I need your help ladies!

funkymonkey

I've got this lovely brown jacket kind of suede effect which is dry clean only. My cat was unwell and I wrapped him up in it and took him to the vets beccause that was all I had to hand and now it smells of cat pee. I've had it dry cleaned but it still smells really bad. Any ideas? Thank you in advance. If my granny was still around then I know she would know just what to do!

Addiscomber

Oh dear. Sorry no suggestions beyond a really thorough airing but hardly the weather for that.

Just had a thought - what about Bi-carb? That is supposed to absorb smells when fridge cleaning. I wonder if you could sprinkle your jacket with it, leave for a while and then give a really good shake outdoors on a suitable day, may be hoovering off any residue?

If no-one has any better ideas what have you got to lose if the jacket is unwearable as is?

funkymonkey

Thanks for the advice! If all fails I could always throw it out but it's such a nice jacket I would hate to!

Magpye

I've heard of using white vinegar and then baking powder to neutralise cat pee, but I'm not sure what this would do to your jacket as liquid might spoil the nap and/or leave water marks. Perhaps try it on the lining and see if that works?

maggie21

You could try putting a bowl of vinegar next to your jacket & see if it draws out the smell.

I left bowls of vinegar round my kitchen after I almost set it on fire & along with airing it seemed to work.

Patchwork_Quilt

Take it back to the dry cleaners and ask if there is anything else they can do for it. Might be less expensive than having a new jacket.

Good luck

beautiful_ravens

White vinegar, diluted in water.
If it were me, Id get a washing up bowl and glug maybe a quarter of a bottle of vinegar in, and fill up with cool water, then pop the jacket in. Id leave it in as long as I could bear, then lie it flat (say in the bath) for a while. Then I'd rinse it and somehow try to dry it (smelling it as I go) infact at the moment, Id freeze it outside. If it smelled of vinegar rather than cat wee, Id take this as a sign it was working, and progress from there, not using any warm water

I tried vinegar-on-wee when a potty was knocked over, and it worked really well - infact I found the info online, in some blurb about using vinegar to get rid of cat wee smell.

EDIT - Do not use citrus! Will make the smell worse.

mioliere

The best thing I know for getting out nasty smells like wee, spilt milk, sick and so on, is neat alcohol. I use neat vodka because (a), we don't like it, and (b), we always seem to have some in the house, anyway! Test on an inconspicuous area first (although, because it's clear, it won't stain), and just dab on with a soft damp cloth. The alcohol eats away at the enzymes in the spill or stain. I've never known it to fail. Hope this helps.

steerpike

A tried and trusted odour absorber is ordinary black and white newspaper.

Perhaps it woul be worth trying this before commiting yourself to using liquids?

I would try and get rid of the odour by putting a full newspaper inside the body of the jacket, a rolled up newspaper up each sleeve before wrapping it up in a newspaper parcel and putting it inside a binbag. You could put a cupful of bicarb in for good measure if you have some. Fasten the bag up to make it airtight and leave it for a week or so. The newspaper will absorb the odour very effectively but it may need a couple of go's with changes of newspaper if the odour is very strong...but its a cheap and effective method

If that fails it is possible to buy from Hyperdrug (online pets pharmacy) a cat urine odour spray - its not cheap but probably cheaper than a new jacket. I have used this on carpets and curtains and it has totally removed the smell.

Hope this is helpful