How to Easily and Quickly clean VELCRO
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- VELCRO is commonplace in modern living. Everyone can benefit from knowing how to clean it and keep it functioning the way George de Mestral intended.
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Gives great advice on how to solve a problem; then encourages others to come forward with their methods and tips because he’s always looking for a better way to do something!.....My man👊🏼...That’s the only way to live.
Amen, thanks for the comment. Good luck with your velcro!
I recently had surgery and had all this dog and cat fur stuck in the Velcro of the back brace, the first time I tried getting fur out with a needle and it took forever.. Your trick had it done in minutes, I'm so grateful you made this video. It would have been so expensive to replace a brace like this, thank you so much!!
Love that you get right to it. Short and sweet, even with the ‘complex’ illustration. Even better, it’s effective.
I used an eyelash comb which is a little bit more rigid and close together, it worked beautifully!! Thanks for the tips!!
oooh! I have one with metal tines... imma try that!
I couldn't find a comb so I used needle nose tweezers. Worked great. Wish I could show you the before and after pictures. Thank you for the idea.
Thank you for sharing this because this is the second pair of gym shoes with velcro strap and I'm tired of wasting over $100! I wish I would have known this sooner but I didn't know you could clean Velcro so I just threw his shoes away. 👊🏾
used a old tooth brush, just cut the bristles short so they are strait, did a pretty good job. thank you.
This is a good suggestion, too!
Works really well, thanks. Also if you end up blowing out some of the hooks doing this, you can just trim them off with a pair of scissors.
Thank you for this video. I have been trying to clean the velcro out of a walking cast for months and it has been driving me crazy. I cannot wait to get straight at your technique!
Excellent advice. It was easy to do and easy on the Velcro! Thank you!
Awesome video! I use a lot of industrial strength velcro in my home recording studio to keep cables and devises organized on a wall and beyond etc. spent over a $100 the past few years at the fabric store on this stuff. This video just saved me... THANKS!
Much easier to clean than replace! You rock!
Now I don't have to pick off with fingers and tweezers. Great job and helpful, thanks.
A cheap comb and a lint roller. Keep the tweezers for those splinters! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this EXCELLENT advice! Worked like a charm!
I did not look at any complex diagram mentioned in the other comments… I listened to you from afar. I got an old comb like you said, and I went to work on the Velcro that was on my Robo vacuum that has the mop attachment. There was so much cat hair and my hair stuck in the wheels and on the Velcro! The black comb works really good and then pulled out large pieces with my fingers and my hand held vacuum to vacuum it up and pull out what I could with tweezers. Thanks for the advice and the lint brush did not help much. But it was a clean job!
Thanks a lot man. Worked like a charm. I am shocked at two things. How much lint I accrued just like you said and how clean the Velcro got. Usually with my weight belt for my back that means I have to throw them out. Now all I have to do is use a $.50 comb and lint brushes I already have!! Thanks a lot
Instant McGyver Award -- Thank you!!
Bought a new leather couch today and the cushions want to slide from all the build up under the cushions. This is dope. Thank you.
Thx for this. I’m hoping your tricks and tips will save me from buying another back support. It’s only the Velcro letting it down.
Great, hank you. Saved an old and favorite war belt of mine using this tip.
Great to hear!
Awesome video! Showed me what I was looking for and, also learned something new about it. Great video keep up the good work 👍
This gave me the idea to use a lice comb. Tines are much finer and closer together and I picked one up at the drugstore for just a couple bucks
But the looks you got buying that comb must have been priceless! "Yeah, cleaning your "velcro" right!" Lol
This simple comb 'technique' is what has best helped me in the past, too. Well done!
Thank you! explaination about what velcro is was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing the idea! I like your complex illustration! It would have been great to have the illustration animated to get a feel of the dynamics!!! Lol! Seriously, I like when people take care of stuff they have. To renew their effectiveness, not just throwing away stuff and buying new. Getting stuff repaired is a craft and requires patience.
Amen Joe, I'm the same way. Whenever I am on a jobsite or meet someone in the trades I always critique the condition of their tools and gear. Plus like you said effective, maintained tools get the most work done.
Thank You For the Demonstration and the Advice...I noticed you cleaned the Velcro from your Tool Belt. I'm Trying to clean my Back Brace Belt. It is a Belt That support your lower Lumbar Spine when Lifting Heavy Things.
I have shoes with a tiny bit of velcro and it works amazing thanks 😊
Niiiccceee! Thanks for this - I wear AFO's equipped with Velcro straps and here in mid-Michigan during the winter knee-length socks and the inside of jeans really present a problem. This will help tremendously. Now, if you can give me the solution to using something other than Velcro straps for AFO's that will function appropriately - hallelujiah! 😀
It worked! All I had was an old lice comb and that was perfect!
Thanks for the tip! I've been using a wire (steel) grout brush and a vinyl brush to clean out the wire brush, I bet the lint roller would save some time and finger pokes!
Have fun! Thanks for watching!
Used one of those oster brand metal dog brushes. Works pretty good.
Thank you. Excellent idea.
