Cat piss smell out of clothes?

[koshkabegemot]

I'm sure I'm not the only person with this problem

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[supermelanie]

I wash the items with Odoban, then re-wash with vinegar. Odoban gets the pee smell out, vinegar gets the Odoban smell out. :p But this is for washable piddle pads that are super pee-drenched. A regular vinegar wash might work for incidental items. I'm just SUPER paranoid about cat pee smells...

[eicnan]

For ants cinnamon has worked like a charm for me.

[koshkabegemot]

Like the powder you can buy in the spice aisle, or like cinnamon oil?

[eicnan]

The powder from a spice aisle, they won't cross over it. I got a large bottle years ago from Costco that's expired but still works on the ants.

[anapaoli]

I usually was cat-pee fabric once with just vinegar. If it still smells, another vinegar wash. Then I wash with detergent. I have heard that detergent "sets in" the ammonia smell so I don't wash with detergent until the smell is gone.

[laviedejoie]

I soak the hell out of the clothes with natures miracle, then rinse and wash on hot with vinegar. a couple times.

I'm glad it isn't just my cat. We've been threatening to send her to my dad's farm: "BARN CAT!"

[missingkeys]

I put white vinegar in the fabric softener compartment of my washing machine. Our cat thinks that clothes are put on the floor simply for her peeing pleasure, and try as I might I cannot convince my eldest to stop leaving her stuff everywhere.

A possible solution for the cat: I keep the clothes that I've worn for a little while but intend to re-wear (but can't be put away--think hoodies and the like) folded on a chair in my room. If I dump them on the floor it's apparently open season, but folded on the chair is perhaps too intimidating a pile for her? I'm not sure what the logic is, but it works.