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11-08-2009, 07:14 PM
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I just tried playing my Fender Bullet and as I sat down to play I noticed a most foul smell. It seems that a cat has sprayed inside of my bass case. I don't know when it happened, but it did and it stinks bad. Any advice on how to get this odious stench out of the fabric of my case? |
11-08-2009, 07:18 PM
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11-08-2009, 07:20 PM
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11-08-2009, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Otter  Fabreeze and let it stand open, outside and in direct sunlight for as long as you can leave it. | +1
...or ultraviolet lamps. That's supposed to break down just about any smell over time. Not sure how long it would take though. |
11-08-2009, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Otter Fabreeze and let it stand open, outside and in direct sunlight for as long as you can leave it. | and then cut that cat's b@ll$ off.
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11-08-2009, 07:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Salt Lake City, UT | | Febreeze will work to mask the scent to humans, but not to other animals. Nature's Miracle is a pet stain/odor remover that is recommended for carpeting etc. http://www.naturemakesitwork.com/cat...dor%20removers Quote:
Originally Posted by eastcoasteddie and then cut that cat's b@ll$ off. | neutering an animal won't stop urination. |
11-08-2009, 07:29 PM
|  | Four on the floor | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: US Midwest | | | Yeah I'd try the soaps or UV light. Febreeze works but not the way you want. It actually doesn't remove the smell - it emits a chemical that blocks receptors in your nose so you can't smell whatever is stinky that the Febreeze is sprayed on.
Point is, if you use Febreeze you still have urine in your case. You need to clean that mother out.
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11-08-2009, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by pringlw Yeah I'd try the soaps or UV light. Febreeze works but not the way you want. It actually doesn't remove the smell - it emits a chemical that blocks receptors in your nose so you can't smell whatever is stinky that the Febreeze is sprayed on.
Point is, if you use Febreeze you still have urine in your case. You need to clean that mother out. | good point |
11-08-2009, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by kai_ski
neutering an animal won't stop urination.
| true, but it will stop the "spraying" and the musk in the urine.
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11-08-2009, 07:44 PM
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11-08-2009, 07:47 PM
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11-08-2009, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AltGrendel +1
...or ultraviolet lamps. That's supposed to break down just about any smell over time. Not sure how long it would take though. | But won't that discolor everything too?
One of my cats used to have a problem with pissing on everything. A few years ago I had an open box in my home studio full of some cables, and he came in and pissed in them. 
I can't remember what I did exactly, I think I ran them under the faucet with some soap or something. I had to trash two of my nice XLR cables. |
11-08-2009, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by hankazoid I just tried playing my Fender Bullet and as I sat down to play I noticed a most foul smell. It seems that a cat has sprayed inside of my bass case. I don't know when it happened, but it did and it stinks bad. Any advice on how to get this odious stench out of the fabric of my case? | An evil Kat did the very same thing to an open bass case I had. The smell was treated with several air fresheners and dissipated over time, The Kat on the other hand met with disaster rather quickly. Never had the problem again. Saved a small bundle on Kat food too..... |
11-08-2009, 08:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas | | ozone treatment..
find a used Ionic Breeze, open the bag position the Ionic Breeze in the case, cover with a thick contractor trash bag.. let this run full tilt for a few days.. no odors.. ozone treatment is what car detailers use to get smells out of cars.. i've seen/smelled the before and after of a car that had 2 gallons of spoiled milk in it.. think Texas humid heat and spilled milk in a car.. not fun.. you could find a car detailer that has an ozone generator and have them treat it..
wet treatments will just get your case wet and possibly concentrate the smell into the seams of the case.. and you have to wait until it dries out..
i'd do the ozone treatment.. i've done it more than a few times and it pulls pretty nasty smells out, fairly quickly if you concentrate it in a small area..
also, you can try activated charcoal in cotton tube socks too..  |
11-08-2009, 09:29 PM
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11-08-2009, 09:32 PM
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11-08-2009, 09:32 PM
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