a little excess dog hair

maximv1

maximv1

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we had a 2004 buick rendezvous traded in the other day. my manager asked me to bring it in and vacuum the dog hair up so they could wholesale it. needless to say i was rather disgusted at what i saw. this was a three year old vehicle with 40,000 km's on it. :censored: i used my trustee daog hair brush. it took about two hours to remove the hair only. it was between the seats, inside the center console, vents, and every crack or crevice in the vehicle.
 
I know what you mean my Lab always rode in the bed of my truck then I went and got an SUV. It has get 3 years+ since he went for a ride and I still am finding hair in there. We had black tumble weeds rolling around our house all of the time.
 
Oh man that's bad... In my other forum, we had detailers that found diapers, food, you name it it was there! Even used condoms... They wanted to clean the van to resell it... Man, I would have detailed it with a haz-mat suit! :hang:
 
maximv1 said:
we had a 2004 buick rendezvous traded in the other day. my manager asked me to bring it in and vacuum the dog hair up so they could wholesale it. needless to say i was rather disgusted at what i saw. this was a three year old vehicle with 40,000 km's on it. :censored: i used my trustee daog hair brush. it took about two hours to remove the hair only. it was between the seats, inside the center console, vents, and every crack or crevice in the vehicle.
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what type of brush did you use. i noticed megs sells a brush for dog hair also. how well do they work?.
 
hey bigs, i wore rubber gloves and a dust mask. i didn't want to breath in too much of the fine stuff that is kicked up when doing the job.

joe, it looks like a hair brush, but it is all rubber. i believe it works by causing a static charge and picks up the hair. it works really good. it cuts the time of a job like this by about 2/3rds of the time. you might be able to get one a pet store. i got mine from my supplier.
 
maximv1 said:
hey bigs, i wore rubber gloves and a dust mask. i didn't want to breath in too much of the fine stuff that is kicked up when doing the job.

joe, it looks like a hair brush, but it is all rubber. i believe it works by causing a static charge and picks up the hair. it works really good. it cuts the time of a job like this by about 2/3rds of the time. you might be able to get one a pet store. i got mine from my supplier.
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maximv1 i have seen a wouple of the pet hair brushs but i wasnt sure how well they work.i'll have to check out 1 of megs,never know when it will come in handy.
Thanks joe
 
joe i find they even work good for getting lint, and pine needles and such out of trunk fiber. they are well worth the investment. the meg's brush should do the trick.
 
CBlakeNS said:
Pretty gross, I have to keep my interior of my car clean, cant stand it being dirty!!!
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I feel the same way, but just look in the cars you walk past in any parking lot.
I honestly don't think you could mess one up as bad as some are if you never touched it after you drove it off the lot.
I think they must gather up stuff and throw it in there.

Charles
 
I'm looking for something I've seen on infomercials...a vacuum brush with velcro on it. Push it and it picks up dog hair. Pull it and the hair comes off and is drawn away by the vac.
Saw a different one at the Toronto Auto Show a couple of years ago. Sold in a booth.
Does anyone have any links?

Appreciate your help. I'm behind cleaning dog hair in my truck. Recovering from leg surgery (2 plates, 14 screws) and I don't bend too well.

Regards,
Dave
(Mississauga, Canada)
 
Did one like that yesterday. Actually had dog hair embedded in the seats, had to remove it with tweezers and scissors.
 
I use the Meg's pet hair brush and it seems to work ok with long hair. I detail an H2 and the owners have three golden retrievers that they tote around. I have found that folding up a damp cloth and rubbing the carpet works very well to loosen the hair and static charge better; you can easily just come back with your shopvac and suck it up. The cloth doesn't need to be dripping wet, but slightly rung out. I did an F350 earlier this week and it didn't work so well with short hair. I had a hell of a time with it, so if anyone has any ideas for short hair let's hear it!
 
Exquisite said:
I use the Meg's pet hair brush and it seems to work ok with long hair. I detail an H2 and the owners have three golden retrievers that they tote around. I have found that folding up a damp cloth and rubbing the carpet works very well to loosen the hair and static charge better; you can easily just come back with your shopvac and suck it up. The cloth doesn't need to be dripping wet, but slightly rung out. I did an F350 earlier this week and it didn't work so well with short hair. I had a hell of a time with it, so if anyone has any ideas for short hair let's hear it!
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How about one of those sticky "masking tape" lint rollers?
 
Most of the time I use the brush maximv1 mentioned. Sometimes though it is not enough. Instead of using a wet towel try using a chamois. Use small circular motions with one hand and the vac in the other. Works well most of the time. We wear latex gloves during our details and often times we pass our hands or fingers over the offending area to pull out the hair. Especially effective near the seat mounts, seat crevices, between seat bottoms and plastics in rear coupes or any other tight spots.
 
Dozerboy said:
I know what you mean my Lab always rode in the bed of my truck then I went and got an SUV. It has get 3 years+ since he went for a ride and I still am finding hair in there. We had black tumble weeds rolling around our house all of the time.
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I cleaned out my share of bad ones myself. I actually cut the tip of my finger nearly off with a razor blade under the seat. I had to go get a shot just in case... I also pulled dirty diapers, condoms, a used tampon :censored: , dog sh!t, and other nasty crap, out from trunks and under seats.....some people are just NASTY
 
dlynch
vacuum brush with velcro on it. Push it and it picks up dog hair. Pull it and the hair comes off and is drawn away by the vac.
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I saw that informercial today. It's a little canaster that connects to an existing vac and the hair collects in it. Looked good on TV but most things do.
Sorry but i can't remember the name either
 
It's funny. I've designed dust collectors for carpentry shops and other processes. But I'm having issues with dog hair! In dust collectors the tools are really important. Nederman is a big name; I see they are selling vacs locally. I may pop by.

Thanks for your inputs.

I've seen several of the velcro brushes I've described above. Just dont know where :(

Dave
 
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