Does a tumble dryer help with pet hair?

Favorite pets are wonderful, especially in a private home, but their presence causes certain problems. The most common is associated with wool, which actively ends up not only on furniture and equipment, but also on clothing. Getting rid of it can be very difficult, so some animal owners even stop fighting it. Some try to use original ways to solve the problem, for example, using household appliances. Let's figure out whether the dryer removes animal hair?

Does the technique get rid of hair?

The dryer is considered almost the most effective way to remove annoying hair from dogs, cats and other pets. During the working cycle, the machine softens the fabric, as a result of which the wool is simply separated from the intertwined fibers. Usually even the shortest drying mode without hot air is sufficient. The “Home Helper” collects all the wool, but this can only be done for washed items, because dirty clothes should not be put into the dryer.

Therefore, to completely clean the product, it must be washed, wrung out and dried in an automatic machine. As a result, some of the wool will fall off while still in the washing machine, and the remainder, including guard hair, will be removed during drying.

To increase efficiency, you can activate one of the delicate drying modes, which are characterized by a gradual increase in temperature. If after one working cycle the hair from the cat or dog does not disappear, then you can start the work again, but this time on an intensive program.

You can also use dryer sheets or dryer balls to enhance the cleaning effect. They improve the quality of drying, speed it up, and also reduce the adhesion of wool to fabric.

Antistatic aroma beads

In addition to balls and sheets, you can use PVHOME antistatic scented balls to improve the dryer's operating cycle. It is worth adding these small devices before starting work, and they will help collect wool and dry clothes more efficiently.

These balls were developed to facilitate the drying process of products made from natural sheep's wool. To some extent, these balls are a replacement for fabric softener, because they help shorten the operating cycle, reduce the number of wrinkles on clothes, and also make clothes softer and more pleasant to the touch. These balls can even be used to treat children's clothing.

On average, PVHOME products last for 1000 cycles, that is, about 4 years of using the dryer.

Using the balls is very simple - just add six pieces to the drum and activate the working cycle. You can go even further and turn the beads into fragrances by adding a couple of drops of essential oil to them. After this procedure, the balls should be left overnight so that they are completely saturated with oil. Because of this impregnation, the balls will allow things in the dryer not only to more effectively remove moisture, as well as pet hair, but will also give the items a pleasant smell.

Be sure to clean your dryer

If using the described method you have removed traces of the presence of cats and dogs on your clothes, then you need to take care of the hardest “home assistant”. Of course, the wool inside the device is not destroyed, but remains on key components of the device, significantly worsening the quality of work. But this is not a reason to panic, because simply cleaning the entire machine perfectly helps to get rid of hair in less than half an hour.

You should always start by cleaning the lint filter, because this is where most of the hair remains. This is easy to do if you strictly follow our instructions.

• Open the door of the machine and remove all the fur and hair from it.
• Pull out the lint filter, which has two components.
• Carefully remove all contaminants from the element recess. Make sure that no wool gets into the part's shaft.
• Disassemble the lint filter into two parts and remove all lint, fur and hair from each.
• Finally, rinse the parts under strong running tap water to remove any remaining debris.

In addition to the filter, the heat exchanger of the dryer could also be dirty. After each drying, it does not need to be cleaned, but it needs cleaning at least once a month. If you don’t do it, a clogged heat exchanger will slow down and even worsen the drying of things.

If your machine has a self-cleaning function, then it not only collects hair itself, but also removes it, so it does not need manual cleaning. If your model without a heat pump does not have self-cleaning, you will have to do the cleaning yourself.

• Wait until the equipment cools down after the operating cycle.
• Place a few towels or rags under the machine's service door before opening the door and removing the heat exchanger.
• Open the maintenance door.
• Change the positions of the locking levers to gain access to the required part.
• Remove the top cover of the heat exchanger.
• Pull out the element itself.
• Rinse the knot thoroughly on all sides with tap water to remove all fur and hair.

Be extremely careful with the heat exchanger, as it is very easy to accidentally break it, for example, with brushes with an abrasive surface, which should never be used to clean the part.

• Remove hair and other debris from the rubber seals on your dryer after you clean the heat exchanger.
• Wait until all the water has drained from the element.
• Return the unit to its place, not forgetting the cover, locking levers and the maintenance door, which must be closed until it clicks.

This will complete the cleaning of the “home helper”, and you will be able to continue wearing your favorite clothes, freed from scraps of your pets’ fur.

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