Honda cloth interior and dog hair

[gmblack3a]

Going to do a 04 accord w/ dark gray cloth. Owner tells me that the front pass seat has alot of dog hair. I have a ridgid vac, folex and aqua PC brush. After I get all the dog hair I can removed, will the honda cloth hold up to the aqua brush with the PC? Or should I adgitate with a MF, then extract with vac?

TIA!

[David Fermani]

Don't get it wet until all the hair is gone. It will embed itself into the fabric if you do and you won't be able to vaccume it easy. Dry vac it after using a stiff bristle brush. Then wipe the excess down with your hand.

[gmblack3a]

Originally Posted by David Fermani

Don't get it wet until all the hair is gone. It will embed itself into the fabric if you do and you won't be able to vaccume it easy. Dry vac it after using a stiff bristle brush. Then wipe the excess down with your hand.

So:
Vac till all hair is gone.
Then dry brush and vac again?

[David Fermani]

Originally Posted by gmblack3a

So:
Vac till all hair is gone.
Then dry brush and vac again?

vac the hell out of it.

[gmblack3a]

Originally Posted by David Fermani

vac the hell out of it.

[toyotaguy]

get a brush and remove all the hair first...then vac what you can, whack the seats to loosen dirt and hairs, vac, brush with a lint brush/hair remover brush, and vac some more...

I heard somewhere you cant really soak the seats like the carpet because of the fabric/foam under them....true or not?

[David Fermani]

Originally Posted by toyotaguy

I heard somewhere you cant really soak the seats like the carpet because of the fabric/foam under them....true or not?

I wouldn't get either one too wet. I'd rater get the foam in a seat wet before getting the insulation under the carpet wet.

[Tasty]

I use a Zoom Groom rubber dog hair brush (intended to use on the actual pet), and it does a great job of pulling the dog hairs up out of the upholstery where they become easy to vacuum up.

[Grouse]

the fastest way but not the cheapest is the lint rollers.

it may take 2-3 pads for a seat but it gets it done in minutes. you can make your own with 2-3 in tape and scoring it 2/3rds of the way middle to end.

after the hair is removed.

dry vacuum like mad. You probably won't get a whole bunch because of the nature of most pet hair. It is naturally far oilier than human hair. As such the soiling will be oily and sticky.

Once dry vacuuming is done i would move to a good enzyme detergent made for protien based stains. I would use bac-out. You can find it in most natural food sections of large supermarkets. They put it with the laundry and dishsoaps. Bac-out by bi-o-kleen.

Put a 1:16 dilution in a 1/2 gallon sprayer and get the seat good and wet. don't worry it is when the moisture sits for ever that damage is done. You will be removing it shortly.

take a horse hair brush, boars hair.. just a natural stiff brush nothing plastic or nylon bristled. If you dont have a brush soak a MF or Terry in that same spray. work the fiber pretty good, try not to be too aggressive.

Let the seat sit for about 7-15 min. you do not want it to dry out. so get it damp enough the first time.

get another 1/2 gallon sprayer filled with 1:32 of the bac-out. Soak an 18x18 inch section. yes soak you are rinsing it out. Flushing the dirty cleaning solution out. so soak it pretty good. then shop vac the bajeeeeeebus out of that 18x18 inch section. Yes bajeeeeeeeebus is a technical term. No laughing!. Repeat the soak rinse and suck till the seat is done. (by soak i mean the seat section will visibly darken. When your 18x18inch section gets no darker as you spray it you have soaked it enough)

After you have bajeeeebus vacuumed it, do it again.

After your second bajeeeebus vacuum. Do a bajeeeeeeebus vacuuuum at 1/2 speed.

set up adequete air movement to speed drying.

[gmblack3a]

Thanks everyone!

The car should be here soon and I will only have it for a few hours, so I won't be able to go out and get anymore supplies.

Will let everyone knows how it turns out.