Date:         Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:49:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Brian Walch <bwalch@RESDAT.COM>
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From:         Brian Walch <bwalch@RESDAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rodent smell
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I have used a product that I obtained at a carpet cleaning store. It uses
live bacteria and is specifically designed for pet odors. I have used it on
cat urine and it has worked great. It may help you get at hard to reach
spots...

Brian


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   drc11 [mailto:drc11@EMAIL.MSN.COM]
                Sent:   Thursday, June 03, 1999 2:18 PM
                To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
                Subject:        Re: Rodent smell

                You have a real problem here.  Mice urine is the worst.  I
had this problem
                with an oven in a rental!!  We took the oven apart, replaced
all the
                insullation and washed it down in and out and ended up
throwing it out and
                buying a new one.  Next we had stuffed furniture in storage
and the
                squirrels got in and not only tore some of it up, but
deficated all over
                everything.  I salvaged a couch and love seat by taking them
into a
                professional cleaning place I trusted.  That worked, but on
a van athere are
                so many crevices and nitches.  Anywhere the urine seeps into
any kind of
                absorbing fibers it will stay - and keep smelling - but I
don't know if that
                goes on for some time then eventually stops.  Houses have
this problem when
                rats get into the walls and make nests.   I recommend you
talk to a US
                agricultural service extension office and a mortician.  The
mortician idea
                sounds wierd I know, but morticians have some products they
use to rid
                smell.  A friend of mine got some spray one time that did
the trick (but not
                on mice).  Maybe that new product Fabrize is the off shoot
of a mortician!!
                Just a couple of ideas.  Good luck.

                Madeline
                15 Years of Westie Adventures
                '90 Syncro Westie