Cat pee smell on a winter coat (carpet, throw, liquid)

[Stagemomma]

my cat accidently got shut into a bedroom and she marked my winter coat that was hanging in the closet.

I've washed it 3x with three different detergents, the third being an Oxy-boosting odor removing kind of product.

It still stinks.

Am I out of luck?

[Seguinite]

My experience would say, yes... out of luck. But you might try having it professionally cleaned before giving up.

[Dwatted Wabbit]

You might be able to drown out the catpee smell with some mink pee. A plus with that is you could tell people it's a mink coat.

[E-Twist]

Go to pet store, get an odor neutralizer. If that doesn't work, throw out coat.

[myrc60]

I use this to kill that smell. I get it on Amazon.

https://xo-usa.com/

[gentlearts]

If you go somewhere like Pet Smart, they have pet odor neutralizing cleaners.

[Rene S]

You need to soak it in an enzymatic pet odor remover product, like Nature's Miracle. Pour it on and let it soak, for at least 4-8 hours (or overnight), then wash again. Apply liberally to soak the fabric.

[Threerun]

Use the same thing you would use to remove skunk odors. Easy recipe and has worked on skunk stink and cat urine. Wife had same issue (and I've de-skunked many of my dogs).

https://wildlife.unl.edu/pdfs/removing-skunk-odor.pdf

[Three Wolves In Snow]

Rene is correct.

When it comes to cat pee, you need enzymes. Everything else is just temporarily masking. Enzymes are proteins that break down biological waste, such as cat pee. They are proteins, and they work far faster, and far better than any other solution people come up with.

Once you have your enzymatic cleaner, you need to completely douse the coat, let it soak in it. The cat pee will 'spread' once you put liquid on it, so best to just dunk the whole coat in it. (After you test a hidden area on the coat for discoloration.) Then, you need to allow the enzymes to work. Dunk it in, leave it alone.

This is not something that you will spray onto your coat and then throw it in the wash, you need to allow it time to work.

The second most important thing that you need is a way to extract the liquid.

(This is why people constantly fail when trying to clean their carpets. They don't properly extract the liquid. Blotting with a towel is nonsense. You need something strong enough to extract it not just from the carpet, but the backside and the padding, as well.)

The good news is, you can put the entire coat in the wash, which will extract the liquid in the spin cycle.

Do some searching online for the best enzymatic cleaners. They are not necessarily the ones you find on Amazon, despite the glowing reviews.

Having said all of that, if you're not married to that coat, throw it away and buy a new one.