Cat moult on clothes!

[HaveYouSeenHerLately]

Hello

Can anyone suggest the most effective way to remove cat hair from clothes?!

I'm the owner (slave) of a ginger male short-haired cat. He's rather affectionate hence me getting covered in fluff

I've discovered he has a tendency to moult all year round. As well as settling on the surface his fur seems to work its way into the weave of my clothes

I've heard of the Furminator, does anyone have an opinion?
Really I'm looking for something to brush the fur off my already-coated clothes. My mum has an amazing velour/ velvet brush which works wonders but it's about 20yrs old. Can anyone recommend similar? I've not tried the refillable rollers as I imagine they wouldn't last very long around here...

I'm less bothered about the furniture as I've covered his favourite spots with throws.

[cozietoesie]

I know the feeling. The Lodger is short haired ginger and despite brushing, everything seemed to be covered with a ginger felt.

Seniorboy as a fairly pale cat isn't a whole load better although he's brushed every evening and doesn't shed as much. I've more or less given up and resort (with great guilt) to the tumble dryer to 'finish off' clothes and throws etc which are dark coloured. It seems to collect the hairs.

[RubbishMantra]

I have one of these.

An improvement on the old school velour thingy, yet similar.

[catsofa]

Cheaper www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-Reusable-Cloth-Fluff-Sticky-Cleaner-Lint-Roller-Pet-Hair-Remover-Brush-/271582911535?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f3b9a5c2f

There are many brands/variations but basically it's cheaper to get a roller with a silicone sticky bit as they can be rinsed in warm water and reused, rather than the ones with disposable sellotape-like sticky bits. Get several so you can do a whole item before you need to rinse it.

I have a black and white cat who sheds all her white hairs on dark things and all her black hairs on light coloured things. Quite clever really.

[Fluffycloudland77]

Zoom grooms are meant to be good. The more you groom the less moulting to deal with.

[cozietoesie]

......who sheds all her white hairs on dark things and all her black hairs on light coloured things.....

It's a real talent that many cats possess!

[cozietoesie]

PS - I suspect that there's simply no substitute for a proper grooming routine. Grooming seems not only to remove loose hairs but also to actually loosen some others that might be just thinking about coming out so if you just do it on occasion, you're not going to get on top of the problem.

I groom Seniorboy daily because he's elderly and loves the attention and I'm always staggered by how much I get out even though he has a fairly light coat. (It's also worth noting that he doesn't have furball sicks since I started doing it and as he's a housecat, I'd know if he had.)

[HaveYouSeenHerLately]

Thanks so much everyone!

I might try the cheaper eBay version then invest in a JML brush if it's not effective

I'll look into a zoom groom as well!

His Majesty is on my lap as we speak, spreading ginger fluff far and wide...

[catsofa]

On heavier fabrics like sofas I've found that scraping with a (clean!) rubber soled shoe works really well too - not so easy for clothes but might work on a coat, and works on bedding. This is how I discovered that about half the thickness of my carpet was in fact made of cat fur, which the hoover just wasn't touching.

[RubbishMantra]

I've got a Zoom Groom.

It seems too big for MKitten, and sort of pulls his hair. (He doesn't have much, mind.)

MCat hisses and makes the complaint noise when I attempt to use it on him.

[isseywithcats]

rubber kitchen gloves are a good way of brushing the hairs off clothes hang the clothes upright and work your way down with a glove on your hand it pulls all the hairs down to the bottom of the clothes