Top 7 Ways to Clean Up Cat Hair
For many households, pet hair is one of the biggest cleaning headaches, and most people don't own the right tools to deal with it. The secret lies in static electricity, rubber, and moisture. When hair is dry, it floats around easily and clings to surfaces through static. A little moisture, a rubber material, or even a damp hand can make all the difference. Here are the top tools for removing pet hair.
The upholstery brush
Every cleaner's best friend, and sorely missed when it's not at hand. The small angled bristles lift hair from sofas, cushions, and rugs with ease. On the back stroke, everything gets pulled away. On thicker rugs, try using your vacuum's standard nozzle with the hard floor brush extended for a similar combing effect. It takes a little more effort, but it's one reason why rugs tend to look a little fuller after a professional cleaner has been in.
The rubber edge of a dustpan
If the rubber lip on your dustpan is soft, you can use it to scrape across the sofa and drag hair out of the fabric, rolling it up into little sausage-shaped clumps.
The window squeegee
A good squeegee usually has a high-quality rubber blade that works surprisingly well for removing pet hair. The downside is that the soft rubber wears down quickly and may leave streaks the next time you clean your windows.
The dry cleaning sponge
A dry cleaning sponge looks like an ordinary sponge but is denser and has a high rubber content. It reaches deeper into creases and corners than a scraper can. Its texture allows you to pick up thick layers of hair efficiently, run it over the spots where your pet likes to sit and the hair rolls up neatly for easy removal.
The rubber glove
Most people already have one at home. Slightly dampened, it works brilliantly for scraping hair off sofas and other fabric surfaces. With a vacuum in your other hand, you can work quickly, gathering the hair into clumps that the vacuum can easily pick up.
Water
If you have none of the above, dampen your hand and pat the surface. The hair sticks right to it and rolls into small clumps that can be picked up, thrown away, or vacuumed.
A comb
Removing hair before it ends up on the floor is a preventive approach that saves you cleaning time later. Follow these hair-raising cleaning tips and you'll have one less thing to worry about. Though the easiest solution, of course, is a hairless cat.
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