If your bathroom has wood floors, when a male potty-training child or adult male in your household pees through the gap between the toilet seat and bowl onto the bathroom’s wood floor, this needs to be cleaned up quickly. Urine left on the floor for too long, can discolor the wood, leaving dark stains and a stubborn ammonia odor that can be very difficult and expensive to remove. The faster you clean up the urine, the less chance there is of permanent damage to your bathroom’s wood floor.
To that end, there are quite a few ways to attack this problem:
- use paper towels to absorb urine and disinfect the area thoroughly;
- for lingering odors, sprinkle baking soda on the affected area, leave it overnight to absorb the smell, and then vacuum it up;
- for urine that could not be removed quickly, clean with a mixture of one-part white vinegar and three parts water; and
- use an enzyme-based cleaner to break down the proteins in the urine to reduce odors.
While these methods can help preserve your bathroom’s wood flooring, they are time consuming, and combinations of these methods may be needed to be effective. Additionally, if urine stains sit for a while and discolor the wood, fixing it will require more work, including sanding and restaining or replacing floorboards.
There is, however, a simpler, less complex and less time-consuming option to protect your bathroom’s wood flooring - install a P-flector® urine deflector on your toilet seat to block the gap between the seat and bowl, and prevent your seated potty-training child or adult from peeing through the gap.
Positioned beneath the toilet seat, the P-flector® pee splash guard blocks a urine stream directed towards the gap between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl, protecting the floor in front of the toilet and the floor itself. The P-flector® urine deflector keeps urine off your wood floor and eliminates time consuming, complex DIY methods to protect your bathroom’s wood flooring.
While protecting your bathroom’s wood floor from urine damage, the P-flector® urine shield also helps to maintain the beautiful aesthetic your bathroom’s wood flooring presents. Additionally, if your home has more than one bathroom, regardless of flooring type, the P-flector® splash guard will save you valuable cleaning time. So, why not consider installing a P-flector® on all the toilets in your home to maximize spending less time cleaning up urine mishaps.
The P-flector® is now available in a “Two-Pack” on Amazon.