Urine Stain Removal

Sponge urine stains with lukewarm mild soapsuds; rinse with a cloth soaked in cold water, then soak a cloth in a solution of 1 part ammonia to 5 parts water. Hold it on the stain for 1 minute and then rinse with a clean, wet cloth.

If your dog urinates on the carpet by accident don't apply disinfectant: it reacts badly with the ammonia in the urine and could leave a mark. Instead, try using a soda siphon and keep blotting the stain until dry.

To remove old urine stains from material, soak the garment for an hour in a mixture of one part hydrogen peroxide to six parts water, with a few drops of ammonia added. Launder as usual.

On washable material, cold rinse, and soak overnight in biological washing powder; then wash. If dried, soak first in dilute vinegar. On non-washable material, sponge with dilute vinegar, then sponge with clean water, and dab dry with kitchen paper towel.

Urine stain removal from a carpet: blot with paper tissues or a towel and then treat with carpet shampoo, adding 1 egg cup of vinegar to 1 pint of shampoo.