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Kicked the Cat Pee in the Butt!
Just over a year ago we bought our first home. A charming little home that was built in 1910.
When we toured the home it was vacant, had been for a little while, and had MAJOR old house smell going on.
We knew that was something that you had to be okay with if you were going to live in an old house. It would, SUPRISE, smell old. We moved in, aired things out, and the old smell faded to what a normal old house smells like.
But the fading of that smell unmasked something so hideous, I question to this day how we missed it.
Cat pee. CAT PEE. The most acrid, disgusting cat pee smell you can imagine.
We tried everything to get rid of the smell from one corner of our living room. Chemicals (such as nature's miracle and the like) on the hardwoods to remove the smell, ripping out baseboards that seemed like they might be the offender, and A LIST of various products.
Bad air sponge? FAIL
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LVQRVRM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Charcoal Deoderizers SWING AND A BIG MISS
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F6E9HSK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Odor foggers? Yielded the best results of everything we tried... But it didn't get rid of the smell.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AANK4NU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Finally I accepted defeat. I kept the wax warmer on any time I was in the room, lit incense, and tried not to breath through my nose when I sat on the floor for any reason.
There's a happy ending to this story one year later. I bought this BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL air filter... with the caarbon inserts. One hour of running in tandem with my existing air filter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FBMJK9Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
And the smell that had haunted my dreams FOR A YEAR was finally gone.
I've never loved any electronic more than I love this one. Worth. Every. Single. Penny.
A little about this air filter, it's not as small or as quiet as the one I linked. I really like the carbon filters in this one (I'm sure it's what finally, fully eliminated the cat pee smell). This one can sit on its side, which is WONDERFUL. It's under my couch right now. Out of sight, which is nice because it's not super nice looking.
October 2017 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase