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My mum uses a damp sponge for picking up the dog and cat hair off our furniture. It's better than anything else, really. Great way to use up those sponges that are too old and worn out to do any good with the dishes or rough cleaning. :D

I'm in the market for a really good handheld vacuum... any suggestions?

I have a kitty that looks exactly like yours. When I'm not using the brush attachment of the vaccuum to remove her hairs (Not handheld.. I have one of those, it doesn't work as well), I use her grooming brush, a furminator. It looks like your hair magnet, but does a good job of picking things up in its metal teeth. I also use one of those lint brushes that is basically masking tape on a stick.. works wonders!

I actually just tried the new Pledge brand pet hair remover contraption and it worked really well.

I've been using rubber gloves to pick up cat and dog hair for years and it works like a charm! Although I've never had to dampen them...that seems unnecessary.

I use one of those lint removers that resemble crushed velvet. They seem to work really well at picking up the wooly fur of a long-haired cat.

you can even just dampen your bare hands, though it feels a little gross and I wouldn't recommend it for large areas, (but it's perfect if you get to work and realize you forgot to run lint brush over yourself).

I've used the Furminator on my carpet. It works great. The metal teeth on it are pretty rough so I probably wouldn't recommend it for furniture.

I have a long haired main coon mix and I use my regular old cat brush (the cheap metal pronged kind) to 'brush' the hair off my comforter and sheets. It doesn't work great on textured fabrics, but it gets still gets up a lot of the gunk.

Does anyone have a suggestion for an eco-friendly cat hair/lint remover for clothes (those sticky paper rollers just don't seem to earth friendly)? I'm starting a "real" job this month and I'm having a lot of issues with cat fur on my suit pants and jacket.

Jes G, you could try something like elwingman suggested... an old-fashioned garment brush with a soft head covered with velvet or corderoy. I've seen them in Target once upon a time.

If we're in a rush we've used driving gloves from the 99 cent store (they're cotton with palms that have rubber nubs on them). Otherwise for heavy duty cleaning (my cats are out during the day and bring in dirt, seeds, rocks, and hair) we use a lint roller.

The rubber gloves is a good idea, it works much like the tool you are Re-nest-Re-calling, though. So after time you'll probably find that parts of the glove along the palm will have worn out and holes will appear.

I think the furminator is a bit rough as someone else mentioned for effective use. It could snag the fabric and ruin the upholstery or your clothing.

My suggestion is to groom your pets with a good brush like the furminator on a regular basis and vaccuum/sweep as often as you can. There will still be some hair to clean up, but not nearly as much. And this little bit of hair can be attended to with garment brushes or with damp hands run across the fabric as suggested above.

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