The best ways to clean the carpet from the hair of cats and dogs
For such a specific cleaning you will need special devices. Some are sold in stores and are quite expensive. Others can be found in every home. Choose a tool and a method of cleaning:
1.Turbo brush of vacuum cleaner
Many modern vacuum cleaners are sold with a special rotating brush. Install it instead of the usual nozzle and vacuum the carpet. Do this slowly so that the brush has time to catch and wind wool. However, not all vacuum cleaners this device really works well. If you can afford expensive equipment, it makes sense to buy one of the special models for cleaning wool. Such vacuum cleaners receive good reviews from the owners of furry Pets. Keep in mind that even though it is dry cleaning, it also can not be abused. Carpets, especially wool and silk, do not like excessive mechanical influences. Frequent treatment with a turbocharger accelerates the wear of the pile.
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Treating the carpet with such a device, you not only remove the wool, but also clean the top layer of the pile from the stuck dirt. But household cleaning vacuum cleaner is not able to clean all the dirt from the thickness of the carpet. After cleaning, the pile will be wet – try not to walk on it until completely dry.
3.Wet broom
Just soak it in clean water and sweep up the carpet. From time to time wash off the stuck wool from the tips of the broom. This is a relatively quick and easy way to surface clean the carpet from soft cat or dog hair (from long-haired animals). Short hard hairs broom will not remove. It also does not clean the hair, clogged in the pile, but slightly lift its tips. If after sweeping you will not walk on the carpet, and once again it carefully vacuum at high power, you will get a great result.
4.The wet brush
You will need a brush for manual cleaning with medium hardness bristles and a basin of water. Wet the brush in water, shake it off and clean the wool off the carpet. Clean in the direction of the pile. If the effect is too weak, use soft circular movements (but they are harmful for the carpet). Periodically rinse the brush and collect the formed wool pellets with your hands. This is a time-consuming way (you have to crawl for an hour on the carpet on your knees), but it is very effective and allows you to collect almost all the wool from the pile of small and medium length. Wet brush is suitable even for cleaning short-haired animals, such as shepherds.
5.Damp cloth, or hard foam sponge
Wipe the carpet with it in the direction of the pile, gradually rolling the wool from one edge of the carpet to the other. Movements should always be directed in one direction, as if you are collecting water from the floor. Do not RUB the pile with the force back and forth – so you can spoil the carpet, and the wool will remain in place. In process of pollution a rag or a sponge should be rinsed out carefully in water. This is also an effective method, but it is more suitable for dense short-pile carpets. If the pile is of medium length or very loose, it is better to use a wet brush.
6.MOP with sponge
This is a popular tool with a sponge nozzle and a device for pressing it, which is usually used for washing floors. Wet sponge such a MOP rolls fine wool from the surface of the carpet. Just move it in one direction and collect the resulting pellets. Sponge should be periodically rinsed from the stuck wool. The method is suitable for short-pile carpets and is good in that it does not moisturize the pile.
7.Vacuum cleaner and fabric conditioner
Take a container with a spray and mix it in a glass of air conditioning with a glass of water. Spray the solution on the surface of the carpet, wait for it to dry a little and vacuum. Air conditioning will soften the hairs, and they are easier to clean out of the pile. In addition to Laundry products are also suitable balm-conditioner for hair care. But whatever you choose, be sure to try the action of the solution on a small area of the carpet. Some emollients can leave stains on carpets or, conversely, discolor the pattern.
8.Rubber gloves, gloves for combing animals
You can use medical latex gloves, rubber household or special gloves for combing animals, purchased at the pet store. Put the product on your hand and Pat the carpet on the pile. The coat will descend, and you will be able to collect it. For the best effect, the gloves should be wetted in water and periodically rinsed from the stuck hairs. This method allows you to clean the carpet well and fairly quickly from the soft fur of a cat or a fluffy long-haired dog. Similarly, you can brush the pile and the bare hand moistened with water. But rubber gloves work several times better, and your hands will not suffer from friction.
9.Rubber brush, window cleaner
Rubber rolls fine wool. Take a brush with rubber bristles and treat it with a short carpet, "sweeping away" movements. Periodically wash off the hair from the tool. Scraper (sgon) for washing Windows need to move on the carpet slowly, like glass, tightly pressing the rubber roller to the pile. Assemble the rolled-up coat by hand.
10.Sticky roller
On sale there are special devices for cleaning clothes from wool – small rollers, covered with adhesive tape. They can be used to clean the carpet. Just roll the roller on the pile several times in different directions. Down and wool will stick to the tape. This method is very effective, as it allows you to clean the carpet even from a hard coat of short-haired dogs. Sticky tape literally pulls out of the pile stuck hairs. But cons more. The video is very small, and will have to spend a lot of time to clean the entire carpet. In addition, when the tape will stick a lot of wool, it will stop working. Perhaps, in the process cleansing one carpet the commercial will have change several times.
11.Scotch tape (adhesive tape)
This method is similar to the previous one, but will cost you much cheaper. Take a regular office tape and wrap it on the palm of the adhesive side out. Pat your hand on the carpet – the hairs will stick to it. As soon as the tape gets dirty, change it. It is important that the tape was high quality, with good stickiness.
12.Metal brush for combing long-haired dogs
Comb the carpet with it as you scratch your pet. On cleaning will need a lot of effort, but so you can "pull" from the pile deeply clogged long hair. Short hairs brush removes worse. Apply such a rigid mechanical cleaning should be very careful. If you touch the brush base thread, you can break the carpet. Pile combing also will not benefit – part of it will stretch along with the hair.
13.Sandpaper
If there is no suitable brush, you can "comb" pile skin medium or large grain. She will gather soft fur and long hair. This method is also traumatic for the carpet, it can not be used on long-haired, woven and looped products.
14.Construction mastic
Take a piece of "sausage" of mastic and roll it on the carpet. Mass will collect on themselves wool. As soon as the "sausage" stops sticking, throw it away and take a new portion. Be careful: the mastic should be slightly sticky, but should not stick to the pile. Otherwise you won't clean it up later. Similarly, you can use any adhesive mass that does not stick to the pile and does not paint the carpet.
15.Clothes brush
Delicate and expensive carpets can be cleaned of wool with a special velour brush, designed for cleaning wool coats and suits. Treat the fixture the carpet, rolling up the wool in lumps. Move the brush in one direction, preferably on the pile, and not against it. This work is long and painstaking, but allows you to carefully collect wool, thread and fluff from the surface of the carpet. In the thickness of the product velour pile does not get, so deeply clogged hairs will remain in place.
