Removing pet hair from furniture so easy

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Ok you may already know this trick but I had no idea. I was looking at reviews for those pet hair removers that float in your washing machines the other day. When I came across a Instagram video about a woman talking about removing pet hair from her furniture with one of these www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Home-Squeegee/641956268 sounded crazy but you just basically squeegee your furniture with it and takes the hair right off. Suppose to work tons better than those rubber brushes or the lint brushes.

I figured I had nothing to lose so I picked one up today and OMG it's true. I didn't think I had much pet hair on my couch because I keep fleece throws on it and wash them every other day. Didn't really see much hair but the cushion the dog sleeps on, had a bunch on it, this thing piled it right up in a cute fluffy pile. The rest of the couch didn't have much but still had more than I thought it would on it. My ottoman is impossible to clean, it's down filled and everything sticks to the fabric, I need to make a cover for it but even the rubber brushes won't clean it so it always look hairy and dirty. A few swipes with the squeegee and it looks brand new, tossed the dirty fluff ball in the trash and boom done. Then I wondered if it would work on the area run that the dog woolies on all day long. It's the only rug in the house other than the little bath room rugs. So I plopped down in the middle and went to work. 5 minutes later I had a hairball about the size of a yorkie and now you can run your hand over it and not get any hair at all on you. I even laid down in my black hoodie and only got a couple little hairs. Couldn't do that even after the best vacuuming job. 

Bella is blowing her winter coat right now and I can't afford to take her in to get her shaved down just yet so this is going to be a life saver. Not sure if it would work on clothing since it would be hard to keep it tight. I bet it would work on heavier things like jackets but probably not light clothing. Maybe a mini one would work (do they make those?).

Anyways you guys might already know this tip but if not, now you do. I'm going to buy a couple more just in case one breaks don't want to risk being without it now that I know it works so well on her hair. 

[zoesam]

Yup, works really well. What's great for carpet is to put a squeeqee on the end of a long stick, like a broomstick.

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I wish I knew this ages ago, I try so hard to keep the dog hair off the couch, especially if someone is coming over. This will make life much easier, maybe it will cut down on my awful allergies as a bonus.

[sunsetpainter]

Latex dishwashing gloves work too. Just put them on and brush off the hair.

[labbypaws]

I use one of those yellow fur sponges.

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Mar 24, 2019 3:37:08 GMT sunsetpainter said:

Latex dishwashing gloves work too. Just put them on and brush off the hair.

I hadn't thought about trying gloves, I'll have to try to find a heavy pair of latex free ones and try it. That would work better for soft surfaces like her bedding and cracks and crevices the squeegee can't get into. Thanks

[sunsetpainter]

Mar 25, 2019 20:10:15 GMT peek said:

Mar 24, 2019 3:37:08 GMT sunsetpainter said:

Latex dishwashing gloves work too. Just put them on and brush off the hair.

I hadn't thought about trying gloves, I'll have to try to find a heavy pair of latex free ones and try it. That would work better for soft surfaces like her bedding and cracks and crevices the squeegee can't get into. Thanks

I buy the good quality name brand ones (Playtex?) and use them between the cushions of the couches and on the fabric seats of my dog-mobile-van.  Works great getting most of the hair off the seats and loosening the rest up so then I can just vacuum up the rest.  Although I have figured out that if I open all the doors on a windy day it helps to blow a LOT of the hair out!!

We bought this cheap van for the sole purpose of schlepping the dogs around in it.  Now DH says I'm mean because I only allow the dogs in the van and not my car.  My car is a dog hair free zone and it's going to stay that way!  lol 

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I've checked our stores a few times for latex free ones and haven't been able to find them around here, just regular latex ones and since I'm allergic to latex I can't use those, but I see some online so I'll have to order a couple pair. I've squeegeed my couch a few times since buying it and it's keeping it pretty clean, amazing how fast it gets hair on it, even with blankets on it. It won't be so bad when she's done blowing her winter coat or I can get her in and get her hair cut for summer. Doesn't matter how much I brush her right now, there's no way to keep up with her shedding.

She doesn't go in my car much, only a few times a year to the vet but I'm always lint rolling the seats because they get hair on them off of our clothes. I keep lint rollers in the car, in every room of the house, I'm a dog hair freak. I try my best to keep it off everything but it's a battle I can't win LOL

[somany]

No pets now, but I always found a slightly damp cloth did the best for pet hair removal. We had 3 cats, one of which was long haired, and 2 dogs at one time, and I was always on a campaign to get rid of the hair. Never tried a squeegee.

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I tracked down a pair of latex free dish washing gloves yesterday so I'm going to give them a go today when I wash the blankets on the couch. The squeegee works awesome but it's already starting to come apart from raking it across the couch fabric.

A damp cloth worked really well on the last couches we had but doesn't seem to work as well on these.


Have any of you tried the floating lint/hair catchers that go in your washing machine? I've been getting pop ups for them on FB, they seem to have good reviews except some of them say they wear out fast. They are basically floating plastic pieces with nets on them that catch all the lint and hair in the wash so it doesn't redeposit onto your clothes. Haven't found any in stores yet so I haven't tried one. Maybe bed bath and beyond would have them.

[sunsetpainter]

Mar 28, 2019 15:05:26 GMT peek said:

Have any of you tried the floating lint/hair catchers that go in your washing machine? I've been getting pop ups for them on FB, they seem to have good reviews except some of them say they wear out fast. They are basically floating plastic pieces with nets on them that catch all the lint and hair in the wash so it doesn't redeposit onto your clothes. Haven't found any in stores yet so I haven't tried one. Maybe bed bath and beyond would have them.

I haven't heard of these.  If you find some and they work well, please let me know.