If you own a pet you know what it is to have to clean up after them.
No matter how disciplined, animals can have accidents, and when they pee, or worse, on your carpet, cleaning up can be a real pain.
Depending on what type of mess your animal has made, it's a good idea to move it to an area where it can't make the matter worse.
Taking it outside is probably best, but if it's an inside animal, someplace easily cleanable is good too, such as a linoleum floor.
Once you have your furry friend safely away, you can get started.
You should have a garbage can, paper towels, and carpet cleaner on hand.
First thing is to remove any solid matter if there is any.
Use a paper towel so you can throw it and the mess away without having to clean a cloth one later.
If it's wet, fold a towel and lay it over the mess, applying pressure to soak up what you can.
Afterward spray or apply the carpet cleaner, letting it sit for a few minutes, using a new, clean towel, applying pressure again to get the rest up, letting it air dry.
This technique should work fine on darker carpets, but if yours is light, you may need to spray the area again and let it soak longer, using a bit of elbow grease to get the stain up, but as long as you get to it quickly, it shouldn't be much of a problem.
If it's linoleum your pet made a mess on, it should be relatively easy to clean up.
The same idea applies here, use a paper towel to pick up an solids, throwing it away before spraying it with a disinfectant, using a clean towel to wipe it all up.
Now, if it's furniture your pet has made a mess on, this can be tricky.
As before remove any solid matter, throwing it out.
Soak up what you can with a folded over towel.
One thing to do before spraying a cleaner on your furniture is to test it on an out of the way spot, just to make sure it's not going to cause any discoloration on its own.
After you've tested, spray the area down thoughourly, letting it soak to do it's job, then as before use a towel to wipe it all up.
If you can, remove any fabrics that can be laundered, such as covers and pillow cases, putting them in the wash, which will make it much easier.
If after all there's still a stain, you can always flip the cushion, hoping your pet wont have a repeat performance on the other side.
No matter how disciplined, animals can have accidents, and when they pee, or worse, on your carpet, cleaning up can be a real pain.
Depending on what type of mess your animal has made, it's a good idea to move it to an area where it can't make the matter worse.
Taking it outside is probably best, but if it's an inside animal, someplace easily cleanable is good too, such as a linoleum floor.
Once you have your furry friend safely away, you can get started.
You should have a garbage can, paper towels, and carpet cleaner on hand.
First thing is to remove any solid matter if there is any.
Use a paper towel so you can throw it and the mess away without having to clean a cloth one later.
If it's wet, fold a towel and lay it over the mess, applying pressure to soak up what you can.
Afterward spray or apply the carpet cleaner, letting it sit for a few minutes, using a new, clean towel, applying pressure again to get the rest up, letting it air dry.
This technique should work fine on darker carpets, but if yours is light, you may need to spray the area again and let it soak longer, using a bit of elbow grease to get the stain up, but as long as you get to it quickly, it shouldn't be much of a problem.
If it's linoleum your pet made a mess on, it should be relatively easy to clean up.
The same idea applies here, use a paper towel to pick up an solids, throwing it away before spraying it with a disinfectant, using a clean towel to wipe it all up.
Now, if it's furniture your pet has made a mess on, this can be tricky.
As before remove any solid matter, throwing it out.
Soak up what you can with a folded over towel.
One thing to do before spraying a cleaner on your furniture is to test it on an out of the way spot, just to make sure it's not going to cause any discoloration on its own.
After you've tested, spray the area down thoughourly, letting it soak to do it's job, then as before use a towel to wipe it all up.
If you can, remove any fabrics that can be laundered, such as covers and pillow cases, putting them in the wash, which will make it much easier.
If after all there's still a stain, you can always flip the cushion, hoping your pet wont have a repeat performance on the other side.
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