loulou57 wrote:
Most of the odor removers out there just mask the odor with something else.
You really need to be concerned with damage done not just odor. As I said before..the sub floor and any other wooden areas that could hold urine.
I would hate for you to have a temporary fix and six months down the road realize how bad things really are.
You have looked at or talked about so many RV's, don't settle on something with an obvious issue.
If you use a good quality enzyme treatment it is very effective, but the key is you have to use as much and then some enzyme solution as the urine that created the issue so that it penetrates even into the sub floor. You also need to cover the original area and then some and leave the solution there until it has had a chance to do it's thing so to speak. The enzyme solution needs to physically mix with the dried urine residue to be effective. A lot of folk think a quick spray does the trick and that is why they have less than acceptable results.
One saving grace for odor issues/stains in a lot of carpets in RVs is that many carpets are applied over a layer of vinyl as an upgrade. What the TT manufacturer does is put vinyl down over basically the entire floor and then carpet is an option. If this is the case you shouldn't have issues with subfloor staining. You can check by looking inside cabinets or carefully pulling up an edge of carpet to see what is under it. The entire floor in our trailer except for the slide was covered in vinyl and the carpet was put in the bedroom and a section of the living room area. In fact they even put carpet in the rear pass thru which was past the bedroom evidently since that was easier to lay that slightly larger area than install in the bedroom only.
Larry
