Dog Hair

[shep1984]

Afternoon All,

And yes before you all collapse in horror i have let my dog in the back of my car. He is only small - a short legged Jack Russell but this has not stopped him in getting his hair all over the back seats.

I am looking for a way to remove said dog hair from the seats of the LCR. Normal household hoovers dont seem to do the job - any suggestions??

I would normally take the car to be cleaned professionally, but before i spend £50 any advice.

Also any suggestions on a good upholstery cleaner - muddy paws too.

Cheers

Alex.

 

[Daffy]

Meguiars do a hair removal brush for about £6 or £7. It has rubber bristles and although it takes a little effort is very good. I tend to use it in conjunction with a hoover attachment nozzle in one hand and brush the hairs towards it with the other if you get what I mean. Rubber bristles do a grand job of pulling pet hair out of the fabric.

 

[si-mate]

Get a roll of packing tape and wrap some round your hand then 'pat' the dog hair from the carpet.

 

[UncleFester]

And then buy a rear seat lined cover for 20 quid Failing that, adpot my approach and don't let the dog in the car I do have a dog car harness for the odd time i need to take him somewhere - stops him wandering around behind me and licking EVERYTHING!

 

[robreidmotors]

There is no easy way, simple elbow grease.

Problem with any brush, rubber scraper is it can move it onto another bit of carpet where it beds in, I had most success using a vacuum attachment, that way it sucks it up as soon as its dislodged. And its a slow process, up down side to side, circles etc!

Ive just bought another ibiza, which requires a little clean but the rear boot carpet is hair ridden etc, to be honest ive just ordered a rubber mat to replace it which should solve the issue.

 

[Boo]

• Put a rubber glove on
• Get Rubber glove wet
• Pat off excess water
• Rub gloved hand over the seat in the same direction as the weave of the fabric.

Should work

 

[robreidmotors]

• Put a rubber glove on
• Get Rubber glove wet
• Pat off excess water
• Rub gloved hand over the seat in the same direction as the weave of the fabric.

Should work

Try and look manly doing that!

Next step shave the dog

 

[Boo]

You can buy blue rubber gloves these days In fact if you go to the right place you can get them in pretty much any colour.

Back on topic : I cant see that its any different from a sofa the rubber glove works everytime when I have had to take one of the cats to the vets on its lead. Just make sure you go with the weave rather than against it.

 

[kegger]

I've got two jack russells so I feel your pain! I use cloth (gaffer) tape wrapped round my hand... Only way with their needle hairs! I can do it in less than half an hour... Don't spend £50 buddy

 

[zada-tech]

The tape wuld do the job for me too.

Matin.

 

[wisejason]

A little late from the original posting but - my mate had his car valeted a while back and the guy who did the job used a slightly blunt hacksaw blade to lift the hair out of the carpet pile in the boot.

Apparently it didn't need any force just dragged it across the carpet pile and the boot is spotless.

 

[NotPotter]

I definitely swear by the rubber glove trick, stupidly simple but very effective