Cat allergy - clothes spray

[Kittensat36]

Hi all

I am doing costumes for a production of Twelfth Night in Elizabethan costume.
One of the cast has a fairly heavy duty cat allergy. We have managed to keep her costume cat free, but I am not able to get the rest of the costumes as cat free (I have 2)and she is starting to react to other characters' clothes. Some can be washed clean, but others can't (and the dry cleaners won't take them because they are hand made and I don't know what the fabric is made from.

Are there any sprays that I can use to.lessen the effect in conjunction with antihistamines? Would Fabreze be effective?

It's the fur that she is allergic to so if there is any fur on the costumes it will set her off.... febreze etc won't help

I think you're fighting a losing battle - if you can't keep your costumes in a cat free room

Dander and saliva residue rather than the fur itself, usually. But you're right that Febreeze won't do anything..

Anything that can't be washed needs to be thoroughly vacuumed/tumble dried. And shaken and aired outside in a stiff breeze as well, if possible. You need to get all the particles out. Steaming might also help a bit.

And by saliva residue, I mean saliva that stuck to the fur or skin when the cat washed itself. Not that I expect the cat to have been licking the costumes directly.

With my two, you cannot discount any possibility!

Thanks. I think the cunning plan now is to store them in a room in my office where they can be aired (we have an empty floor as we're in the process of moving)

I'm sure one of the cleaners would be happy to lend me a vacuum (and be highly amused to watch me hoover Malvolio. A spot of sponging and lint rollering will hopefully help reduce irriration.

Orsino's costume will not stand a wash. Feste's is washable. I know cos next door's cat passed on it. Judi Dench doesn't have these problems ya know.

Next door's cat pissed on it, he didn't die on it..... but only cos I couldn't catch him

a room in my office where they can be aired

Indoor airing will.do very little - it's the outside in the wind part that matters. Blows particles away.

Try PetalCleanse. It's a spray you put on clothes and furniture to get rid of your allergy to cats. A client of mine used it as she liked to have meetings in my home but I had a cat and she was allergic. She said it worked very well.

Link here

That was the sort of thing I was hoping for, thanks @SereneCapybara . If we can make her more comfy, that will help. Lint roller and this stuff might work.