Removing dog hair - it's a nightmare!

scorpian81

Hi all, not sure if this exactly the right place to post but here goes.

I bought a car last week but the back seats are covered in dog hair. my mum's dyson couldn't remove them so i got a pet lover hoover off freecycle but that didn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas how to remove them? without damaging the fabric preferably:rotfl:

I really want to get rid of it as my 2 week old son sits in the back

Thanks in advance

Ian.

totalsolutions

2inch wide Sellotape in long strips, apply and pull off. Do this many times. There is a sticky roller that might do this as well. Or have a valet.

Lirin

Sellotape, only real thing I ever found that worked. And ages with a hoover!

manda1205

Sorry cant help much, but we did this with our old car, and when we got our slightly newer car we said the dog must go in the boot, we bought a specific dog mat that hangs from the back of the seats and then along the inside of the boot. Can only say this is much better and there are hardly any hairs that sneak through and get onto the boot carpet and there aren't any on the back seat.
Other than a proper vallet I doubt you're gonna get rid of them all.

scorpian81

A-ha! Can't believe I didn't think of that!

Thanks!

I know I won't remove them all, just want to get rid of as much as possible.

Hippygirl

Try rubbing - firmly in the same direction - brisk stroking- wearing damp rubber gloves - this is pretty efficient.

bigdic

I've got it on good authority that a rubber bristled brush lik this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RUBBER-BRUSH-PET-DOG-CAT-HAIR-FUR-FLUFF-REMOVER-GROOM-/270606642886?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_DIY_Material_Nails_Fixing_MJ&hash=item3f0169aec6

hoovering as you go should work well. The above is just the first one I found on a search.

Ben84

A good quality clothes brush with boar bristle sweeps up pet hair easily. I bought one from Kent Brushes a while ago for about £8. Great if you have pets, and still useful to have around the house even if you don't. It works well on those little bits of fluff things collect, and it managed to easily clean up my clothes when I put a tissue in the automatic washing machine.

luap2411

We have two dalmatians, don't believe short haired dogs are no problem. Hair seems to weave into car upholstery. We use a horse brush, called a curry comb, used gently it helps, good for brushing dogs too. But the best is brown parcel tape, roll it round your fingers (sticky side out) then stick one end to the other. You will end up with a roll round your fingers which you can just dab onto the seats. If you really get into it you can use tweasers for the last few awkward ones like my father in law does, but then you may just find life is just too short for this level of detail !

moonrakerz

Any good ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_Hairless_Dog

ali-t

another vote for the damp rubber glove.