Remove Urine, Gas, and other Odorous Liquids from Tile Floor

Follow these steps to be rid of urine odors:

1. When preparation to treat bare concrete with OdorXit, clean 3 by 3 foot areas with with Spic & Span or TSP. Using a mop or sprayer, wet the area and keep it wet for 2 or 5 minutes Remove the spent cleaner with a sponge mop or wet/dry vacuum. Rinse the area with clean water several times removing the water between rinses with a mop or wet/dry vacuum. Do not flood large areas, flooding the area will make the problem more wide-spread than it is already.


2. Wait 24 hours for the concrete or grout to dry thoroughly. If you treat the cleaned area while it is still wet from cleaning, the mercaptan gas being generated by the water in the concrete will blow the OdorXit solution out of the pours of the concrete.


3. Using a clean deck sprayer with a fan spray nozzle will make your project go much smoother and the application of OdorXit much easier. Concrete responds much faster and effectively when carpet shampoo contain surfactant is added to the OdorXit/water solution. 2 or 3 parts carpet shampoo to 1 part OdorXit Concentrate to 30 water works well. The surfactants make the solution soak into the concrete much faster and deeper. Put enough solution on to keep the concrete wet for at least 10 minutes, re-spray the areas that dry out. You may notice small bubbles in the most heavily contaminated areas. This is normal and the area should be noted so that it can be re-treated the next day if necessary. Finally, when using carpet shampoo with OdorXit, make up only as much as you can use immediately because the shampoo will disable the OdorXit in about 12 hours.

Treating Carpet and Tile Glued To Concrete:

If you have urine contaminated Vinyl or asbestos tile or carpet glued to a concrete floor either in a basement or a living area it is almost always necessary to remove the tile or carpet, rubber backing and the glue to eliminate all of the odor. Multiple applications of urine will slowly penetrate the concrete under the tile, the rubber backing and glue combination of the carpet. OdorXit has to come in contact with all the urine residue left in the concrete, glue and rubber backing.

On tile floors it is often possible to determine exactly where the odors are coming from with bubble mix or gas leak detector or a mixture of dishwashing detergent and water. The water in the mixture accelerates the production of gas causing bubbles to be produced. The bubbles are formed over the joints between the tiles and over cracks in the tile. Mark or map on paper where the bubbles were produced remove and rinse the bubble mix away. Spraying the mixture mentioned above directly into the cracks or gaps where the bubbles occurred. It may take several applications of OdorXit solution over several days to eliminate all the odor. If this procedure fails the tile in the contaminated areas will need to be removed and the area treated more aggressively