A quat or any disinfectant may kill the bacteria that cause the odor, but unless the source is removed (the urine removed by cleaning), there are plenty more bacteria that will eventually start the decomposition of the urine again and the odor will return.
Yep, Quat-a-lot has not done anything for me in a urine situation.
Just had one today. It didn't even dent it.
So Larry do you have to flood the area with your enzyme/oxy like the other products?
I just can't bring myself to flood an area especially if it has that particle board underneath.
Is there a way to mix it and apply as a topical and just saturate an area so as not to damage the particle board?
I have done about a dozen urine jobs using the cimex as an aplicator.I think the cimex is great for delivering the product to the source.Depending on the situation i will black light it at night after dark to see what i am dealing with.I use Bridgepoints AX132UV Lantern.I first boil 1gal. of water on the stove then put it into the cimex add 6oz.of pet zone (the fizzing will fill the whole cimex tank)go put another gal. of water on the stove while the fizzing settles down.Use a long stick to stir then add 1qt.hydrocide extreme.Once the fizzing settles down go over all the piss areas several time untill you can determin the moister has gone well into the pad.Now that all the piss spots are saturated use petzone the sameway but cut the hydrocide extreme to 1half qt per gal.and sweep the whole room with the cimex to just make the fibers wet.Install lots of airmovers for atleast 24 hrs. Do a double Werner on it after it is bone dry =done. I have never had to redue and i have had the oppertunity to check on some of these jobs up to a month later. I could not ask for more.This guy guarantees odor removal.. I read the label on this product and it starts off saying proprietary ingredients I'm going to give it a shot next week since he sells it a the local disty..
http://www.phdinclean.com/urineremoval.html
Quat-a-lot works, I usually buy two or three gallons a year.Yep, Quat-a-lot has not done anything for me in a urine situation.
Just had one today. It didn't even dent it.
So Larry do you have to flood the area with your enzyme/oxy like the other products?
I just can't bring myself to flood an area especially if it has that particle board underneath.
I can see doing it when the subfloor is concrete.
Is there a way to mix it and apply as a topical and just saturate an area so as not to damage the particle board?
I know you're talking to the Cobb Meister
but how can you get to the pad (without disengaging the carpet) without saturating to the subfloor?
BTW, doesn't it take quite a bit of water for a prolonged period of time to do any real damage to OSB or plywood subfloors?
How 'bout a little help from Chavez (or other WD experts that want to weigh in on this)
Will 15 minute oxy flood and dwell followed by water claw do any real damage to OSB?? ..l.T.A.
Now, I'd also like to know the extent of damage it may do to the sub floor.