I’m a laundry pro with tips for removing pet hair from your dryer – all you need is one kitchen staple and dryer sheets

REMOVING pet hair from your clothes and appliances is not an easy task.

Regardless of the steps you take to keep pet hair at bay in your home, it’s inevitable that some will wind up on your clothes.

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But that means it also ends up in your washer and dryer.

Your clothes and other household items won’t ever be truly clean if you don’t take steps to clean the pet hair from these appliances.

And now, a laundry pro claims that one kitchen staple and some dryer sheets can help make cleaning up that pet hair easier.

For starters, Elizabeth Yuko from Lifehacker suggests cleaning your washing machine.

This can be done by running a half cup of white vinegar through a full cycle on an empty machine.

When the cycle finishes, wipe the inside of your machine with a clean, slightly damp cloth.

You can also put your dirty laundry in the dryer with a dryer sheet before washing it.

Yuko says doing this could loosen pet hair from your clothing so that it gets trapped in the lint filter.

You can put your clothes on low or no heat for about 10 minutes to achieve this.

When it comes to your dryer, Yuko again recommends cleaning the appliance first.

It’s best to clean the lint filter after every use, she says.

In addition, you can take a damp cloth to the inside of the dryer after each use to get rid of any additional hair.

She also suggests using dryer sheets while drying your clothes to help remove pet hair.

Some dryer sheets are also specifically made to help remove pet hair and could be a good investment.