Posted: 8/15/2013 6:28:00 AM EDT
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My Daughter and her Husband want to make a "GO BAG"!!!
My daughter has camped and backpack. Son-in-law not so much. Now with the baby they mostly car camp. But she wanted something she could grab and go! If need be! So she was going to use and old but very good backpack. Trouble is something got into the garage and piss on it. She thinks it was a cat! She had it dry cleaned. But it still has a smell. So which hive member has a home remedy or anything to take the smell out!!! Thanks for any help!!! PITA45 
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The best way to completely remove urine from fabric is by using an enzyme-based cleaner. The enzymes actually consume the uric acid and the rest of the organic material from the urine.
Try a product made for bedwetters, like Odorzyme . These types of products should completely remove the urine and leave the fabric unharmed. |
It could be the rain protection degraded it in the heat that is causing the smell. Is it at all sticky like old tape inside? If so, that's what it probably is. I think that after you try all the "cures" the only real cure is the garbage can and to learn by your mistakes. Don't ask me how I know this.
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Just throw it in a regular washer with regular detergent and use the short cycle. Then either air dry in a dryer (no heat) or hang it in the breeze somewhere. Chances are it will be fine. Dry cleaning may not make what's causing the smell soluble so try regular wash. I recently washed a musty smelling backpack from my college years (in other words, OLD) with a leather lower half and it came out fine.
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If the pack smells bad, if it is made of urethane-coated nylon like most packs are, and it is either old or has been subjected to hot temps for a while, it's possible the waterproofing urethane coating on the inside of the pack is deteriorating. Tell-tale signs are ammonia-like odors, much like cat pee, flaking of the inner lining, and the inner lining of the pack sticking to itself.
This is, AFAIK, an inevitable and irreversible chemical deterioration. I am not aware of any solution to the problem other than exposing the inside of the pack to direct sunlight for a Loooooooong time in order to accelerate the deterioration of the urethane coating, thus allowing it to dry up and flake off. Once the urethane lining has sufficiently deteriorated so that most of it can be brushed off, the smell should go away, and the user should treat the outside of their pack with appropriate water-repellant treatments. from McNett, Gore, and NikWax. |
| Try adding a dash of Pine-Sol to the laundry machine load. I had an issue where a hunting partner thought it would be funny to douse my pack with copious amounts of elk urine. It took multiple washes, Pine Sol, Febreeze, and Old Spice body spray to get it smelling semi-normal. Sometimes it just takes time, fresh air, and sunlight to break it down. |
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If the pack smells bad, if it is made of urethane-coated nylon like most packs are, and it is either old or has been subjected to hot temps for a while, it's possible the waterproofing urethane coating on the inside of the pack is deteriorating. Tell-tale signs are ammonia-like odors, much like cat pee, flaking of the inner lining, and the inner lining of the pack sticking to itself. This is, AFAIK, an inevitable and irreversible chemical deterioration. I am not aware of any solution to the problem other than exposing the inside of the pack to direct sunlight for a Loooooooong time in order to accelerate the deterioration of the urethane coating, thus allowing it to dry up and flake off. Once the urethane lining has sufficiently deteriorated so that most of it can be brushed off, the smell should go away, and the user should treat the outside of their pack with appropriate water-repellant treatments. from McNett, Gore, and NikWax. This is very good info!!! I have an older Kelty pack that is doing this exact thing... So much so that it makes a pretty bad mess of anything I put in it. (white poly flakes on everything!) I have brushed it, hosed it out, let it dry, shook it out some more, but more and more keeps falling off every time I use it. I guess I am going to go hang it outside (inside out) for a few weeks after reading this post! (I have other new Kelty packs but I like using the old one for a beater) Thanks RAF! |
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If the pack smells bad, if it is made of urethane-coated nylon like most packs are, and it is either old or has been subjected to hot temps for a while, it's possible the waterproofing urethane coating on the inside of the pack is deteriorating. Tell-tale signs are ammonia-like odors, much like cat pee, flaking of the inner lining, and the inner lining of the pack sticking to itself. This is, AFAIK, an inevitable and irreversible chemical deterioration. I am not aware of any solution to the problem other than exposing the inside of the pack to direct sunlight for a Loooooooong time in order to accelerate the deterioration of the urethane coating, thus allowing it to dry up and flake off. Once the urethane lining has sufficiently deteriorated so that most of it can be brushed off, the smell should go away, and the user should treat the outside of their pack with appropriate water-repellant treatments. from McNett, Gore, and NikWax. I had a regular Jansport bag this happened to, just an old bag that I used for school back in my childhood days. I remember the smell, it smelled a bit like ammonia. Also flaked and peeled off, had some yellowing. |