OT - Feline QI Fur Removal

Just keep sitting on it and your clothes will remove the rest eventually. Oh, that's what you were trying to avoid! ;-)

I have a clothes brush which has a velvety surface. It's pretty good at getting hair off most things. Might be worth a try. Otherwise, just pickin' 'em out one by one is the only other thing I can think of.

Okay, just went and tried the brush on DH's chair, which has the same fabric. No good at picking out coarse JRT hairs. :-( Don't know if soft cat hairs would stick any better. Pulling them out by hand did work though. Good luck!

Well, Sharon. We've discovered that a balled up wad of Minkee will remove Minkee shedding, a ball of flannel gently removes flannel pills and fuzz . . . so just curl Mr. Samson into a nice roll and rub him back and forth on your chair. If the three things you've tried didn't work, that's just all there is left. For future prevention, it is said that some kitties are quite offended by aluminum foil. You might give your chair seat a covering with the stuff - perhaps held in place with masking tape. It would be worth a try. Polly

"Sharon Harper" wrote > Hullo oh knowledgeable ones!

Hi Sharon,

Wrapping sticky tape around your hand and brushing the seat - sticky side out works for me - or brushing with a "sponge" cloth sometimes works.

Have you tried brushing it off with a scrap of suede? Even a piece of the better quality fake washable suede-like fabric will work. I bought some years ago to use with my uniforms and it cleaned off hairs, powders, dust, almost anything totally dry.

Having four long-haired cats, I can sympathise! I have several of those 'lint removing brushes' around the house. I have also tried everything, but these always seem to give the best effect. They have a 'rough' surface which is directional. Brush one way to remove the bits, and the other to remove the fluff from the brush. Having described that, I wonder if velvet would work the same way? I must try it, as I have lots of scraps of corduroy >g< . In message , Sharon Harper writes

Great idea, Cheryl. I must try that one. Thanks!

In message , CATS writes

Corduroy works better than velvet, pinwhale corduroy (thin) works better than the thicker chunkier cuts on dust but vice versa on fur (no idea why), uncut cord works better still (more grab than velvet). "Suede" (or good pseudo-suede) is best.

With up to five cats at any one time of all shades and fur lengths, and a dark blue uniform for 20+ years - ask me how I know this lol

You might try a piece of Velcro. The Velcro closure on my favorite tennis shoes seems to attract every hair that Dora sheds.

I spay Windex on my hand and rub my hand on the furniture...it rolls off on my hand or the chair. You really need a good hand held power head to get cat hair up and even this Windex trick. I have a Rainbow Vac and I love it. I've had mine over 10 years. I am sure you could use water instead of Windex but for me the Windex dries quickly. Pami

Gross as it sounds, I just spit on my hand and rub the offending fur covered area! Nothing works better than good, old fashioned spit for removing reluctant QI fur from stuff :-)! Pami's recommendation for using Windex is great and likely much more socially acceptable but I still opt for spit :-). It's cheaper too -- LOLOL!

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Sharon, good buddy: I have no idea how to solve your problem, but I thought I'd tell you that your topic line might win the prize for "Most Shocking!" When I read it, I thought: Wow, the PeTA People (whose national headquarters I passed last night) would have a field day with this!!

PAT, happy you are remov> Hullo oh knowledgeable ones!

You are not alone, I'm a "spit gal" myself when it comes to a quick de-hairing of arms and backs of furniture. Brings new light to the term "lick and a promise". LOL The rest of the time I use an old Dirt Devil hand-vac that has a twirly brush. It scrapes and sucks up everything. Probably a combination of the brush action while vacuuming. I will, however, admit to the occasional dark thought of Nair-ing the cat when vacuuming furniture.

Val Spit worked like a charm years ago when cleaning jelly, dirt smudges and who KNOWS what off the faces of small children, too. Wonder if the Windex company is trying to figure out the secret ingredient in that stuff for cleaning power ;))

Well, actually, the trick *is* to remove the hair from the kitty. Our Sweet Pea walked up one day long before he was even weaned and decided living conditions here would be acceptable. He didn't have a mum to teach him about grooming and thought a daily vacuuming was his due. Oh my how that big kitty loved his vacuum session, he would stalk anyone pushing a vacuum and barracade doorways to make sure he received lots of attention. Polly

My cat, who normally moves at the speed of cold molasses IF enough threats and coercion are administered, is a blurred streak heading into the bedroom as soon as I pull the vacuum out of it's closet, the door slams and I can hear little kitty grunts as he tries to shove the dresser in front of the door to barricade himself in a safe room. If this doesn't work he goes into the far back corner of the closet and curls up in a sweater cubby until several hours after the vacuum is silent. Perhaps I could Fed-Ex my cat to Polly 2-3 times a months for a thorough de-furring....I think this only fair since she threatened to send me a *shudder* husband!

Val

The offer still stands, Val. There are three bachelors homesteading out here in the Swamp looking for a few good wimmin. Polly

"Val" My cat, who normally moves at the speed of cold molasses IF enough threats

Wipe it down with a dryer sheet.

That will get any still on the leather and much of what is on the fabric. Then beat the cushion, vacuum and wipe it again.

You are probably going to be getting cat hairs out from inside that cushion for the next century. Cat hair is like glitter, it is around for eternity.

NightMist after another glitter free christmas, DH had a bit of green glitter >Hullo oh knowledgeable ones!

ROFLOL - Oh Polly you just get me! I could just imagine me trying to curl Samson up - remember the joke about washing the kitty in the toilet? Well that'd be me if I tried that with him. Don't get me wrong he is a loving little puddy tat (as proven by my new fur coat - eg I sit, he sits on top of me) but is a bit fussy about how he is petted.

After emptying the vacuum a couple of times and trying different attachments we had most of the fur off but the overall winner was Leigh's suggestion of the velvety clothes brush which we borrowed from DH's mum. Not 100% gone but we have settled for 99.9%. Thank you all for a bunch of useful (and sometimes humourous) suggestions.

ROFLOL - I never thought of that!!!! But yes, I can see your point. Still if I did de-fur the cats it would solve the shedding problem wouldn't it?