Threads on Carpet

I have a burgundy carpeted sewing room. The room was not intended to be my sewing room when it was carpeted burgundy. Now I always have millions of different sizes of threads all over it. I don't mind using the vacuum on the small pieces but, the longer ones get all wrapped around my brushes and can ruin my vacuum. I have tried picking them up with my hands which takes forever. Also my hands don't work very well I have nerve damage in them. I tried putting on a rubber glove and rubbing my hand across the floor to gather up a pile. That worked a little bit. Does anyone have an easy way of gathering up the thread before vacuuming the floor? I do try not to get them on the floor by having a little thread bag taped to the table next to my machine for when I am clipping. You know how it is like pet hair it is everywhere. People know you sew because when you go out to the store there is always a piece of thread on you somewhere.

Sheila

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She in PA
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Use a Pixall.....the sticky roller with a handle meant for getting hair, etc. off your clothes.

I'm new here.......just floating over from RCTQ. And I recognize you Sheila. How are the necktie projects going?

Betty in WI

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Betty in Wi

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Diana Curtis

I haven't work with tie for awhile. My husband is a teacher and saw a girl with an unusual skirt on today. He said it looked like something I would have designed. It was a regular skirt just above the knees. Then it had about 20 to 25 ties sewed around the hem and hanging down to her ankles. He said it kind of swished when she walked. He had to stop her and check it out , then he called me. I have been working on my sample quilt top. It is the first quilt top I ever made. I finished it and sent it out to be quilted. I will be entering it and my tie purse and some other things in the Canfield OH Fair over Labor Day. Thanks for asking.

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She in PA

i use the hose with the crevice tool attached, then it dont go thru the roller thingy

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RebelGirl

Great idea! Emily

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CySew

In article , Diana Curtis of uttered

I gave up that unequal struggle and bought a cylinder vacuum cleaner.

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She who would like to be obeye

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We use a sponge mop, the kind that you squeeze by pulling a lever on the handle. We squeeze out as much water as possible then drag it over the carpet. It pulls out loads of threads and pet fur.

For stairs and furniture, a small hand-held sponge does the same job. Use long strokes to wipe the surface, don't scrub.

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Sally Holmes

My upright Dyson copes well: I just hack the hair and threads out of the brush every so often.

My sewing room carpet is white - shows EVERYTHING! Dyson gets the most of it, and if I'm being ultra fussy (like MUM is coming to stay!) then I'll take a lint roller to the tiny's.

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Kate Dicey

She in PA wrote: > small pieces but, the longer ones get all wrapped around my brushes and can

Speaking as someone with waist length hair, and a sewing person, I can't say that I've ever had either damage the beater bar of the vacuum cleaner and I pick up HUGE amounts of hair.

About once a month I turn my vacuum over and cut all the threads and hair out of the beater bar brushes and check I haven't go any round the motor spindle or cuaght in the pulley and thats it.

One thing I have tried with success on the hair problem is to run an old hair brush over the floor to pick up the dropped hair so that it isn't transferred to the vacuum beater bar. This does work quite well and you'd be suprised at how much hair you shed!!! I would imagine the same technique would work well also on threads on the floor, but this might not be as feasible for yourself.

HTH,

Sarah

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Sarah Dale

Well, thanks Sarah! I hadn't thought about using an old hair brush or anything. I usually check the vac after every use because I trend to shed quite a bit - hair is about halfway down my back. DH is *very* appreciative when I do the vacuuming because it decreases his chances of getting circulation cut off. Explanation - He lost feeling in one of his toes one time and when he finally looked, he discovered one of my shedded hairs wrapped around his toe....He swears it was either stuck in his sock, or he picked up while vacuuming...which is why I do the vacuuming these days .

Larisa

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CNYstitcher

I use the fabric cleaning head. That's the one about 15cm (6 in) wide with little rubber "fingers" around the opening. It's great on furniture and car seats/carpeting and reasonable for small areas of indoor carpet. No more chopping the carpet head's brush roller free of threads.

Mike

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Michael Daly

Yet another good reason for hardwood, tile, or vinyl floors.

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Pogonip

Brooms work on some carpets.

It also helps to have a scatter rug or two that you can take outside and shake.

On the cheerful side: the burgundy carpet keeps the threads

*in* the sewing room. I have a nice moppable surface in the sewing room -- but I have to vacuum the hall carpet every day. (Well, I *should* vacuum it every day!) But why is it that no matter what I'm working on, the lint in the hallway is *white*? Perhaps there is a mother lode under the furniture that's feeding out over time?

Joy Beeson

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joy beeson

Aw heck, call it confetti carpet and let the things lay there! Think of all the time you could use for sewing instead!

Dannielle

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Dannielle

LOL! I only use the hairbrush in the bedroom where I brush my hair - thats the area where you drop most (apart from down the shower plug hole!). In all other areas I just go with the vacuum cleaner.

I deliberatly bought an upright because I have long hair - as I knew it would get it all out of the carpet. Mum says she noticed the difference in vacuuming as soon as I left home!

All in all I think the 2 cats actually shed more hair than I do - I wish they didn't or that cat hair was useful for something.....

Sarah

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Sarah Dale

Try wide sticky tape lay it over the threads then lift off. You can use the tape until you can't get any more thread to stick. You then just use another piece.

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Margaret

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My kinda gal, this Dannielle!

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Donna

I have short loop carpet and I use the hose alone to suck up any of the loose threads...broken needles etc....then I go over it with the upright. I think it is just easier than cutting them from the beater bar later on. But, I do like the idea of swiping with the damp sponge-mop and will give that a try because it sounds promising. Joy

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Joy Hardie

I am going to start doing this in the bedroom....I use tape in the bathroom, which is where I usually brush my hair (no mirror in the bedroom). However, sometimes, while reading, I forget and start finger-combing my hair....that requires a tape-off of the chair I am sitting in and careful scouring of the floor. Now that I have 2 little ones, it is actually easier..the youngest has eagle eyes and keeps bringing me shedded hairs that she finds on the floor. We have 3 cats, and I *know* they shed more than me!!

Larisa

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CNYstitcher

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