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Get rid of mouse urine smell on clothes?

My clothes reek of mouse urine! How can I get rid of the smell effectively and safetly? I tried washing it normally in the wash, but it hasn't helped a bit. In fact it made some of my other clothes in the same wash smell like mice urine as well. Can I use same products used to get rid of cat urine? Help!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Do you really want to wear them again? if so I would soak in Napisan for a day or 2 and then wash in very hot water then hang outside to dry and keep repeating until they smell OK again. I guess whatever you use for cat urine is the same as mouse ,why are so many incontinent animals living with you anyway?

  • 1 decade ago

    It may sound Stupid as the Answer is so Simple..

    I use White Vinegar & Baking soda in All My Laundry..

    I use Cold water too. The trick is to Run them through Twice..

    !st load 1/2 c. Vinegar - 1/8 c. Baking Soda Let Aggitate then soak 1 hr. Drain & Re-Do in plain Cold Water. Ps My Whites Just Sparkle Now & Smell Fresh w/ downey in the Rinse

  • 1 decade ago

    Suggestion, the clothes are contaminated with perhaps bubonic plague or worse it is not worth trying to restore these clothes, you could become sick when wearing these clothes after mouse urine has been on them, simply washing clothes will not kill any disease, it is best to discard and purchase new clothes Good Luck !

  • 1 decade ago

    i had the ame problem.. we had mice in our apartment and i had to wash everything before we moved out.. i washed everything with baking soda.. and some thing with clorox color safe bleach...and i used oxyclean powder,, i added a lot of stuff to the washer.. LOL some stuff i had to throw away..

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  • 1 decade ago

    burn them, yuckie! I could never put on clothes again knowing a mouse peed on them lol

  • 1 decade ago

    ewww. i don't even wanna know how that one happened... try the cat stuff or just burn it all.

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