How to wash animal hair in a washing machine?
If you have a cat or dog, you know that getting rid of their hair when cleaning can be tricky. You have to clean carpets, upholstered furniture, and wardrobe items by hand. Is it possible to remove pet hair from clothes in the washing machine? Or is hand washing the only solution?
This is not good for the washing machine.
In fact, pet hair can be a serious problem when washing in a washing machine. If large amounts of it get into the internal components, it can even cause damage. Wool balls settle in the waste filter and pump, making it difficult to pump out used water. As a result, the washing machine stops and the machine freezes.
To avoid wasting time cleaning the washing machine's parts later, thoroughly remove any stuck-on hair before loading items into the drum. Don't risk damaging your expensive appliance. In any case, you won't be able to effectively remove hair using a washing machine.
Antistatic will help
The main problem is that animal hair clings to clothes very strongly. Even if you wash clothes on the most efficient cycle, most of the hairs won't come out. Therefore, experienced housewives recommend treating items with an antistatic agent before placing them in the washing machine. Then hang the clothes to dry, take them down after a couple of hours, and shake out all the hair.
It is best to treat items with an antistatic agent before wearing, then the wool will not stick to them.
After this, treat the fabric with an antistatic agent again and place it in the washing machine. Run the appropriate cycle according to the manufacturer's recommendations. When the wash cycle is complete, there should be very little or no hair remaining in the washing machine.
Hair dryer and wet cleaning
The easiest way to remove pet hair from clothing is without washing it in the washing machine. Although hand-cleaning may seem time-consuming, it's the most effective. How to remove stubborn hair:
- fill a basin with warm water;
- neatly lay out the clothes that need to be cleaned of wool nearby;
- take a hair dryer and use hot air to treat the areas that are most contaminated;
- put a rubber glove on your hand and dip it in water;
- Collect any stuck hair with a wet palm.
This method works by drying out the wool hairs with hot air. As a result, they easily stick to the wet surface of the glove. While this method of removing hair from clothing is labor-intensive, it is quite effective.
Wet wipe in the machine
There's another way to remove stuck-on hair from clothing items. Housewives recommend using a regular cloth for this. wet wipe, which is placed in the washing machine along with dirty clothes. Then, the washing cycle is set to normal. All the wool hairs stick to the cloth, resulting in clean clothes.
The practice of applying this method has shown that not everything is so simple. In some cases, the hairs did not stick to the napkin at all, in others, the hairs only partially ended up on it, but remained on the clothes themselves. Therefore, we can conclude that this method is ineffective. It won't remove animal hair from clothing when machine-washed.
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All of the above options are inconvenient and ineffective, and the article is more about how both options are ineffective. It's difficult to walk on a carpet with a rubber glove, unless it's fluffy—your hand falls off from fatigue—but the effect is excellent. I also clean fluffy carpets with a rubber glove, and after vacuuming up the hair, I vacuum it up. I bought a bucket of wet wipes and go over the surfaces several times a day. I'm fed up. The bedspreads, furniture, and the black touch stove in the kitchen are also covered in hair every day, even though the cat never even sticks his nose in. Conclusion: it's easier to get rid of the cat or put up with the inconvenience, allergies, suffering from hair everywhere, and living in a snake pit while pretending to clean. You spend your whole life cleaning, and when you pet the cat, it even bites you in gratitude. Draw your own conclusions.
Tanya, just don't get pets. No one is forcing you to. There are wonderful vacuum cleaners for carpets. People who suffer so much shouldn't get animals. You'll get by without them. Don't suffer.
That's what I did, got rid of the cat, and my life became better.
I'll give you the same advice. Dilute some fabric softener, soak a microfiber cloth in it, and wipe down the stovetop and everything else. It'll remove fur less. Say hello to your kitty 🙂