Bleach as an odor eliminator

You got that right aquality. Whoever is using bleach it must be rinsed out

Grutzy wrote: I think some of what makes me very good at this profession is that I have an open mind and try nearly everything. I have tried some of the super expensive odor eliminators and have never come away impressed with them. Even the newest ones with hydrogen peroxide are limited in their ability.   There have been times when I walked into a house and it was as if I walked into a giant urinary tract. Of course, it would be best to simply discard the carpet and pad, clean the subfloor etc. but some customers don't want that for varying reasons. I have found that a dab of bleach in your extraction water works better than anything. Of course I would also recommend water claw flushes and make sure you charge a significant amount extra for it. I would stay away from the $75 a gallon chemicals because they are too expensive and don't even work as well as a $3 gallon of bleach. You just have to be very conservative with how much bleach you use so you don't damage the carpet. Sounds like the carpets already damaged with urinary track infection..

If bleach was the only option I would pass on the job.

LOL.

The problem is that the products that you get from the industry do not remove urine odor and cost way too much. Only an imbecile would continue to spend $75 a gallon on an odor counteractant that does not work. Also, I do not tell my customers that I am using bleach.

Once your customer smells chlorine bleach you may get a negative call-back condemning you for your actions. If it works you will get NO call-back meaning you just gave them the formula and they will never call you back defeating your profit.

P.S.
The word bleach to a customer is similar to mentioning acid. They immediately think that battery acid is an extremely harsh product. Back publicity and bad for profit.

Profit is associated with Pro. The more professional you are the higher the Profit...plus because of your efforts in doing and thinking like a Pro you truly deserve it.

Grutzy wrote: Nonsense! Bleach works wonders on urine odor removal.  Grimel, if you make another inaccurate post like the one above, I will stuff you right back where you came from, the dreaded Recoil Scrub Pit.

You can try to blather on, but, when you run into ONE person with respiratory problems I hope you are carrying enough liability insurance.  Dilute/concentrated makes no difference other than it takes a lower concentration the more respiratory problems someone has.