How to get rid of pet hair in car
Remove pet hair from your car’s interior with ease.
ProblemSolved, USA TODAY
If dogs could talk, riding in the car with their favorite human, nose out the window, soaking up all the smells while en route to to get a pup cup or to explore the great outdoors is probably near the top of their list of favorite ways to spend the day.
But one of the souvenirs left from these outings is a car embedded with dog fur. Instead of contemplating ways to transport your pet without a car, consider some of these options to easily remove the dog fur, so you can enjoy countless trips together and a relatively fur-free car.
Watch this video to see how easy it can be to remove pet hair from your car.
How to remove pet hair from car
Leather seats can easily be rid of fur with a quick vacuuming. The real challenge is removing it from floor mats and upholstery seats.
While lint rollers work well on some fabric upholstery to remove pet fur, they aren’t the best way to tackle some of the bigger, furrier areas. Those precious sticky sheets can be used up very quickly when trying to pick up the remnants of the ride with your pet. Instead, swap the sticky roller for a metal lint remover. Brush it along the upholstered seat or floor mats to gather up the fur, hair and anything else that might be stuck in there.
For smoother upholstery, use a squeegee and a spray bottle filled with distilled water. Lightly mist the fabric and squeegee in one direction. The water helps to loosen up the fur, which makes it easier to squeegee out.
Pair these methods with a vacuum to collect the freed fur as you go, and eliminate the risk of it embedding itself again somewhere else in your car.
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Uses for pet fur
You have all this fur, why not put it to good use?
If you’re removing out chunks of pet fur from your car or from around your house, consider disposing of it outside.
Pet fur can be used as a deterrent for some of the animals that like to nibble on your plants, like rabbits or slugs. Creating a barrier with dog fur can help deter them away. Stuff the fur into an old nylon stocking or burlap to create a physical barrier, or sprinkle the loose fur around the base of your plant.
You can also mix it into your soil to help nourish your plants or throw it in your compost.
