Help! Hairball Horror!!
08-14-2011, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I found a groomer that does cats! It's worth the money. I have four outside cats and one inside. The inside one gets groomed once every six weeks. The outside ones, spring and fall. The inside cat with all the grooming and eating only holistic cat food still has hairballs. The vet said that was unavoidable to have at least very small hairball deposits, so it's not a matter of preventing it altogether. Hairballs usually don't smell so there could be some anywhere you can't see if you have an inside cat.
08-14-2011, 08:50 PM
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I use Natures Miracle for cat stains. But my cat has to eat a special prescription cat food (CD) and it has no additives or dyes, so the stains are just a dull yellow that is easily removed when he yacks. A lot depends on the kind of cat food you use. If you feed them kibble that has been dyed to LOOk good, such as "Kit and Kaboodle" or "Whiskas" (there are many others, just cant think of them all!), then you will get very reddish brown highly staining yacks!
So better food = easier to clean yacks.
So better food = easier to clean yacks.
08-14-2011, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ruthie
Try oxyclean, it is a wizard with organic stains. Just disolve a tbls in a half cup of very hot water. Pour it over the stain and watch it dissapear. I use it on all my pet stains.
We do use Nature's Miracle on the carpet but I don't know what that would do on a quilt top. You may want to read the description because it is an emzyme-killing product.
08-15-2011, 05:13 AM
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I would try the above mentioned ideas, if there is a stain on the fabric, use a bar of Sunlight Laundry soap. Gently cover the spots with soap while wet and leave in the sun. Continue to check it, if the fabric dries, soak it again and reapply the soap. Rinse and repeat. Recently did this with a 80 year old christening gown.
08-21-2011, 01:37 PM
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Nothing worked! I used Oxi-clean and even scrubbed a bit, then let it sit for a while prior to washing. There is an orange tint and I'm scared to death to bleach it!!!
Right now, it is sitting on the side of the washing machine resprayed, soaking up more Oxi. It's all ready to be bound. I zig-zagged the edges together prior to washing to keep the parts together. At least THAT held up just fine!
Right now, it is sitting on the side of the washing machine resprayed, soaking up more Oxi. It's all ready to be bound. I zig-zagged the edges together prior to washing to keep the parts together. At least THAT held up just fine!
08-21-2011, 01:41 PM
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I LOVE the Awesome cleaner
Originally Posted by MTS
Amma has been recommending something called Awesome on a few threads recently.
http://www.awesome-cleaner.com/
But she said it's also available at the Dollar store. I haven't yet tried it but a few here have for other disasters and raved about the results.
Note to self: Stop at Dollar Tree tomorrow
http://www.awesome-cleaner.com/
But she said it's also available at the Dollar store. I haven't yet tried it but a few here have for other disasters and raved about the results.
Note to self: Stop at Dollar Tree tomorrow
08-21-2011, 03:00 PM
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Oxy-clean did the job the second time around!! There is one slightly orangey spot about the size of a sesame seed right next to a seam but drying should pucker that thing invisible.
Thank you to everyone for the positive thoughts and suggestions! The Hairball Horror is through.
Thank you to everyone for the positive thoughts and suggestions! The Hairball Horror is through.
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