there was a urine stain in our dorm room carpet and we used water and laundry detergent is that ok?

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the laundry detergent that we used has no bleach in it. Is this safe? Ammonia from urine with laundry detergent?
we added water to it to dilute it

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  1. Leo says:
    December 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Many laundry detergents are not designed to be used on carpets. They do not rinse out easily and they leave a soap residue in the carpet that attracts soil. So the spot only looks clean immediately after you have cleaned it or spotted it. Within hours it will be dirty again. This keeps happening until you get the soap residue completely rinsed out.

  2. Crystal says:
    December 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Resolve works best, the pet type would really help with the urine odor. Otherwise laundry soap is ok there isn’t enough ammonia in pee to make a chemical reaction. I would be more worried as to why their was pee on your dorm room carpet.

  3. Herbie says:
    December 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    It done now anyway – no use worrying about it. Ammonia and detergent are both alkaline so they won’t react. Ammonia is sometimes used with detergent for cleaning.

  4. Joe says:
    December 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Ammonia won’t react badly with laundry detergent.

    It’s chlorine bleach and ammonia you’re thinking about. Don’t mix those two: you’ll get a toxic gas.

  5. A B says:
    December 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    http://www.rugrag.com/stain-removal/Urine%20%28Pee%29.aspx

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