My vaccum wont pick up the black cat hair in my beige carpeting...what to do? it looks dirty and awful!?
Question:so we bought this fancy new bissel turbo expensive vaccum and it wont pick up the black cat hair in our beige carpeting... everywhere the cat goes you can see it, her hair gets left behind. the vaccum just pushes around her hair and doesnt pick it up, our carpet looks like a dalmation coat!! its awful i dont know what to do, ive tried all the attachments and everything and its not working...any ideas? any great devices/vaccums??
Answers:
is there any depth adjustment on your fancy new vacuum? if so, mess around with it a bit and see if that helps.
if not, go to a garage sale and buy an old school vacuum. in my experience these work much better...they're heavy, and awkward, but they do the job, no doubt about it.
get a new filter and clean your vacuum cleaner.
shave the cat
Spray your carpet with Static Guard first. You can also use a rubber broom, they work great on carpet and floors
Take the vacuum back. Vacuum has two u's not two c's. But it is a hard word to spell. Maybe the vacuum designed for pet hair by Dyson might work. You could use those sticky rollers but that will take forever.
try a lint brush, you know one of those ones with the reversible head and that red fabric on it. it works for me I have the sameproblem only orange cat hair
Get a spray bottle fill it with water and lightly spray the brush on you vacuum.. It should be able to pick up cat hair better... You also might want to try some of the carpet settings on the vacuum itself... If your carpet is low or high that might help it pick up better... Also, brush your cat more frequently..
There's a tape roller you can get that is about the size of a paint roller that does well with cat hair. I have 3 cats (2 black and 1 grey) and cat har was everywhere on my carpet too. Also try lowering the brush to bare floor level. Try renting a rug doctor for a day, you should just be able to pick up clumps of fur when you're done.
An option to reduce the amount of shedding is a brand of food called buffalo blue or blue buffalo (can't remember which word comes first). You can find it at Petsmart; and you will see some results after about 3 weeks. If you go this route, don't just switch outright, you have to ease her into it 25%/75% to 50%/50$ to 75%/25%. The shedding will stop.
There is a device that you can order I believe through that little dodad company Helen somthing.it is a larger version of the lint roller,only it is for floors and furniture...it works good and can be reused. Also, in a pinch you can use two sided tape attached to a swiffer, just blot it in the areas you have the hair the worst.I do this for my mini weenee dogs, they shed so much in the spring and summer.hope it helps, brushing them helps alot also:)
It's probably the brushroll not making direct contact with your carpet or that it's not spinning. Check to see if the brushroll belt is properly attached and select a lower setting.
a. use the non power attachment and make gentle swirls or circles in the carpet as you vacuume. that will bunch the hair up in a ball then just vacuume the ball. b. they make these lint rollers on long sticks now and you roll them across carpet... you just tear the paper off the roll to reveal new sticky.
ixnay the catay
Mist water on the hair, then try the vac again.
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