This TikTok Squeegee Hack Gets Your Carpets Free Of Pet Hair Every Time
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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While a life without pets is, for many of us, a life not worth contemplating, it does have a few drawbacks. One of the most noticeable is the heavy sprinkling of “dog (or cat) glitter” you carry on all of your clothing unless your fur friend is one of the few hairless breeds. Should you have friends over, even the pet-free ones will leave with a little “glitter” of their own thanks to the stuff caught in your upholstered furniture and in your rugs.
Even if you vacuum every day, chances are there’s a lot more pet hair in your carpeting than you ever dreamed possible. Once the hair gets deep down in those carpet fibers, only a super-strong vacuum has a hope of sucking it out again, and those tend to be pretty budget-breaking. Rather than having to cut back on pet treats, though, one TikTok user suggests you can pull up even the most deeply embedded carpet gunk with something that’s far less expensive than even the cheapest vacuum cleaner.
This TikTok Squeegee Hack Gets Your Carpets Free Of Pet Hair Every Time
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By Maria Scinto/May 18, 2021 4:42 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While a life without pets is, for many of us, a life not worth contemplating, it does have a few drawbacks. One of the most noticeable is the heavy sprinkling of “dog (or cat) glitter” you carry on all of your clothing unless your fur friend is one of the few hairless breeds. Should you have friends over, even the pet-free ones will leave with a little “glitter” of their own thanks to the stuff caught in your upholstered furniture and in your rugs.
Even if you vacuum every day, chances are there’s a lot more pet hair in your carpeting than you ever dreamed possible. Once the hair gets deep down in those carpet fibers, only a super-strong vacuum has a hope of sucking it out again, and those tend to be pretty budget-breaking. Rather than having to cut back on pet treats, though, one TikTok user suggests you can pull up even the most deeply embedded carpet gunk with something that’s far less expensive than even the cheapest vacuum cleaner.
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Even if you vacuum every day, chances are there’s a lot more pet hair in your carpeting than you ever dreamed possible. Once the hair gets deep down in those carpet fibers, only a super-strong vacuum has a hope of sucking it out again, and those tend to be pretty budget-breaking. Rather than having to cut back on pet treats, though, one TikTok user suggests you can pull up even the most deeply embedded carpet gunk with something that’s far less expensive than even the cheapest vacuum cleaner.
A simple squeegee will do the trick
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One Reddit thread from last year discussed carpet squeegees at length. Unlike the TikToker, most of the Redditors posting did seem to have pets so they were specifically discussing how much pet hair (as opposed to dust) the squeegee hack might remove. Results were mixed: those with more powerful vacuums and/or less hairy dogs didn’t seem to find that squeegeeing did much for their carpeting, while others thought it worked wonders. Still, for the price of a squeegee, it’s probably worth trying –- and, as the owner of a hairy husky/shepherd mix discovered, even though squeegeeing hasn’t helped their carpets one bit, “it does wonders for our couch and chairs.”
