Let’s say I hypothetically had some mice pee in some plastic components that cannot be properly cleaned in any realistic way. Is it possible to heat it up to “cook off” the mouse pee nastiness without actually melting the plastic?
Let’s say I hypothetically had some mice pee in some plastic components that cannot be properly cleaned in any realistic way. Is it possible to heat it up to “cook off” the mouse pee nastiness without actually melting the plastic?
Since you mention this is a vehicle, I think the ozone generator approach is probably easiest.
I’ve had vehicles with similar issues, and open windows + time really did it. An ozone generator is the faster version of what I’ve done.
Just don’t let it go crazy, as ozone attacks pretty much most materials in a car. So maybe throw a generator in it, let it run for a couple hours (put a small fan in the car to really circulate it up under the dash), then air out the car well.
The idea is the urine is probably more reactive to the ozone than anything else, so get it reacting. Then stop and clear the air before it has too much time/concentration to start on the plastics.
If urine is in the carpet, use the enzyme with an upholstery cleaner (similar to a carpet cleaner) - then you’ll be pulling the nasty out with vacuum.
Enzymatic cleaner is amazingly effective. Used it in a camper that had mouse nests everywhere.
So I had a similar issue in the past that I used an ozone generator for… all of my upholstery just unglued itself. So this is one of the solutions that has been suggested among “just torch the thing and collect the hefty insurance on” that I am trying not to do lol… but enzymatics have been suggested elsewhere and apparently have come a long way. That’s definitely my next try.