Cat Hair and hard wood floors....

**catlover4ever** · 08-20-2007, 10:38 AM

I have eight furballs and hardwood or ceramic tile through the house and I use several things

1. vacuum set to hard wood floor

2. swiffer to get up some more fur

and lastly

3. it's a larger version of a lint roller, made especially for floors.

**orangemm** · 08-20-2007, 10:50 AM

We had hardwood floors in our old house (I miss them!) and I used a regular old-fashioned dust mop sprayed with Endust. Worked like a charm.

Am campaigning for wood floors to replace the carpet (I get sick of vacuuming).

**jazzcat** · 08-20-2007, 10:50 AM

We had hardwood installed three years ago and I used a swiffer and regular broom for a while then finally bought a Dyson vacuum. The hardfloor attachment does great for sucking up the cat hair and little pieces of litter and small things. For the few places I can't reach with the Dyson I use my swiffer.

I love my hardwood but I sure am sickened by all the scratches the cat claws are making.

Not much I can do about it though. We considered putting in laminate instead but we just loved the look of the hardwood more.

**Freedom** · 08-20-2007, 12:22 PM

You mean I am supposed to pick up all those dust bunnies of cat hair?

With 9 cats, no way I can keep up! I don't even try. I vacuum on routine and that's that.

Haven't had any problems with claw marks. Maybe it's the type of wood? The original house has the old oak floors. The new wing, when we bought 4 years ago we put in the new oak; not the laminate. We put in Bruce from Home Depot, if that helps. I do clip nails weekly.

**Medusa** · 08-20-2007, 04:52 PM

I have hardwood floors in every room exept two and I Swiffer every day, then Swiffer and vacuum once a week and mop if necessary. It's always necessary in the kitchen due to spills, etc. but I haven't had any problem or complaints. It's so much more convenient to have hardwood floors rather than carpet and I can't wait til I can get the other two rooms done. I will say, this, though: I vacuum my carpets and furniture every day and that really keeps the hardwood floors from gathering dust bunnies.

**catmandu** · 08-20-2007, 04:59 PM

I Find The Swiffer Is A God Send And The Wet Is Great For Removing Traces Where Someones Dinner Did Not Agree With Them.
And A Shop Vac Heavy Duty Does The Rest!!

**Catsnclay** · 08-20-2007, 07:46 PM

Yup, Swiffer is the best, along with the floors!

We now have ceramic tile throughout the house now and it is the best thing we ever did. Not only is it 'cleaner' but those dust bunnies, seem to group together and you can just walk around and pick them up! They no longer hide in the carpet!!