I am building myself up to cleaning my car but have a question about the best way to remove dog hair form the boot. The material at the sides is like a carpet/felt type material . The problem is a normal vacuum gets about 50 % of the hair as the hairs seem to get entwined in the material.

Any hints about getting as much of the remaining hair out ?

Lucy
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> the best way to remove dog hair form the boot.<

get the hubby to do it :D :D

I think as well as the vac he uses a very stiff hand brush and a damp cloth cos we have the same problem with the carpeted sides. 

Have you tried putting on a strong pair of rubber gloves and brushing with your hands?  It's hard work but very effective for removing all sorts of dog hairs.

I haven't thought of that but the though of rubber rubbing against carpet makes me go all peculiar :D

Lucy
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get the hubby to do it

Yes have been dropping big hints but he hasn't yet taken up the challenge :D

I've got the exact same problem at the minute- OH keeps saying how disgusting it is but doesn't seem to have taken the hint and cleaned it yet??  He's a rather *car* proud person- mine is awful- kids empty wrappers, old footballs, goodness knows how many carrier bags etc etc- I try to tell him it's a car not an ornament but to be honest I rarely clean those either if I can get away with it :-D 

Stacey x

I have the same problem with the sofa!!
The hoover just doesnt pick up all the hair off of it!!

:-)

I found the best thing is a gizmo that fits on the hose, about 5" x 2" plastic case but has a pad that fits in it, Red velvety stuff, if you stroke it one direction it is smooth but the other way feels rough, it works almost like a slicker brush but it is soft fabric so sofa safe. When you pull it towards you it rolls up the doghair then push it away and it rolls off and goes up the tube.you get little skinny strips of the stuff on a lot of cylinder heads but I got mine from a local market stall, cant see anything similar on ebay to give you a link but normally under a £5 and has adaptors to fit different size hoses. I use mine on floors, furniture, car and even on my trouser legs when dog has said enthusiastic 'hello mum'
Chris

Do you have an attachment with a beater brush? I have small versions of the normal carpet head with a rotating brush for both of my vacuums and they pick up the dog hair in the car very well.

I just asked him Lucy, he said he does'nt use a cloth because then the cloth gets covered in them (ok so I got that bit wrong) so I asked him how he did it and he said he just wets his hands and wipes them off! sounds simple doesn't it? Thinking about it that's how I get the hairs of my trousers/jeans, it just all rolls together then I pull them off in a clump :rolleyes: just remember to only lick yr hands once, otherwise you end up choking :D :P :P

We have a lad in the village who valets cars for next to nothing!!:-)

That is how I used to get the dog hair out!!! :-D

They don't go in car now that we have the van so now all I have to worry about is hay, straw and mud!!!:-D

Must confess I'm tempted by professional valeting

OH is very good and does a much better job than me (its a man thing - they only concentrate on one thing at a time whereas I'm always wanting to get the next thing on my list completed!) D

There is a chap in the village that does valeting but have treid to get him to do it and keeps letting us down :rolleyes:

Anyway I will be attempting the clean later on so will let you know how I get on :D

Be brave - try the rubber gloves

Well I have been brave and tried the rubber gloves and very effective The only problem though was the friction which caused my hands to get very hot and sweaty The problem is now the hairs were covering a multitude of dirty marks now so will have to get the steam cleaner onto it now :rolleyes: oh well at least I have started :D

I have a little hand held brush - on one side a squeedjy?? (Sp??) and on the other side rubber bristles - I got it from matalan but they sell them in lots of shops - its fab! I use it mainly to get the black bobbles off my sons cream bedroom carpet where he sits at his desk - bobbles off his black socks that just won't vacuum away - it works every time! I hate cleaning cars by the way.

>the best way to remove dog hair form the boot?

I have found that having a brother who owns a car valeting business is very effective at removing those stubborn dog hairs ;) :D :D

The sticky rollers that you can buy from supermarkets  are quite good at getting off pet hair, we tried them after having the car valeting and finding a stray one in the boot.

There is a little gadget available from Pets @Home, it's called a PET HAIR MAGNET. It is very similar to the other end of a squeegee (wrong spelling) but is much more solid with double rubber edges. It is brilliant at pulling hair together from carpets etc. I mainly use mine for scraping the hair off Vet Bedding before washing to avoid blocking the washer drain. It's amazing the amount of hair that comes off!! Brilliant buy. Costs aroung £6/7 but worth it.

Here's a tip from a car valeter and it honestly works, as strange as it may seem!  :D  Get a packet of cheap disposable razors and shave the hair off. You don't need to press too hard; the shaving action cuts the hair up into wee bits that easily hoover up.  I've managed to salvage the rancid hairy boots of two lease cars before they went back by using this method!

LF