"JimT" wrote in message
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On 9/9/2011 3:35 PM, Big Jim wrote:
You may be able sand and refinish the entire room and once sealed
there should be no odor.

Assuming the floor is in good condition other than the stains that's what
I would at least try first. A dark stain might be able to help hide some
of the residual stains.


You both may be right about that, and that is still a possibility. We are
doing most of the rest of the apartment first and then will deal with the
floor issue. I belong to two real estate investor groups, each of which has
a fairly active online discussion forum. Over the past few years, people
have posted over and over about how to deal with cat urine problems and
smell. Most have said that if the cat urine gets down into the hardwood
flooring, the only way to ever really get rid of the smell is to rip out the
old flooring and put down a new floor. Some even say that it may also
require replacing the subfloor, but I have doubts about whether that would
be true. Others have said that using enzymes designed for use with cat
urine (such as Nature's Miracle), possibly sanding the floor, and re-sealing
it may work. So, I don't really know yet what the final answer will be. I
did already buy 2 gallons of Nature's Miracle and may try that initially.