How to get hair and lint out of a broom
Standard plastic brooms trap hair and fibers deep in their bristles during sweeping, forcing people to peel out the gross gunk by hand or resort to tools like a toothbrush. This tedious manual cleanup ruins the experience of sweeping and leaves pet hair and fuzz permanently tangled in the brush.
What the numbers show
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- People have been saying this in most months since August 2026.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1cleaning out standard brooms with a toothbrushDid this help you?
- 2peeling gunk and hair off brooms with handsDid this help you?
- 3using traditional palm or branch-based brooms that do not trap hair and fibersDid this help you?
- 4Using a seam ripper to slice through tangled hairDid this help you?
- 5Using a fork and a straw cleanerDid this help you?
- 6Picking the hair out manually with fingernailsDid this help you?
- 7Using the end of an old combDid this help you?
- 8Scrubbing with shampoo and waterDid this help you?
- 9Using a pair of pointed slant tweezersDid this help you?
- 10Soaking in warm conditioner or shampoo water then scrubbing with a towelDid this help you?
- 11Using a vacuum cleaner nozzle and a dry toothbrushDid this help you?
- 12Cleaning the residue off the hairbrush manually after every useDid this help you?
- 13Using a screwdriver or scissors to pry out debrisDid this help you?
- 14Trying to manually pull or cut hair wrapped around the wheelsDid this help you?
- 15Constantly dusting, sweeping, and moppingDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“These ones don’t pick up the hair and fibres and hold on to it. Because after I finish sweeping with white man’s broom, I have to clean it out with a toothbrush to get rid of the lint and whatever else.”source ↗
“It’s finding crumbs in the kitchen after eating or seeing hair on the hardwood again the next day that gets old. I don’t want to vacuum the whole place over a little mess.”source ↗
“That’s definitely true, I hate plastic brooms for that. It’s so gross to go peeling all the gunk off with your hands after 🤢”source ↗
“There has to be a better way than just yanking out carpet fibers for 30 minutes.”source ↗
“How can I get these final hair balls out of my hairbrushes?”source ↗
“I have the tool in the second pic, but it only gets out the main hair.”source ↗
“I’ve tried soaking in water to no avail.”source ↗
“I dust, sweep, and mop but within a day or 2 there's already dust and dog hair everywhere again.”source ↗
“I just can't keep up with it.”source ↗
“I hate it when people want to come over because I'm embarrassed.”source ↗
“I just pick it out with my fingernails 🫠”source ↗
“Before and after of brushing my hair. I have to clean it off every single time I brush my hair.”source ↗
“I get most of it off, but not all. The Phillips screwdriver head fits, but can't get the screw to move.”source ↗
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