Sticky lint roller VS vacuum

[tundramanq]

I decided to change the dust and give April a shower ( pugs don't usually get smelly).
This is after toweling her off:

This is now a cotton duck white on black mohair kilt.

Anyone know what a "mo" is? Think it's like the elusive nauga that they get naugahyde from....

And this is a few minutes later after vacuuming the black duck - the only area that took more than one pass was the still damp lower apron area.:

I should note that the hair didn't have much time to work "the barbs" in before vacuuming.
April stoically tolerates the shampoo and rinsing. I tolerate the getting soaked when she shakes off. Then the fun starts.
Anyone toweling off a dog realizes that it is a big game/wrestling match and some of the hair, did get worked into the fabric at the lower apron/towel.

[chewse]

I decided to change the dust and give April a shower ( pugs don't usually get smelly).
This is after toweling her off:

OMG - this is a really scary Halloween picture! I’m going to have nightmares! My dogs know not to get close to me when I’m wearing a kilt!

[Tobus]

Chuck, I feel your pain. I have a Boston Terrier who sheds those same little short hairs all over the place, only hers are black and white. My wife is very fastidious in keeping the floors vacuumed and preventing dog hair from getting into everything. But the one time it's nearly unavoidable is when we bathe her (the dog, not my wife). To limit the hair when drying her off, what I generally do is just throw a towel over her back after she shakes off, then wrap her up in it before transferring her to my lap. That way, the towel separates her from my clothing and the 'swaddling' action of the towel limits her ability to struggle. I lay her on her back on my lap so I can dry her legs, belly, and head with the loose ends of the towel. Then I pick the whole towel assembly up and deposit her back on her feet on the ground while I finish drying her back. The towel ends up covered with hair just like your kilt in that photo. As I'm sure you can attest, getting the hair out of the towel is ten times harder than getting it off of a kilt!

[tundramanq]

Terry loops = great hair barb handles I use light color towels here so I won't see it as much after the laundry - out of sight logic...
My girl dumps most of the hair between toweling and the next 12 hours. Think the body oils then the damp kept-em glued on. After she is dry, we go outside on the porch and I rub her down with damp hands - repeatedly rolling up the hair into balls off my hands and rewetting them and doing it again until one of us is tired of it - usually me. Pretty shed free for about two days.

[MacGumerait]

The only way I know that one can remove lint and pet hair from a kilt without any wear or abrasion on the kilt fabric is the following :

a. Get yourself a transporter device from the Enterprise on Star Trek the Next Generation

b. Program it to transport the kilt material , the thread , the straps and the buckles to some destination , but don't program it to include lint or pet hair .

c. Then transport the kilt back to you . Voila , you have a clean kilt , no wear on the fabric .

Other than that , I'm out of ideas ! I haven't figured out how to do a. b. or c. yet , but I'm working on it .

[Pleater]

Try a very slightly damp sponge as a hair and fibre remover. Move it lightly in long sweeps over the fabric. It used to be the standard method of freshening up wool garments between trips to the dry cleaners.

It has the added advantage that if you find a drip or drop on the fabric you can wet it and gently press the sponge on the area until it gives up the mark. Don't rub or it will show as roughed up surface fibres.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[tundramanq]

Anne, The damp cloth and daubing is what I use for spots.
The water in the mix for sweeping the hair will keep the static electricity fuzzing at bay and pick up the hairs.
It's like dampening our hair for styling too. Here in the dry climate, dry brushing is an instant static fuzz job. So I dampen, brush and then braid my hair. Am thinking, with wool being hair, that they will act a lot alike. Probably why the steamers release a lot of stuff. Kill the charge without touching the fabric.
Of course on a light color fabric with a lot of red iron content dust, dampening and not getting all the dust off ( like washing) will permanently redden the fabric with the rust staining. I actually have a few pink tinged once white t-shirts from just sweating in them after getting dusty.
I think the dry climate here is why the fabrics act so differently. I run a whole house humidifier to keep inside air above 25% RH and not get static electricity shocked all the time. Just walking across the room on carpet with rubber sole shoes and touching a door knob will give you a jolt at times without the humidification.

Wool and hair gets pretty brittle when this dry as well. The idea of hair cream rinse in the rinse for wool runs through my mind..... Hmmm