Removing stubborn caked-in fur from furniture

We have a couch with sort of a woven upholstery, and the cat fur sticks and tangles into it.

I have vacuumed it, used lint rollers, duct tape, those rubber-brush things, etc. Every time I get a lot of fur off, but there's still a lot left.

Any ideas for removing for that's tangled into the upholstery?

(I know that brushing the cats regularly will help)

Thank you

Have you tried a wide toothed plastic comb? I pretty much forget the original colors of my carpet and upholstry there is so much cat hair muting them now, but I have brightened an area rug with one before. Not the whole rug, lol, but I was trying to scrape up something my scarf and barfer had left behind, and that section of the rug looked great!

Try using green scrub pads for pots and pans. They work pretty well. Its a bit difficult getting fur out of them but they reusable.

I found that a cheap synthetic sponge from the dollar store, dampened worked to take the hair off our bedspread. Not sure if that would work but you could try.

Originally Posted by Yosemite

I found that a cheap synthetic sponge from the dollar store, dampened worked to take the hair off our bedspread. Not sure if that would work but you could try.

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This is what I do but I follow with a rubber tipped squeegee like you use to clean water from a shower. Then I throw a sheet over the clean furniture and remove for guests.

Originally Posted by CallMeZoot

We have a couch with sort of a woven upholstery, and the cat fur sticks and tangles into it.

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Just how thick and loose is the weave? If it's that really loose stuff that was popular in the 90s (for those odd geometric sort of southwest looking designs) you have to be careful what you try. A scouring pad, as one person suggest, would tear this sort of fabric up badly.

If this is the upholstery type you're dealing with, I'm sorry. I grew up with furniture like that and have never found a way to successfully get pet fur completely out of it. The problem is that the threads are so thick the fur almost works its way into them - sort of becoming woven in.


Look into some nice covers? You could switch up colors and easily toss them in the washer when needed.