In the first stage ureic acid produces a gas that smells like ammonia and urea salt (urea salt that has no odor when it is dry). Once all the water has evaporated, any living organisms die for lack of a hospitable environment in which to live.
In the second stage, further decomposition occurs when the urea salt is exposed to water (or water vapor) and materials containing hydrogen and sulfur, (dust mite bodies, dirt, etc.). This combination produces mercaptan gas (the same basic stuff they put in propane and natural gas to alert you to a gas leak) that smell really bad.

OdorXit works on both stages to permanently block the production of the undesirable gasses provided that OdorXit comes in direct contact with the offending materials.

Saving Wood Flooring

Getting OdorXit to the offending materials when the urine has soaked into wood flooring, or run in between the hardwood floor boards, or run under a wall is easy with OdorXit. OdorXit diluted 1 part OdorXit, 30 parts water will normally penetrate to the same areas as the urine in most cases. Click for more information .

Treating Severe and Long Term Contamination

In cases where very deep penetration has occurred through the carpet and into the flooring or concrete, over a long period time and repeated contamination, a more aggressive treatment (occasionally including some wood replacement) is required. Mixing OdorXit with carpet cleaning products containing surfactants will accelerate OdorXit's penetration into the carpet fibers, backing, wood flooring, sub-flooring and concrete.

Liquid urine has a low surface tension, which helps it soak into porous materials and cracks quickly and deeply. Mixing carpet cleaning products containing surfactants with OdorXit will accelerate its penetration significantly. Care needs to be taken when treating hardwood flooring with surfactants because the boards may warp or cup if too much liquid is applied too quickly.

Using Detergents with OdorXit

OdorXit is not effected by detergent residue or even by mixing OdorXit with detergent or other non-oxydizing cleaning products. Chlorine and oxygen bleaches however, while in their liquid form, will neutralize OdorXit and cause it to not eliminate urine odors.. If you have used bleach on the area you are treating, just let the bleach dry completely before using OdorXit.

OdorXit's compatibility with detergent makes it very affective at neutralizing urine odor after other methods have been tried and failed on wall to wall carpet, oriental carpet, concrete, fabric and clothing, leather and bedding. Normally, removing the residue from other products is not necessary for OdorXit to be successful, but there are always extreme cases (especially with carpet ) where so much "stuff" has been used that it may be necessary to remove as much of that residue as possible before using OdorXit.

Treating machine washable fabric contaminated with urine is very easy and effective.

Painted and "Sealed" Surfaces

If wood or concrete flooring has been painted, refinished, and or sealed in an attempt to "seal in" an odor, OdorXit Concentrate, which is a liquid and requires direct contact with the source of the odor, will not be able to get to where the odor is being produced without using some very aggressive techniques.

Using OdorXit Magic on "Sealed Surfaces" is very effective because it is absorbing the gas produced and does not need to come in contact with the source. It does, however, require occasionally reapplication.

Some OdorXit Concentrate users have been successful treating hardwood flooring that has been painted and/or sealed by drilling small holes between the boards and injecting OdorXit solution into areas between and under the contaminated boards. Unfortunately, this method is not applicable to plywood, OSB or concrete but we have others methods that are effective. For more information on these methods, Call our toll free help line 1-877-odorxit (1-877-636-7948). We really can help you.

Last updated September, 2009