Pet Urine And Ozone Machines
I'm working on two rehabs that have sigificant pet urine and mold/mildew issues.
Both have hardwood floors on the main floor (allowing me to access the underside from the basement, if necessary).
I was planning on experimenting with a commercial ozone generator and doing shock treatments overnight, one treatment per floor/per night.
It appears that this should work great to kill living organisms, but will this work on pet urine?
And when I ask "Will it work" I mean, will it eliminate the odor for good or just cover it up for a few weeks?
Thanks!
This article by Heloise at:
http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/heloise/heloise/articles/0,,197281_290009,00.html
Should help.
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A quality ozone machine will remove/eliminate pet urine and mold/mildew. I have repeatedly used it.
Do you have any idea what kind of output your machine produces in terms or mg/hr and air flow?
Thanks very much.
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On 2004-09-19 14:00, myfrogger wrote:
A quality ozone machine will remove/eliminate pet urine and mold/mildew. I have repeatedly used it.
1,200mg/hour of activated oxygen at 350 CFM air delivery for my ozone only machine.
Ionization is also important. A needlepoint ionizer will cover a room only so you'll want something that can radiate through walls and such. There is only one company on the market that can do this because they hold the patent.
I can't give more information because I sell these units and I don't want this to be looked at as advertising.
I used an Ozone machine once and it didn't work that good.
The only thing thats works great for me is to use BIN Shellac Primer-Sealer from Zinser (oil-based KILZ is ok too). Never use anything latex based as it doesn't work. I seal everything. Floors, baseboard trim, closets, inside vents if possible, etc.
YOu have to use a large machine and cannot undersize the generator. I used to use one daily on a night club while in college and the owners dogs would pee all over the carpet. It does get rid of the odors
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Thanks.
I ordered a machine that kicks out 14,000mg/hr.
Just got it... we'll see how it works.
I would be interested in finding out how it works and the brand and cost of the machine you used. I have a property that is giving me nightmares about the smell sticking around forever and not being able to sell my property.
I ordered it from air-zone (dot com).
If it hadn't worked, I was planning to return it.
It worked PHENOMENALLY WELL.
When I would go into the basement of this nasty beast, my lungs would literally burn for 3-4 hours afterward.
'Twas the nastiest house I'd ever been in, as far as smell and pestilence.
We shocked the basement 3 or 4 times.
Contractors who'd been in the house BEFORE the treatments were AMAZED afterward at how GREAT the home smells now.
I'm not easily impressed, but this thing exceeded my expectations.
It cost a lot of money, but it was money well-spent. We'll be using it on every home we buy in the future.
Why is the EPA so anti Ozone? THey want them banned.
They're anti-ozone because ozone is harmful to your health and people are buying these things and running them all day in their homes.
Ozone machines create a sort-of equivalent to free radicals, which kill living things.
Therefore, they shouldn't be used while people are present.
It would be similar to running a mosquito fogger in your home 24/7.
The proper use of these things is to turn it on, vacate the home, and KILL anything that's living/creating a stink... NOT run them at continuous low levels.
Like most things governmental, they're either for or against a thing, rather than for the PROPER USE of the thing.
You might have received all the information you already need, but as a dog trainer in the past, I know of one other chemical that REALLY does the pet urine job well. Nature's Miracle. It uses natural enzymes, so a few days after you apply it, you might witness a smell that is even worse and stronger... but that only means that the thing is working. It takes a little more time than ozone machine, but safer for the environment, and costs a heap less.