tim]

I charge $40-$50 per gallon and use it liberally. It depends on what I can get. This is on top of my cleaning charges. On older carpet, they will just replace if the bill gets too high, nicer homes or newer carpet you can even add deoderizing charge to the cleaning charge and add hydracide or dd12 and quat to the prespray for a additional benefit. I have never had any problems with using this method upstairs but I do tend to use less upstairs. If you were concerned, you could put plastic down under the pad but now you are disengaging the carpet.

I have found the secrets are: HOT water- thats why I heat it in the truckmount to well exceed 180 degrees, liberal application so that all affected areas are saturated and dwell time. I continue to clean other areas of the house and return to waterclaw and clean the affected areas last. Mix the cocktail HOT, pour in liberally (I mix at the site of the pet damage as it will foam like crazy! I stir in a 5 gallon bucket with a paint stirring stick), squeegee around the entire area, step on the affected areas, let dwell minimum of 30 minutes, waterclaw, prespray and clean, collect $$! I get more realtors with this method than any other service offered!

 

[Ron Werner]

I've found dwell time is the key with the quat, as with the above mix.
If I leave it sit for only 20 min I've had poor results, if I give it 30-40, great results.
One time at a rental a living room carpet was saturated, ie the WHOLE room. 200+sf
They were either going to replace it if I couldn't get the smell out. Mixed quat-alot at 8oz in a normal HF sprayer,plus a couple oz od DD12 lemon, sprayed it all on the carpet, worked it in, then went and cleaned the rest of the house. Got back to the LR almost an hour later, presprayed with 02, agitated more, rinsed with O2 Rinse. By this time I can't smell if its gone or not, so I pack up and leave. I call this the shotgun approach.

CLient told me later that the owner was so impressed she gave her an extra $300 back on her damage deposit.