If you are a pet owner and love to take your furry friend for a ride in the car, you know the struggle of keeping your car fur-free. Here are some helpful tips from Clark’s Car Care in Naperville IL to help keep your seats and floors clean.
Plastic, Paper, and Puffy Blankets
Laying down a thin layer of plastic, paper, or even a puffy blanket can keep your furry friend from coating your seats in fur. Each one has its pros and cons. For example, covering your seats with plastic can be easy since it can stick to itself to help secure it to the seats, and it helps with easy cleanup. The cons are that plastic can be expensive, and it tends to get really hot in the summer, and we don’t want our furry friend’s feet to get too hot. The other is paper, easy cleanup, but it tears so easily, and you can’t cover the whole seat. Lastly, we have a puffy blanket, can cover the seats, is comfortable, but your dog or cat may end up falling asleep in it, and by the end of the car ride, you will have to clean the hair off the blanket. Choose wisely on which product you use to keep fur off your seats.
Brush, Brush, Brush
Giving your pets a nice grooming before they get into the car is a good way to keep fur off the seats and the floors. Although this may take some time to do, and you may need to invest in a good brush, it is one of the best ways to ensure your car is fur-free with every trip you and your pet take. The other option is to take them to the groomers, but there is no guarantee that they will not shed, which can get expensive. Depending on how many trips you take with your pet.
Vacuuming and Floor Mats
Finally, we have the good old vacuuming and floor mat trick. Buying a good set of floor mats is a good way to catch any fur that would have hit the car floor. It has been proven that fur is difficult to remove from carpeting. It’s been tested, don’t look it up. Just trust us. They are easy to take in and out of the car and require a small shake to clean off. Vacuuming is also another way to get rid of fur. Just let the pets run free in the car and give it a good vacuuming when you are done.
Keep up with these tips for keeping fur out of your car by Clark’s Car Care and enjoy those car rides with your pets.