Instead of answering questions on how to de-skunk a dog, we were telling folks how to de-skunk their homes this week. Dog owners from Texas, Pennsylvania and California called up this week asking us how to get rid of skunk smell their homes. Their dogs had run into the house after being skunked, and now their houses reeked!
Jill from Pennsylvania was desperate! She was ready to move out of the house to escape and upset because people at work were calling her, Miss Pew. Her dog had run right into her bed after being skunked, rubbing his head on the pillows and sheets, leaving black skunk oil streaks all over her bed. She got rid of the dirty bed linens, but not before the smell had somehow spread throughout the house and on her clothes. She had used air deodorizers, opened the windows (even though it was freezing) and still the smell stayed. What to do???
Bill from Texas was helping out his neighbor who is really sensitive to smells. His dog had killed a skunk right outside the house. Not only did his dog get sprayed, but so did the neighbor’s concrete front porch. Even worse, the wind blew the skunk smell right into the house and now the smell was everywhere – inside and outside! Bill had picked up Clean+Green at the feed store for his dog, but did not know what do about the house. What to do???
Barbara from California was getting her vacation home ready for her daughter’s honeymoon when the family dog met up with a skunk and came running in. Before she could catch him, he had run through the living room, up the stairs and into the bedroom leaving a trail of skunk smell. She was at her wits end because the house needed to be ready in a week! What to do???
Have you noticed that there are a lot of tips on how to de-skunk a dog, but not a lot of help on how to de-skunk your home? And, have you ever wondered if it was such a good idea to put in the doggy door because now there is nothing to stop our dogs from running into the house tracking mud on the floor or sharing the outcome of a skunk face off?
After asking several probing questions, we discovered that all three homes had central heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and that the systems had been running when the skunk attacks all happened. Since the smells seemed to be all over the house (not just where the dogs had run), our guess was that the smell had gotten into the HVAC system which then spread it to all the rooms. So, here is what we suggest:
- First, clean out the HVAC system. Pull out the filter, turn on the fan and set it to heat. Then find the return vent (vent that pulls air from the house into the system) and spray a non-corrosive, non-flammable cleaner without any perfumes, like Clean+Green, into the return vent for about 3-6 seconds. Let the system run for about 5-10 minutes to clean out the system. Repeat if necessary.
- Second, clean out the rooms. If the rooms are really smelly, spray down the walls, carpet, drapes and other areas that smell. If it is just a lingering smell, use the HVAC system to spray the cleaner throughout the rooms. To use the HVAC system, repeat the process in step 1.
- Lastly, walk through the house to see if the smell is all gone. If no odor, place a new air filter in the system. If there is still odor, repeat Step 2 until the smell is gone.
Jill from Pennsylvania called back about an hour after we had talked to her; she wanted to let us know that she had pulled out her HVAC air filter, that it was dirty and smelled of skunk, and that she was on her way to the store to buy Clean+Green. I guess the black filter made a believer out of her.
Quincy and Simon
Tags: deskunk, dogs, skunk, skunked animals
Glad you enjoyed the blog. Regarding the last paragaraph, Jill did not think about the skunk spray infiltrating her HVAC system and spreading the smell through her house. When she pulled out the filter, saw how dirty it was and that it had the skunk smell, I guess she realized that customer service really knew what they were talking about. Hope this clarifies it for your.
Quincy
You are welcome. Thanks for reading!
Thanks for following me and reading! Quincy
Really appreciate the feedback. It helps Simon and me when we write our blogs! Quincy
Appreciate the feedback. We try to blog on things that we think folks would be interested in learning about! Quincy
Hi Vans Shoes: Please let us know what you disagree with. It would be good for readers to get your views too1 Quincy
Great to hear that we were helpful. If there are other questions we can answer, just post it here.
There does not seem to be a problem, but we will check into it and get back to you if there is. Thanks for reading.
Great article Thank
you so much!
Will continue to post and share. Thanks for the encouragement.
Haven’t been blogging very long. In fact, just started this year because of what customers were asking repeatedly. Realized that information that I was giving needed to be shared more widely.
I am using Wordpress too so I have no other recommendations.
Our company offers an all natural de-skunking product and we do not release a product until we thoroughly research the area.
No problem. My articles are out there for sharing.
Hi Trance: Sorry for the late reply. I am not sure what your exact issue is with the error 638 message. Here is what I can tell you; I am currently using the basic autogenerated RSS feed created by the Wordpress software, so the URL of this blog’s RSS feed is http://www.odorandstainremover.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2 . If it turns out that your feed reader uses a different kind of feed you can read about the other feeds I offer through Wordpress at http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Feeds . Hope this helps.
just wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it.:) I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.Regards,
Remarkable write-up, many thanks for having your time frame to be able to prepare this kind of just about all together for me. Saving your internet site and can be to come back to check on the subject of the rest of the writes!
hey i just would like to say that this stuff never gets old, find it irresistible, carry on the great information, its better reading this than working for a living, cheers
great blog, good to see concise info on green cleaning. for even more ideas, have a look at my site http://www.puregreencleaning.com.au, hopefully theres a few ideas on there you haven’t thought of yet
It’s note worthy how many articles and news come out on a weekly basis.
EI0xHL zecymhoftzio, [url=http://pwrsowhtyndq.com/]pwrsowhtyndq[/url], [link=http://qcrxpjgbfrxb.com/]qcrxpjgbfrxb[/link], http://ygkrpmomhrst.com/
I have to admit I don’t always agree with you, but in this case you really hit the nail on point.
I’ve been looking for this exact information on this subject for a long time. Bookmarked and recommended!