How remove cat odor from home? (floors, painting, smell, cleaning)

[Jedi5]

If you are looking to buy a home that has a cat, is possible to remove the cat odor from the carpets or walls or wherever the odor is?

I'm not talking about cat pee. I'm talking about cat hair or cat dander for allergies.

Is just as simple of steam cleaning the carpets or is there more to it? Do you need to wipe down the walls as well?

[catsmom21]

Cat dander gets everywhere, so yeah, you'd need to do some thorough cleaning. Steam cleaning carpets might work but I'd plan to pull them up, washing and painting walls, use a good cover up primer, don't forget the HVAC system.

[djmaxwell]

C4 or a D4.

[K'ledgeBldr]

Originally Posted by djmaxwell

C4 or a D4.

Sure you don’t mean-

C4; then a D4 to cleanup!?

[Charlotteborn]

If it is only dander and hair you can probably get rid of the smell by throughly cleaning, painting and removing the carpet and pad.

If there is any cat pee on the walls or floors it is almost impossible to get rid of. Cat pee infiltrates everything.

[YorktownGal]

I've had cats non stop for the last 30 plus years - they never smelled! Period. A carpet cleaning and a good dusting is should be enough.

[djmaxwell]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

Sure you don’t mean-

C4; then a D4 to cleanup!?

That works, too. Twice the fun!

[tasmtairy]

Ok KB, what is C4 and D4? I have 3 cats and this is shedding season.

[djmaxwell]

Originally Posted by tasmtairy

Ok KB, what is C4 and D4? I have 3 cats and this is shedding season.

C4 - explosives
D4 - Caterpillar bulldozer

[catsmom21]

Originally Posted by Jedi5

If you are looking to buy a home that has a cat, is possible to remove the cat odor from the carpets or walls or wherever the odor is?

I'm not talking about cat pee. I'm talking about cat hair or cat dander for allergies.

Is just as simple of steam cleaning the carpets or is there more to it? Do you need to wipe down the walls as well?

You need to be more clear to get better answers. Dander doesn't have an odor. So are you worried about dander, or odor?