If your dog rides with you in the car, you know how bad the dog's hair sticks in the carpet. Powerful vacuums do a so-so job (takes 30 min. for our van, even with leather seats!). Wet washrags help pick up some of it. But the BEST discovery for me occurred yesterday. I used the SHEDDING BLADE to sweep up the hair out of the carpet and it came up immediately! This is the next best thing to homemade ice cream. The van floor was clean in about 5-7 min. Still a few stray hairs left, so for a super-immaculate job would take maybe 10-15 min. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

dont have that problem.

I would worry about the shedding blade cutting the carpet. We use the brushes with small bent pins, they look like a carding brush. It is easy on the carpet and picks the hair right up, usually first pass.

Do I have dog hair in the car? Are you -F-ing kidding me?

I have dog hair EVERYWHERE! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Little insidious hairs that infiltrate all articles of clothing, boxes, suitcases, blankets, camping gear, books, firearms. . .if you go there and I've been there, there is hair there.

I have spent a fortune on the most powerful vacuums, industrial shop vacs, combs, rakes, brushes. . . if it gets rid of hair I have it.

I fear that it is slowly getting to me. My sanity is at stake. On of these days I may be forced to look at (sniffle, sniffle. . .tear drop)a different breed. . . ?? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

(and if you believe that, I have some earthworm farms in Canada that may interest you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> )

Just Wait Dobe, you think your dog doesn't "shed"

I am trying to sell my other car. It hasn't had a Dobermutt in it in over 5 yrs and there is still Black & Rust hair interwoven in to the backseat from my male. Their hair is like little porcupine quills... Probably why I can't sell the car...

When I bought the subaru I went to Home Depot and bought commercial carpet to go over the floor and put in the steel barriers in the car so the hair will stay in back (in theory at least)

I have every sticky-electrostatic-whositwhatsit they make, but the world can not be beat by Duct Tape. If Wd-40 or Duct Tape can't fix it, throw it out and buy a new one. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

My one compliant about "finding hair" is when it majically appears in the COVERED butter dish...

VanCamp wants a Giant, but he is really afraid he couldn't handle the dog.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Oh my god, a Giant Snoozer, no way.

GSD for life baby. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

At least you didn't say anything about BRTs. :rolleyes:

I have a dog who thinks it is her job to shed all over everything. I've found the shedding blade to work well on the carpet. The pet hair sponges work pretty well too (I found them at the dollar store and bought 6 or more of them). The easiest thing is to keep a roll of masking tape in the car and just remove the hair from the people on the way out <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> .

Between the 3 GSD's (two are long coats) and 2 very soft fluffy pale cats i am now unable to remember what it was like just having the odd black stray hair from my one Kelpie.
Now i have come to the conclusion that i will vacume the animals instead <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I just have to find someone nimble enough to hold the cats still enough!!

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Originally posted by Lauren:
The easiest thing is to keep a roll of masking tape in the car and just remove the hair from the people on the way out <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> .

Now that's funny... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Richard mentioned the brushes with the bent pins. They are called slicker brushes and they work big time on carpet and cloth seats.

Many years ago my wife Eve and I owned a combo pet food, training and grooming shop. We hired a groomer to run that aspect of the store.

The groomer would do pick ups and delivery of a few dogs for those who could not drive to the shop. She each day after all the deliverys were done would do exact as Rich said with the slicker brush.

In fact that brush would really break through the carpet and fabric so well that a lot of the dirt that attached itself to the fabrics etc would break up and be easy to vacuum out afterwards.

It was without a doubt the best way to get a lot of hair out beyond what any high power vacuum could do.

Another bonus was that it gave a somewhat renewed look to those fabrics.

Downside was that although it did a great job on removing hair that renewed look I mentioned also released some odour that had been impregnated into the fabrics.

So, any ideas on odour removal that will put the Tim the Tool Man Types to shame?

Jerry