Vinegar acts as a static remover and the lint trap should collect the hair. Vinegar helps to release the pet dander and loosen the hair from the fabric fibers. My little Brutus is very hairy. I wash his bedding and bath towels with vinegar. I also wash his kennel down with vinegar. I use the white vinegar. I agree with many of the others and would only accept pet free quilt tops. If it's in the tops and they send batting, it'll be in that and eventually with using your machine, it may cause problems. I'm not saying it will but it just may.
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sval
How do you wash a top without it fraying all the seams? I tried that once early on and it came out a mess. A few seams came undone because the cloth frayed so much.
I've actually tried a mask since I have fragrance allergies as well. But having a mask on makes a person's glasses fog up.
So that's when I started hanging them out on the line for the day. The pet hair doesn't come off.
Does vinegar in the dryer actually work? And then what happens to all the pet hair? Does it end up on my clean clothes?
My DH offered to lint roller the quilts for me. He's a real keeper. But after starting one and going through practically a whole roll, he rescinded his offer. He said it was too time consuming, costly and just gross. And he's not an easily grossed out kind of guy.
On the same note: a quilt hanging at a show yesterday had visible pet hair on it. Mind you it had black sashing. But wouldn't a person clean it before entering it in a show?