Posted by Lor on July 03, 2001 at 12:03:56:
Clean your walls with TSP before painting or prime first with KILZ. After you tear out the linoleum and carpeting spread Borax on all surfaces and let sit for a week to absorb odors then sweep it up. You can buy a huge box of Borax at a warehouse store like Costco/Sam’s Club. If urine has seeped in to the cement you need to use muratic acid. It’s a dangerous product to handle so you need to take full safety precautions. It scared me, anyway. Normally I would suggest an enzyme product called Natures Miracle for urine (found at pet stores) but because you had water damage I don’t think this would work. If you have a crawl space under the house, get someone under there to rake out feces and dead bodies. I have tried lots of other products and suggestions but the TSP, KILZ, Borax and muriatic acid are the only things that worked for me. Oh, and don’t paint until you have removed all the flooring odors or your paint will absorb the ordors. Been there!
p.s. My favorite restaurant in San Francisco is Hunans on Sansome Street. Before it was Chinese, it was a fish warehouse. To rid the building of the fish odor they brought in tons of potatoes that absorbed all the odors. Do you live in Idaho?