Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - renter's dog pee soaked into the hardwood floor

should've posted here to begin with instead of the other link ...

months of spilled urine seeped into the floor.

tried bleach, didn't help

anything that will get rid of the pee smell soaked into the hardwood floor? would painting over it cover the stench?

TIA,



-MC

I can't help ya with the odor removal but, hopefully you are having the old tenants pay for their neglect?

Hang in there, a floor pro will be by shortly.

Paint the floor with Kilz primer - use two coats. Was there a covering on top of the floor, like carpet?

there was no covering and I'd be lucky to get any back rent much less have the miscreant pay for the floor.

Only after the biotch , err renter had left did I realize how badly the dog urine had spilled all over the place and "baked" into the wood flooring.

I think I'll do the kilz primer and paint on top of it but ...

would sanding it down a bit and spraying a couple cans of polyurethane do the trick? At least this way I wouldn't have to paint the entire floor.

thks for the feedback fellas



-MC

Maybe. If this is the visible floor, that certainly seems like a better option than the primer. We have carpet in all of our units, so I'm just on autopilot with this stuff: pull up the carpet, clean both sides, replace the pad, paint the floor, reinstall the carpet,....

I have no idea where to get the stuff, but I was doing a vinyl job once and a cleaning company was there treating the rest of the house for the same thing. The place reeked and I thought it was a gonner when I was in there measuring. But, three weeks later, when I went back to install, the place had absolutely no trace of odor. The cleaning guy was there and told me he'd used a product called, "Anti-Ickey-Poo". I've no idea if I've spelled it correctly, but I was amazed at how effective it was. The Kilz is very effective at sealing in odors, but it's a white product and looks like paint. Are you sure you want that on exposed wood floors?

There are urine odor removers available at pet stores, but on a solid surface I'd just seal it.

Clean it as much as you can with Natures Miracle, but don't soak it enough to cup the floor. Then clean it really good with Squeaky Clean, or ZEP, and rinse good and let it dry for a couple of days with a fan on it. Tape off the offended boards or an area, and sand with 220 sand paper. Hand sand lightly with the grain of the boards, never across grain. You just want to rough up the surface to give the finish some "tooth" to grip/adhere to. Then apply a coat or two of Parks or Zinser, Universal sealer, which is a dewaxed shellac. Let that dry and coat with Oil Modified Urethane(OMU) 2 or 3 light coats. Light coats are better then thick coats, unless you chose a waterbased, which calls for a thick coat.