Child pissed on velvet sofa

[CindersCatsSister]

Aaaaargh FFS.
And I didn’t realise until it was well and truly soaked in. WTF do I do????

Yeah I had a cat that did that once. Threw the seat pads out and ordered new ones.
If it doesn't have seat pads then I'd be ordering a new sofa. Can't sit in dried wee for the next 5 years.
Sorry.

Sorry OP, I think it's a lost cause :(

Because everyone can afford a brand new sofa just like that @ouch 🙄

OP I would soak it in diluted zoflora. Put a towel and something heavy to soak it up then repeat.

I'd take the covers off and stick them in the shower. Depending on material.

Big pile of towels and press on the wee'd on area to get as much of the the liquid out as you can several times, then soak the area again with clean lukewarm water and go through the process again. And again. And again if needed. Luckily little kid's wee is usually fairly dilute and if you get it out before it dries there shouldn't be any residual smell.

@LST

It's a personal choice. If I had to choose between that and a holiday then I'd choose the sofa or not buy new things for a while. You can get a cheap sofa for about £200.

Get simple solution from a pet shop and drown it in it. Breaks down the enzymes and takes the smell out, works for barf too

Are the seat pads removable, & the covers washable? If so, I'd remove & wash the covers, by hand in biological detergent if necessary, & separately soak the seat pads in some bio detergent. Rinse & everything until it's all clear of detergent, then leave to dry.

If covers not washable, I think I'd try it anyway. Because if not, you're looking at having to replace the covers at a minimum.

Haha because people can afford a holiday at the minute. Wow. Get in the real word. You act like 200 quid is just spare change.

This happened to me (sofa was only about a month old, too...). I just took the covers off and gave them, and the seat pad, a good wipe down with soapy water and leaned them up against the towel rads in the bathroom to dry. They were fine (and no smell).

@ouch321 - where do you get a sofa for £200!?

I’d ask the manufacturer if you can for advice.

Blotting, then bicarb. Bicarb gets the smell out of anything

Get it as dry as possible using kitchen towel. DO NOT RUB IT, you'll ruin it. Blot, and put something heavy on top of the kitchen towel to really soak it in. Then use bicarb to get the smell out.

If it's a polyester based velvet, you should get away with it. If it's cotton based, forget it.

I often wash my velvet cushion covers and they are fine. I also had to run a weed on sofa cushion pad under the tap and then dried it. It was fine. Try it you have nothing to lose.

Dd peed on my first ever sofa when I’d only had it a few months. I used loads of towels to blot it as much as I could and then washed it with a pet urine remover (think it was pet’s at home own brand one). I did that twice. Make sure it dries completely between each wash (usually overnight). Then use a scoop of biological washing power with a scoop of bicarb, pour in very hot water and wash the sofa again with that solution (make sure the solution has cooled). Let that dry completely and if you really want to be sure, repeat that step again. It gets rid of the smell completely. I did the same thing when my cat peed in her bed and it removed all trace of cat pee, which everyone knows is pungent!

The trick is to dry the sofa between each wash otherwise it starts smelling of damp

Op, just soak up what you can, then book a carpet cleaner person to come out, they do upholstery cleaning.

Are the inside pads accessible? Because if not snd it’s all the way through, that may cause an issue.

Get some pet cleaning solution and use that - it breaks down the enzymes and kills the smell!

I would get a professional in to clean it but the pet sprays that break down urine with enzymes are good. I've used Dyson Dyzolve spray and Zorb granules on upholstery before with good results. It might not be good for the flame retardant coating though but you can retreat it yourself.

I’ve had milk spilt on my velvet sofa. I took the sponge bit of seat pad out and gave that a stamping in the shower (it took forever to dry though). Dabbed the wet off the cover as much as I could and then kept at it with my steam cleaner. It didn’t effect the finish of the velvet at all and you couldn’t see/ smell where it was now.

Just let it dry... it's mostly just water...
And then some Febreze for the smell.

The more you do to "fix" this, the more likely you are to ruin the sofa.

Rug Doctor stuff works well.

Even on tom cat piss.

You might need a couple of goes.

Unfortunately you'll have to get rid of it... the child I mean, obviously.

That's why we had leather sofas when we had little ones

I can tell you how to get pen off a leather sofa. Hairspray.