The UV Phazer is an essential tool for carpet cleaners who handle pet odor jobs and janitorial contractors looking to land a new account or monitor their own cleaning performance. Ultraviolet light illuminates urine and chemical stains that are otherwise invisible to the human eye.
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Does UV light remove stains?
Using the sun has been a popular method of stain removal for nappies, and many believe that the sun sanitises. With enough of a decent detergent, adequate agitation and if needed a laundry booster (stain remover product) stains will be removed by the washing machine. UV can only affect the surface layer of fabric.
What does urine look like under UV light?
Your UV light will work best with a solid colored surface. Look for a pale yellow glow. If you are seeing different color glows on your surface, you may be confused as to which is pet urine. Urine fluoresces as a pale yellow color.
Can UV light detect dog urine?
UV STAIN DETECTIVE is a simple to use and highly effective Blacklight Flashlight. Any dry pet urine is detected quickly and easily. The favorite spots for your cat or dog to pee cannot be detected by the naked eye but UV Stain Detective tracks them down fast!
What does UV light show on carpet?
Bodily fluids such as urine, sweat, saliva, semen, and blood will show up under a blacklight directed toward the carpet. These are some of the examples you might have seen during a show such as CSI. Crime scene investigators will use black lights to help locate any DNA evidence they may be able to use in a case.
Does a womans discharge glow under black light?
Do vaginal fluids glow in the dark? Sperm isn't the only fluorescent body fluid. Saliva, blood and vaginal fluids also have the same property when exposed to black light. So you can use your UV flashlight (or your DIY version) to detect vaginal fluids on bed sheets or in clothes.
Is there a difference between UV light and blacklight?
Strictly speaking, a black light is a kind of UV light. Black lights emit ultraviolet radiation (UV light). UV is radiation with a wavelength just shorter than that of violet light, which is the shortest wavelength of light in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
What color is sperm under a blacklight?
Semen fluoresces blue between 300-450 nm, in the ultraviolet range. The invisible (to us) UV rays doesn't interfere with the fluorescence, so forensic experts can see the stains clearly.
How do you detect human urine on carpet?
The most effective UV for locating urine deposits is the long wave UV around 385 nanometers. Ultraviolet lights in several intensities are available to help you locate urine deposits. Low powered UV lights must be held very close to the carpet in a dark room. Medium intensity lights can work from a few feet away.
Does blacklight show sperm?
Black lights or UV lights are used by crime scene investigators to identify body fluids - including semen, sweat, saliva and urine. Semen happens to glow the brightest because of its particular mix of chemicals.
Will urine still show under black light after cleaning?
Urine will always show up under the UV light even after cleaning. I make sure to tell customers up front that even after cleaning the stains will still show up with the black light.
Does UV light detect cat urine?
By using a UV black light, you can easily locate cat urine stains and keep your home clean and odor free. There are a variety of different UV flashlights, so you will want to make sure to select the right one.
What lights up under UV light?
Thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, fluids and vitamins shine under black light. Urine, semen and blood contain fluorescent molecules, so they also show up under black light. Interestingly, some cleaners and laundry detergents, scorpions, tonic water and antifreeze and teeth whiteners all also glow under black light.
Is UV light good for carpet cleaning?
The UV light has been extremely helpful in knowing where to concentrate the carpet cleaning. Be sure to follow all safety precautions when using a UV light. The goggles are a must. Don't shine the light into anyone's eyes, pets included.
Does a carpet cleaner take care of urine stains?
The carpet cleaner took care of any lingering odor, but do to damage done to the carpet from the urine, the stains are still visible under UV light. The carpet is clean and odor free, but the carpet damage can't be undone. Look at that face!
Does carpet have dog urine?
To the naked eye, the carpet shows no signs of doggie urine stains.
Did Steph vacuum the carpet before UV light?
Yep, the doggies were at our feet the entire time! So helpful! Before we used the UV light, Steph vacuumed the carpet. While I held the light, Steph used the carpet cleaner on the now visible urine spots.
How to make whites whiter?
Detergents make your whites whiter by making them fluoresce (the sun is the ultimate UV light source) and your clothes are constantly shedding bits of lint. Try shining the light on teeth. Click to expand...
What is the glow of a black light?
All body fluids (blood, urine, semen, saliva, etc) will definitely glow with a black light. Some detergents and other things will glow too. Without some serious CSI work I bet it'd be hard to tell exactly what each spot was!
Do carpets glow?
Yep, all sorts of things glow strangely. Depending on the carpet fibers - their color and type, they will even glow under certain types of light (all fibers will).
Do carpet cleaners get rid of biological stuff?
And you're right, the regular carpet cleaners aren't going to get rid of the biological stuff. You'll need an enzyme cleaner for that.
