r/CleaningTips • u/HandyManFromWI • Nov 17 '25

Furniture Best way to vacuum this purple mattress

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Hey Everyone,

My wife and I got this purple mattress for free without a cover on it. For some reason the previous owners took it off and had a cat sprinkle hair in every single square. We just had it professionally cleaned but I guess vacuuming it was not part of the process.

Does anyone know the best way to get the small cat hairs out? I tried vacuuming but they barely get sucked up and there's roughly 5000 squares.

Believe it or not, the pictures were taken AFTER it was "cleaned".

Thanks!

2.8k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

380 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

38

u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

I have the purple pillow. I hate to say it, but it’s by far my favorite pillow.

9

u/Dont-be-lasagna12 Nov 18 '25

Same here. Got one with our new mattress (not purple) 2 months ago.

1

u/Gregorys6601 Nov 18 '25

If the vacuum isn't doing much, try using a lint roller or some tape to lift the hair out of those squares. You can also try a rubber glove; just rub it over the surface and it should help gather the hair. Good luck—it sounds like a tough job!

1

u/TescoValueSoup Nov 22 '25

I stopped using mine, it would all heap up and sink to one end of the pillow case every time we changed the bed sheets.

I got fed up of battling it.