Enzyme cleaners are cleaning agents that are both, non-toxic and biodegradable making them an ideal cleaning agent for items.
Their use is not limited to, any appliances, thus can be used for cleaning lenses, cushions and even as carpet cleaners.
Their popularity is because of their ability to break down soils and debris via natural enzymes thus their name.
Their manufacture is based on harnessing a type of bacteria known as Bacillus.
Each of the enzymes produced by the bacteria has a different function.
The functions include proteases which have the ability to remove protein stains while amylases undo starch and fat stains.
Lipases on the other hand, are charged with removing lipid and fat stains.
Dog urine contains a lot of nitrogen and protein waste contained in the urine enzyme.
This makes urine enzyme cleaner for dog urine the ideal stain remover for such stains.
Proteases and lipase therefore, are the key ingredient in the removal of dog urine stains.
This is mostly a result of dogs' diets.
They are large protein and fat consumers.
For cat stains, home remedies such as baking soda and vinegar, in most cases do not work.
Such home remedies are most times responsible for setting the stains, thus making them harder to get rid of.
Enzyme cleaners for cat urine are thus the ideal stain removal mechanisms.
The reason why home remedies such as vinegar and baking soda do not work is because they do not contain all ingredients required to fully do away with the stain.
Sure vinegar and soda (baking) gets rid of the smell temporarily, but the stain does not go away and the odor is bound to come back.
Cat urine contains uric acid, urea, Urobilin (pigment responsible for the color), sodium (among other electrolytes), and roughly 5 different strains of bacteria, pheromones and creatinine.
When cat urine settles, bacteria break down the urea which produces the ammonia-like odor.
After further decomposition, it forms those which make the stains more difficult to remove and forms a stronger odor than before.
Urea, creatinine, pheromones and urobilin, are not difficult to clean since they are water soluble, thus making traditional stain removal remedies successful in the removal of such stains.
Uric acid and the salts that it is composed of are however not removed, which make the stain removal process painstakingly difficult.
The acid does not dissolve and it sticks to whatever surface it comes into contact with.
Especially wooden materials and fabrics (synthetic or natural).
Uric acid eliminates the common home remedies and cleaners such as hydrogen peroxide which are incapable of breaking down the acid and removing the stain.
The only substance chemically able to break down the acid is an enzyme cleaner.
The enzymes present in the cleaner is capable of breaking down the acid down to ammonia and carbon II oxide gases which leave houses with good aeration.
In order for the enzyme cleaners be effective, they need to be applied appropriately.
This rules out spraying the cat urine stains.
In order for uric acid to be broken down, the stain needs to be enveloped by pouring or soaking the stain with the cleaner and letting it settle.