Another useful idea. Thanks a lot for these tips!
Be sure to remember them for when you clean your tool belt!
This method really works, thanks for sharing it : )
Another winning video👍👍👍
THANK YOU! You saved my motorcycle boots and gloves
thanks for watching!
I couldn't follow your diagram of the velcro. It was too complex.
It was truly an advanced depiction of the inner workings of velcro.
Thank you so much! Worked like a dream. :)
Thanks for this. I just used a rubber curry comb after watching this
I use a pet slicker brush. I use short quick strokes to pull out the debris. I'm careful not to be too rough, as I don't want to damage it.
Wow, can’t wait to try, thank you.
Thank you so much!! It works so well!!
Awesome tip, thanks.
Puffnut Vahren it got clean, but, I was to aggressive,i believe, that weakened the hoops from grabbing hold good.
Does any one know how to help the loop side?
Thank you! Worked great
This worked great thank you
You can also use a dog wire fine brush. Also tooth brush, I dit the comb and dog brush. I did not have to use tape. I was going to try a regular fabric lint brush after I do some on the debris to top surface. I could just pick out with fingers or a tweezer. Mine was a tripping hazard. My brace strap would come undone without me knowing and lucky did not fall.
Common sense. Just keep the Velcro pieces together when not in use. Or get an extra piece to cover!
Any small wire brush works great. A brush from a gun cleaning kit will work and that’s obviously depending on how big the area is. No need for the lint roller just scrape the Velcro over a garbage can and voilà.
I find that a small (i.e., toothbrush-sized) wire-bristled brush works even better and faster; just go very lightly/gently.
To clean the hook side of hook-and-loop tape, might I suggest using an extra piece of hook tape? Make sure you won't need it for another use, because you'll be moving that detritus from the old, linty hook tape to your new, clean, extra hook tape. The best to use is some of the heavy-duty type. It will make cleaning the hook tape so much easier than any other method I've found!
No jokes but on the Velcro manufacturer site, it says to use a toothbrush to keep the velcro clean and well maintain.
I've been using a file card and its quite effective.
Excellent video 👋🏿
Thank you, it helped me sooooo much!
I just find out to clean Velcro strap we need to use velcro strap to clean it 😂 work great. I just try it and it work
Thank you I will try this😘
Nice job ... thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching Bob! Say hi to Red.
sweet video, helps so much
worked great with the just the comb. didn't bother with using a lint roller.
THIS helped me so much ty!
I have a small (3") hand held "comb" called: "d-fuzz-it sweater fabric comb"" that I just found out works pretty well.
Im going to blow your mind here just use a metal fork. Way more rigid than a plastic comb and works great.
I wondered if a fresh piece of velcro would make a good velcro cleaner.
I wish I could see a video about how to clean thinner pieces of velcro.
Thanks, man!
Thanks ❤
Thanks man!
a brass or stainless parts brush works good too. However, don't get too froggy with them or you'll wear out the fabric.
Thanks for the tip just cleaned my wrist brace!
thank you for this!
Any time!
When I was younger and velcro first came out on shoes there was a little tool that was sold to clean the velcro. You would roll it over the velcro and it would pick out the stuff. But I don't know if the velcro back then is the same as the velcro now. 👵
The velcro is the same, but corporate greed and capitalist invention of Planned Obsolescence got in the way of us keeping nice things. Why give us a way to fix it when they can exploit us by making us buy new stuff and line their pockets more?
Do you find this works when pet hair is the issue?! Not sure if you have pets. The couch Velcro is starting to not hold well and as much as I try to vacuum and pull it off seems like I need a better trick like this,
Thank you. I have a knee brace.
Best of luck!
I will try that too.
I am using an old suade brush, from Hush puppy shoes, I will try a lint brush.thanks
hope you get it clean!
It works!!
YOU ROCK
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This is a very good video. However, combs don’t have bristles, they have teeth. Brushes have bristles. You were using a fine toothed comb. Not a fine bristle comb.
Does anyone know how to keep white Velcro white? (Soft side)
Dog slicker brush!
Yes,but is it going to permanently stay off?
Of course it isn't, if you use it, it's going to collect more crap in the velcro. That's why it's called maintenance!
You remind me of the cartoon of two fish talking, one of them wearing eyeglasses: "Look!" said the one. "I was just swimming along and these glasses landed right on my face! Isn't that something?" The other fish: "Yes, but are they your prescription?" You, Timothy, have made your joyless remark on at least two videos that offer solutions to a problem. Now, YOU go and find a solution to a problem, won't you? Unlike you, we will be encouraging and applaud you when you do.
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It’s easier to take them off if you use alcohol and the hair comb.
Wow, I wouldve never guessed. What does the alcohol do? Thanks for the tip.
UnitedStatesofBuild Wets down the dirt and cleans the teeth
You sure can see them maybe it’s time for the eye doctor
Oh no use a vacum and needle or comb
In found a fast better way!..A tooth brush..😎👍
A Flea Comb Works Better
A FILE Card works much faster ,easier, better!!!!