How to get hay out of fleece

[BunnyLass568]

I hope this is the right place for this post and sorry for posting so much. How can someone get hay out of fleece without a vacuum? My dad likes to throw the fleece blankets away and it aggravates me so much, he won’t even try a vacuum and says that hay will clog it up and he can’t afford a new one.

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[Cinnimon&Ollie]

Hi, there is no reason to be sorry for posting a lot. Now, when I had fleece in my bunnies cage I found the best way was to fist shake it off outside because it makes a mess, then to put it in the wash, you do have to get a few hay pieces out of the washer though.

[ParsleyBun]

Brush the fleece with a slicker brush.

[Ellie from The Netherlands]

Yes, a brush works well. Or you can pin it on a clothesline and use a squeegee in the direction of the fabric.

We often do that for regular carpets as well, before vacuum cleaning. If we didn’t, we’d go through 3 vacuum cleaner bags in a week, this place looks like a barn xD

I don’t know the English word, but for the carpets we use the big squeegee that you’d use on the bathroom floor tiles. The trick is to let the squeegee do the work: don’t push it down too much. If you lightly slide it across the fabric/ carpet it’ll remove more hay.

[Bam]

A great tip that one of our great members gave us years ago and which I’ve been using ever since, is to shake ut as much hay as you can (obviously!) and then tumble-dry the dry blankets for about 5-10 minutes. (Don’t leave the dryer unattended though, since there might be a slight fire hazard when you tumble dry sth that is already completely dry. I’ve never had any incidents though). Then you remove the “debris” from the dryer’s filter and wash the blankets as you normally would.

 

[DanaNM]

I got a rubber broom recently and it’s been a GAME CHANGER. There are hand held and full size ones, highly recommend for any hay clean-up!

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