Product title oxyled 12 ultraviolet led uv light pet urine stain.
Light detect pet urine in carpet.
The short answer to the question of if a blacklight can detect cat or dog urine in the carpet is yes it can.
A lower rating won t be strong enough to light up the cat urine and a higher rating is too similar to natural light to have an effect.
Purchase or borrow a uv light between 365 385 nm.
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It is sometimes difficult to see pet urine on a carpet.
Slowly sweep over the area with the blacklight to identify any light yellow stains.
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Pet stains that weren t cleaned properly with an enzyme based cleaner will show up under uv light as well.
However it gets more complicated than that.
Take the blacklight and hold it 1 2 inches above the carpet or furniture mattress etc.
Unfortunately urine stains aren t always obvious especially on dark carpets and you can t remove what you can t find.
Daktronics uv flashlight helps detect food stains and dog urine stains on rugs carpets and clothes that are otherwise invisible to the naked eye but not work well on cat urine and it doesn t work so well if there s ambient light around you.
It should be rated between 365 385 nm which stands for nanometers.
But when dog pee dries it leaves a yellow hue on the floor.
If there is a pet accident the area will turn white.
Having pets is a joy but having a house that smells from pet odors particularly pet urine is not for this reason we recommend use of a uv black light to detect pet urine and to help in the location and elimination of pet odors.
The reason for this is that pet urine isn t the only substance that glows under a blacklight.
The substances below can also glow under a blacklight.
Vansky 2020 upgraded uv lights 51 led blacklight pet urine detector for dog cat urine.
Even a small urine stain on the carpet encourages your dog to continuously re mark that spot.
Can a black light detect dog urine properly.
Or better you can just tell the truth that your pet never ever peed on the carpet and when the landlord tries to charge you for carpet replacement make them prove that 1 you were responsible for the invisible stains and not a prior tenant and 2 that the invisible stains were indeed cat urine.
Urine fluoresces as a pale yellow color.
The best way to see urine under a blacklight is to wait until evening when it is dark.
Check changes in carpet color.
Under the ultraviolet light of a black light dried urine crystals are easy to see.
Wavelengths in a blacklight cause phosphorous and proteins in the urine to glow making it easier to spot old stains.
If you have a white rug the spot will look like neon.
For the best results look for a handheld led light with 9 12 bulbs.
Many pets claim their territory by leaving a highly concentrated urine mark or spray.