Run blanket through a 10-minute dryer cycle and shake it out. Add half a cup of white vinegar to the rinse cycle to soften fabric and loosen hair. Wash the blanket on a regular wash cycle by itself or with only a few other items so hair can drain easily.
Another tip to get pet hair off clothes is to add 1/2 cup white vinegar to the machine's rinse cycle when washing your items. This is especially helpful if you have lots of pet hair or lint stuck to your clothes. Like the pre-wash dryer cycle, this also helps relax fabrics and frees trapped hair.
Place the blankets and clothing in a dryer with dryer sheets to remove hair via the lint trap. Use multiple drying and fluff cycles to capture hair in the lint trap repeatedly. Clean the trap between each cycle to make space for more hair.
Add a half-cup of white vinegar to the machine's rinse cycle. Vinegar is a natural fabric softener that helps loosen pet hair. Clean your washer by running a wash cycle without laundry. After the cycle ends, wipe down your machine's drum with a wet cloth.
Add a half cup of white or apple cider vinegar to a rinse cycle to help soften the fabric and loosen the cat hair. You should wash the blanket by itself so the hair can drain easily. Finally, run the blanket through one more dryer cycle so the lint trap can pick up the remaining fur.
Another way to address pet hair in the laundry is to use a laundry booster, such as white vinegar, that loosens fur. “Adding some white vinegar to the rinse cycle of the washer machine softens the water and helps to loosen fur from fabrics,” Bendersky says.
Dryer sheets (sometimes slightly dampened), pumice stones, lint rollers, and duct tape all work wonders for removing hair from various fabric surfaces. Dryer sheets are great for carpet and furniture, pumice stones on carpet, and lint rollers or duct tape on, well, just about anything. Suck it up, buttercup.
The fabrics that attract a lot of hair, on the other hand, include wool, loose-weave cotton, velvet and synthetics. Some will always attract more than others, and the washing machine represents the only real solution to removing pet hair from clothes.
If your vacuum isn't doing a good job of getting all the hair that's embedded in the fibers of your carpet or upholstery, liquid fabric softener can help. Add a spoonful to a spray bottle, then fill with water and shake to mix. Spritz on your carpet and let sit for five minutes.
Dampened dryer sheets, lint rollers, even duct tape, can be effective solutions for quickly removing pet hair in a pinch.
Washing and drying your clothes will help remove dog hair, but you can enjoy even better results by eliminating as much hair as possible before tossing your laundry in the wash. You can start by simply shaking off as much hair as you can before you toss those clothes into the washer.
'Put all your pets bedding and blankets in the washing machine and wash separately from any other laundry on a cold wash,' advises Deyan. However, be sure to use pet-safe laundry detergent and add in some pet hair dissolver to get rid of any leftover hairs.
Use masking tape.
Masking tape picks up hair where pet hair is embedded into the fabric. You could also use sturdy packing tape wrapped into a circle around your fingers with the sticky side out. It works just like a lint roller, but it's not eco-friendly, so it's best only used for emergencies.
The wash needs an additional rinse cycle to remove an abnormal amount of hair. You're using too much detergent, which is causing all of the hair and lint to redeposit back onto the clothes. Cut down on the size of the load you placed in the washing machine.
* Use a lint roller to remove hair and dead skin: Hair gets embedded in the sheets and pillow covers. Simply run a lint roller over the bedsheets and pillow cases. Ditto for the quilt or comforter. If you don't have a lint roller, wrap masking or packing tape around the palm of your hand and dislodge the embedded hair.
If the bed is stained or soiled, do a pre-soak first, then use stain remover before the main wash. Wash the bed on cold. Use a detergent and/or softener that's pet-safe. Use a fabric softener to help the hair come off more easily.
Place the fur-covered item in a clothes dryer on a low heat cycle like Permanent Press with a couple of wet microfiber cloths (the hair will stick to the microfiber cloths) and tumble until slightly damp. Remove the clothes from the dryer and use a clothes brush or sticky lint roller to remove the remaining fur.
One easy-to-make, yet somewhat magical solution to removing pet hair, is a mixture of water and fabric softener. Simply combine the two ingredients in a bottle, lightly spray onto the area with hair, and wipe off. It only takes a little bit of the spray, so don't get overzealous.