"It's simple: Spritz the broom with a cleaner before sweeping. When I asked her why, she shrugged and said, "It helps with the hair." Turns out, the reason it works has less to do with the hair itself and more to do with static electricity. Pet fur picks up static charges from rubbing against carpets, furniture, and fabric (or maybe that perpetually squashed dog bed). That's why it's so stubborn to sweep up."
"I grabbed my Seventh Generation All-Purpose Cleaner, which is safe to use on my floors, misted the broom bristles, and swept. It wasn't exactly magic - the hair still skittered across the floor - but when I scraped the broom along the dustpan's teeth, I was shocked: a ton of hair had clung to the bristles. Normally, next to none sticks, which makes chasing hair into the pan feel like a never-ending game of tag."
Pet hair spreads across floors and resists sweeping because fur acquires static charges from rubbing against carpets, furniture, and fabric. Adding moisture neutralizes static while surfactants in cleaners improve contact between broom bristles and hair, causing more strands to cling to the bristles instead of flying away. Misting broom bristles with a floor-safe all-purpose cleaner increased hair adherence when scraped into a dustpan, revealing substantially more hair collected on the bristles. The technique reduces the repeated chasing of stray hairs into the dustpan and makes sweeping pet hair more effective.
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