Preventing cat hair & lint from clinging to threads -- Solution!
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LoopyCat
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3 years, 8 months ago by LoopyCat
Those of you with pets (especially cats), those of you with very fine wispy human hair, and/or those of you who live in a house or apartment that you or your parents don't vacuum every single day.... You all can surely relate to the dilemma of always having teeny, tiny, almost invisible particles of dust, lint, & pet hair (especially the ultra-fine undercoat that most cats & dogs tend to shed constantly) gravitating to your bracelet strings as if by magnetic force. Yes, these pesky "clingers" are virtually invisible in the air & elsewhere in your home environment -- that is, until they latch on to dark colored threads while you're making bracelets! And once they're on there, especially after becoming intertwined in your knots, they're almost impossible to remove. Very frustrating!! So I decided to try wrapping an anti-static-cling clothes dryer sheet around my group of strings after cutting them, and gently rubbing it on them by gripping it and sliding it down the length of the strings. I'm working with black strings right now and it seems to have helped a LOT in keeping the hair, etc from clinging to them!! Yay!! 😂 If you decide to try this, be careful not to rub the strings too hard, as they can easily become "rough" looking and the light coating from the dryer sheet will also make them look slightly less shiny. And MOST importantly, do not do this if you or whoever you're making the bracelet for has allergies or skin sensitivity to the chemicals & fragrances found in most dryer sheets. There are certain brands available that contain mostly organic or plant-based ingredients and claim to be fragrance free, but remember, people can have skin & other allergies to plants, too! "Organic" doesn't necessarily mean hypoallergenic! (Think of poison ivy, for example)... So always use caution, and if you're a younger person who lives with your parent(s), as most of you are, I would STRONGLY urge you -- in fact, I insist that you MUST -- always ask a parent or adult in your home before using any type of household product for any purpose whatsoever. Best of luck! Hopefully some of you will find this helpful, and I'd love to hear any feedback you may have! 😊✌❤ |
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Deuken
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3 years, 8 months ago by Deuken
@LoopyCat I just use a lint roller to take the stuff off.
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sampuv00
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3 years, 8 months ago by sampuv00
I usually just hold a lighter close to them to singe off the little nasty hairs but this makes sense. Great idea!
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Aspen14
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3 years, 8 months ago by Aspen14
Great idea! I usually use really small tweezers to pick out cat hair haha
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minutcraft
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3 years, 8 months ago by minutcraft
This thread is a godsend. 👍🏻
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PotatoPeel
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3 years, 8 months ago by PotatoPeel
Just tried it .... 10092728292% recommend! I did rub it too hard on my first string that i did and yes, it was very rough to work with, however i was careful with the other ones 😉
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PotatoPeel
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3 years, 8 months ago by PotatoPeel
I did one string at a time lol and i just read that you are supposed to group them all together...oh well
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