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How to get urine out of a mattress

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DaffodilValley · 07/09/2025 23:12

My dog peed copiously all over my bed yesterday. I’ve scrubbed the mattress with disinfectant and then sprayed it with Febreeze, but I can still smell it.

How can I get rid of the smell? It’s a newish mattress and I can’t afford another one.

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KnickerlessParsons · 07/09/2025 23:14

Can you get it outside for a bit?

DaffodilValley · 07/09/2025 23:16

That’s a very good idea, but we have rain forecast for the next few days.

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ARichtGoodDram · 07/09/2025 23:23

Cover it in baking soda and let it soak up the wetness. Then hoover it up once it's dry. Took three rounds of a vinegar spray, then baking soda, to get cat pee out of DS's mattress

Febreeze will just be masking the smell rather than removing it

Mysticaldeer · 07/09/2025 23:33

Can you get a steam cleaner on it?

DaffodilValley · 08/09/2025 17:14

Mysticaldeer · 07/09/2025 23:33

Can you get a steam cleaner on it?

I do have one somewhere, that’s a great idea.

Thank you everyone!

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marshmallowfinder · 08/09/2025 17:21

Urine will be inside the mattress and nothing you do on the surface will bring it out. Is it old enough to justify replacing it? I would in your circumstances, I think.

DaffodilValley · 08/09/2025 19:53

marshmallowfinder · 08/09/2025 17:21

Urine will be inside the mattress and nothing you do on the surface will bring it out. Is it old enough to justify replacing it? I would in your circumstances, I think.

It’s only a few months old, I can’t afford to replace it, unfortunately.

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