Cat Pee and Sleeping Bags :-(

“I know someone that, when desperate, after washing Down throws it in the dryer on delicate with tennis balls to "keep the fluff". Anyone ever hear of this?”

“alot of people suggest the tennisballs, but i've also heard it's not the best way.

excerpt from this article:

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DONT TRY TO USE OBJECTS TO SHORTCUT THE WORK; THE SHOE OR TENNIS BALL MAY TEAR OR DAMAGE THE DOWN GARMENT /SLEEPING BAG.


link to article: http://www.nunatakusa.com/Down_Care_Washing_Storing.htm”

“bearmagnet, as posted a few posts before your question, I said I use tennis balls and the dryer, lol. Read man, read!

I've washed my down bags countless times and had no problems. I'm careful about it though, check on them throughout the cycles and untangle them gently if necessary.

I could see a shoe tearing a bag but a tennis ball? I'd guess the bag was made of some really delicate stuff if a small felt ball can rip it.”

“Uhhhhhhh...I think I read that but I forgot my Ritalin today.”

“My bag got torn baffles with tennis balls in a dryer.

A question, it's great you have a front loader at a relative's, but is it big enough? Those bags absorb a ton of water and the down expands. I think I did both my bags one at a time in a big laudromat front loader. Course, I dunno, would less space be better, maybe prevent the bags be moved around much more?

I can see it both ways. LOL! Dang, I hate that! :-)”

“lizs goes both ways????????”

“i don't really know one way or the other. i just wanted to pass on the info.

i don't think they're saying the bag would rip from the tennisball, but in a less-than-top-quality or older bag it might damage the baffles.”

“you can wash the bag and the smell should go away - use the special detergent they sell at the pet store that removes pet odors.”

“Tara listen to Wingding. Having 3 dogs myself I have run into similar issues...not with my sleeping bag though. I wouldn't think twice about washing my down bag, I don't care what the manufacture states. I always tumble dry my sleeping bag when I come home from camping and have washed it on several ocassions. When we have pet accidents at home we use some stuff that we get from the local vacume cleaner shop. They also sell similar stuff at the pet store, natures miracle or something like that.”

“Well, Tarabull?

What have you done to your bags so far? Inquiring minds want to know?”

“I'll have a full report tomorrow. For now, the bags have been airing out in the yard. Been busy, but, tomorrow, I should have time to sit in front of a washing machine for a while.”

“Well???”

“Yeah! Is your sleepy bag downy fresh now?”

“NO DRY CLEANING!!!!!!!!!1”

“I dunno. I washed them at my parent's house (front-loader) and mom hung them to dry for me... I haven't been back to check. I'll be there this afternoon, tho.”

“top loading washing machine on the delicate cycle and then hung it out to dry and then tossed it around after drying and it was like new.”

“Top loaders have high risk of tearing interior baffles that keep the down from shifting.”

“Help, I changed my cat's litter box and put it outside to dry but forgot to fill it back up and put it back. My cat peed on my tent that was out in the garage to dry from my last trip.

Can the tips given her be used on tents?

Tarabull, were you able to get the smell out?”

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“Meow!!!!”

“Is it vinegar or baking soda that counteracts the ammonia in pee?”

“bit: that is the funniest thing i have seen on tt to date!”

“I had a similar thing happen, but it wasn't Mr. Hyde. I had left my old tent out to air out and some cat from the neighborhood got it. I started a thread for some help with that at the time, but can't find it now. What worked was spraying this stuff on it that I don't remember what it was called. Something like Nature's Recipe or something. Someone will know what it is.”

“Then you've never seen this thread, have you?”

“bit and nigal, beleave me i'd LOOOVE to do that but 1. my wife won't let me and 2. that won't help my tent.

bowlder, it's probably nature's miricle...i have used that before but didn't know if i could use it on a tent...i guess it would be alright cause it's all natural, but then again so is cat pee, but if you used it on a tent alright then i guess i'll give it a whirl”

“at this point, what do you have to lose?”

“Or, you could put the tent in teh sack with the brick and use the lake....

or! even better;

put the tent AND the cat in the sack with the brick.......”

“or i could put the cat in my pack on my next trip and just leave him out there...but then he'd probably pee in my pack...i need to get me a sticker of calvin peeing on a cat
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“..or leave a turd in it...”

“LMAO! Thank you bit....a picture is definitely worth 1000 words......that one makes up for all the painful Olivia Newton John posts.”

“Would Oxi Clean help with the smell? Cat pee is organic, isn't it?”

“SS, he did that too :( but that's not so bad(did i just say that?)

i've got some (generic) oxi clean, i might give that a try too”

“Bit, that is too frickin funny!”

“It'll all be funny until one of the cat lovers comes along...


Cat lover: Oh, look, a thread on getting out the smell of cat pee! I know all about that!

(opens thread)

Cat lover: Humm dee dum, well that's what you get for not putting kitty's litter box back! Ha ha! Wait, what's this? A bag? Hm. A brick? A scared angry kittycat? WHAT? A...a lake? WHO WOULD DARE SUGGEST DROWNING A PWECIOUS KITTYCAT? BITPUSHER! YOU BASTARD!”

“We could have called you a bastard before you posted the kitty death threats, ya know!”

“It's always funny until someone loses an eye or a cat meets its watery grave.

--Mom”

“Too true!”

“http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?Game=Kitten-Cannon

1071 feet is my record”

“lol, that site is blocked as "OBSCENE"!”

“1631 ft first try, I am going pro next season.”

“Go to PetSmart or equivalent. Ask for the stuff that gets pee out of carpets, etc. It has some type of enzymes that break down the urine. It comes as a spray and as a wettable powder if I remember right. I think that will help.”

“Man 655' is the best I can get. Is it based on your hatred of cats?”

“I'd be splatting them on the side of the moon then, if that site weren't blocked for being obscene...”

“1260”

“timecline. i did a combination of things. i washed it w/ natures miracle first. then, let it air dry. and, washed it w/ vinegar next. then, let it air dry.

i can't smell anything anymore.”

“LMAO at Bit's pics! LOL”

“YOU can't smell anything anymore? maybe you should have done it in a well ventilated area j/k

it didn't smell like vinegar afterwards?”

“oh, hush, you know what i meant.

and, no, i couldn't smell vinegar afterwards.”

“Ditto what Tara said. I've used vinegar on things (not tents, but other things) and it seems to work well. Just be sure to rinse well...

Bit, that is (snicker) not funny (chuckle) at ALL (snort) to those of us (guffaw) who like cats...
Kevin”