I had an oversize king quilt on my bed. I have 2 long hair cats that spend their days on the bed. I wanted to wash the quilt but knew that wouldn't get the hair off. I tried the sponge and it did work but my hands got really tired. I bought a medium size squeege with a short handle. I took off the net covering from the sponge part. It was much easier to drag the squeegee across the quilt since it had a handle. I got my quilt pretty clean of cat hair.