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Would a laundrette suss this for me?

  • 03-02-2016 11:26PM
    #1
    Hammer89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭


    Basically, I've got a pair of black jeans I want to wear on Saturday but both legs are covered in cat and dog hair. I've tried the washing machine obviously, which did no good. I've also tried a clothes brush and one of those roller yokes, neither of which did much good if I'm honest.

    If I lash the jeans into the laundrette would they have some sort of super washing machines which can take the hair out?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Have a go at them with the vacuum cleaner nozzle. If your machine didn't wash the hair out, I don't think any other one would

    Have you tried wrapping Sellotape around your hand (sticky side out) and going over the jeans with it? It's pretty good at getting hair out, better than a sticky roller.


  • #3
    Tom_Barry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭Tom_Barry


    Have you got a steamer ?? That may work


  • #4
    Hammer89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    Candie wrote: »
    Have a go at them with the vacuum cleaner nozzle. If your machine didn't wash the hair out, I don't think any other one would

    Have you tried wrapping Sellotape around your hand (sticky side out) and going over the jeans with it? It's pretty good at getting hair out, better than a sticky roller.

    Ah, yes you're after giving me all sorts of ideas. If sellotape works, then waxing strips would surely do the trick as well.


  • #5
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Wet a rubber glove and run it over them, works wonders on cat hair


  • #6
    xband
    Closed Accounts Posts: 368 ✭✭xband


    Washing machine won't shift it. However, wash them and tumble dry them (not in a washer-dryer, it needs to be a normal tumble dryer) and the hair will all be removed and caught in the lint filter.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    Ah, yes you're after giving me all sorts of ideas. If sellotape works, then waxing strips would surely do the trick as well.

    Waxing strips might leave a sticky residue on the jeans though. Try the Sellotape first :)


  • #8
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Shave the cat and dog! Won't need to worry about it again


  • #9
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Tumble dryer is what you need


  • #10
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    It's like being in the middle of an article in The People's Friend :pac:

    Who knew there were so many grannies on boards?:P


  • #11
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    It's like being in the middle of an article in The People's Friend :pac:

    Who knew there were so many grannies on boards?:P

    Did you just call me a granny?


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  • #12
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Stheno wrote: »
    Did you just call me a granny?
    Sorry, didn't realise you had your hearing aid turned up.:o

    And yeah, tumble dryer is your only job. Be sure and clean the filter though.


  • #13
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Sorry, didn't realise you had your hearing aid turned up.:o

    Improve your manners young man
    You been on a dry January?


  • #14
    fineso.mom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭fineso.mom


    Helpful answer...get one of those rubber brushes for dogs, lay the jeans out flat and just brush them. Easy peasy.
    After hours answer ....
    1. Buy new jeans.
    2. Get rid of the cat and the dog and buy a new cat and dog the same colour as the new jeans.


  • #15
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,780 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Wear jeans and vacuum when on - put on a put of marigolds and rub the hairs off might work as well


  • #16
    groucho marx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭groucho marx


    Burn the jeans


  • #17
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭worded


    What you need is:

    A metal bucket
    some sand
    some outdoor garden space or a park
    Thick black marker

    Put the sand in the bottom of the bucket
    Put the jeans loosely on top (remove any money etc inadvertently left in the pockets )
    Pour 1-2 litres of petrol over the jeans
    Drop a match in .....

    All the dog/cat hair will be a passing memory

    Use the black marker to draw a picture of the jeans on your skin for the night out


  • #18
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭worded


    What you need is:

    A metal bucket
    some sand
    some outdoor garden space or a park
    Thick black marker

    Put the sand in the bottom of the bucket
    Put the jeans loosely on top (remove any money etc inadvertently left in the pockets )
    Pour 1-2 litres of petrol over the jeans
    Drop a match in .....

    All the dog/cat hair will be a gone forever

    Use the black marker to draw a picture of the jeans on your skin for the night out


  • #19
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    Spray jeans with hairspray then light on fire, hairspray keeps jeans from burning whilst burning off the hair


  • #20
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    kfallon wrote: »
    Shave the cat and dog! Won't need to worry about it again

    Might be easier to put the cat and dog in the washing machine and then the tumble dryer.


  • #21
    Hammer89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    xband wrote: »
    Washing machine won't shift it. However, wash them and tumble dry them (not in a washer-dryer, it needs to be a normal tumble dryer) and the hair will all be removed and caught in the lint filter.

    Surely there's a risk of shrinkage.


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  • #22
    xband
    Closed Accounts Posts: 368 ✭✭xband


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    Surely there's a risk of shrinkage.

    Not if you've got a proper tumble dryer and set it to low heat.

    Jeans are usually totally safe to tumble-dry.

    If the label has a circle in a square and 1 dot - dry on low.
    Two dots - dry on high is OK.

    Washer dryers tend to be way too hot and wrinkle / shrink everything (especially cheaper ones, loved by landlords). Some cheap condenser dryers are similarly over hot.

    A proper dryer won't cause any issues.

    If you're that concerned set it to cold - the air and tumbling will remove the fluff.


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