If you are trying to remove cat urine or dog urine from wood flooring, slow down and read this article carefully. Avoid using hydrogen peroxide as a cleaning agent. Capricious and indiscriminate use of worthless cleaning agents could end up costing you thousands of dollars on replacing that expensive wood floor.

     Wood flooring is available as strip, plank, wide planks, parquet, custom pattern of various dimensions, engineered and custom. When it comes to finished wood flooring including wood laminates and wood subfloors you really have only one opportunity to get it right. Try and resist to temptation to save money by using ineffective cleaning products that could damage the wood resulting in costly replacement.

     There are many species of wood flooring available including Ash, Bamboo, Beech, Birch, Brazilian Cherry, Bubinga, Cherry, Cork, Curmaru, Cypress, Douglas Fir, Hickory, Iroko, Jarrah, Mahogany, Maple, Merbau, Mountain Elm, Northern Maple, Oak, Pecan, Teak, Walnut and many other types of exotic woods.    

     Some wood flooring is pressure treated with polyurethane to provide a hard protective finish. If you purchase polyurethane treated wood flooring make sure you get a written guarantee against any perforations which could develop in the polyurethane.

     Perforations that develop in the protective polyurethane coating could allow cat urine or dog urine to penetrate your expensive wood flooring making it exceptionally difficult to clean.

     When cleaning finished wood that has been treated with any type of protective coating avoid the use of steel wool, plastic pot scrubbers, kitchen cleansers, brooms, plastic scrapers and any other type of abrasive cleaning products which will seriously damage the protective coating exposing that expensive wood.

     Wood floors are best cleaned by misting a high quality water based cleaning product where ever dirt or dust has accumulated and then lightly passing the business end of a moistened absorbent cotton dust mop over those surfaces to pick up the debris.

     Spills and accidents are best removed immediately while they are still moist. If these spills are allowed to dry the foodstuffs will dehydrate clinging to microscopic irregularities in the wood or the wood's protective coating. If this occurs simply mist the food accident and wait a few minutes as the food stain rehydrates. You may remist the food stain a few times until it completely rehydrates and releases it's hold. When ready wipe it off.

     Avoid petroleum based cleaning products as incorrect use could raise the grain and seriously damage the wood.

     Use only a professional quality water based liquid urine remover.