Dealing with cat hairs on clothes

SensibleSarah

I've got 4 cats (one long haired) and a dalmatian dog. Well & truly given up the fight against hair on clothes. It's all I can do to keep it out of my food & drink.

ripplyuk

To be honest, if you have cats, this is just something you will have to put up with. Use the sticky rollers etc when you really need to be hair free but the rest of the time, it's just part of having cats. Get a furminator, vacuum regularly (for me it was twice a day) and put laundry away immediately. I also used a rubber brush for getting hair out of carpets, and from some clothes. I tried the rinseable rollers but it was useless after the first go. Keep the kitties on a premium food.

I've had shorthairs, semi-longhair and long haired, including a lovely Chinchilla, and they all shed. I actually found the shorthairs the worst for shedding and semi longhair the least. All were groomed regularly with a furminator.

eilidhcatriona

I use rubber gloves, it's the most effective way I've found. I've got a pair that are for cat hair removal only - just put one on, and rub down the clothes with it. It doesn't quite take the hair off, but it moves it all into one clump which is easy to remove.


The rubber gloves work brilliantly on sofas as well.


Mind you, the only things that I actually bother to dehair are a few items of work clothing that it shows up really badly on - mostly I don't care that I come with a general aura of cat hair around me!

Mrs_Z

Rubber gloves but wet them first! Sounds crazy but it works - a bit like cat mimicking cleaning itself. If you dont have rubber gloves handy, even try wetting your palms under a tap, shake off the excess water and then just sweep away. It works!!! and great for emergencies....

teddysmum

There is the same problem with fluffy dogs (my elder dog being awful as a white fluffball).


I find sellotape wrapped around knuckles removes hairs that the rollers miss.

teddysmum

There is the same problem with fluffy dogs (my elder dog being awful as a white fluffball puppy).


I find sellotape wrapped around knuckles removes hairs that the rollers miss.

gettingtheresometime

eilidhcatriona wrote: »

I use rubber gloves, it's the most effective way I've found. I've got a pair that are for cat hair removal only - just put one on, and rub down the clothes with it. It doesn't quite take the hair off, but it moves it all into one clump which is easy to remove.


The rubber gloves work brilliantly on sofas as well.


Mind you, the only things that I actually bother to dehair are a few items of work clothing that it shows up really badly on - mostly I don't care that I come with a general aura of cat hair around me!

I was going to suggest rubber gloves!

We have a big problem with dog hair on the stairs as the mutt lies on a step, puts his head through the bannister (it's one of those 1970 ones ) and surveys his kingdom.

Rubber gloves worked a treat

NoGoodNamesLeft

For sofas and floors, a damp rubber window squeegy thing works OK. For clothes, I've just given up and tried to buy clothes that already match the cat!

robbyfine

Try to use one of the old fashined hair remover brushes (Brushomatic) or the like, I have seen them in the variety stores, or use the back of a *Zoom Groom*....yes, I know they are made for grooming cats but I use mine to clean bedding, scratching posts, couch etc.

ErickClifford

You just need to wet your hands! You can do the same with hairs on the car seats.