Removing human or pet hair can be very challenging, especially from fabrics. Hair will often weave itself in to the fabric so it can not be easily removed. I will quickly vacuum the area to remove any loose hair and debris. Assuming this doesn’t effectively remove the majority of the hair I would then get a good clean brush. Take the brush and wipe the cloth seats or carpets, working the hair top down and towards a central point. Sometimes you have to work the brush in multiple different directions to effectively pull the hair out. I’ll vacuum the brush a couple times while doing this brushing to prevent hair from being put back down on the fabric and to keep the brush clean. I vacuum up the hair that has collected and quickly re-vacuum the seats and carpets I just brushed. If any hair remains you can use a lint roller, tape, etc to try and pull it out the few remaining hairs. When you’re done make sure you empty the vacuum’s filter or bag and clean your brush.

Swirl marks are very troubling and we can all understand the pain of seeing them in your vehicle’s clear coat. Swirl marks are basically micro abrasions in the clear coat that can come from a variety of sources. When there are lots of swirls in one area you’ll often have a dull shine and bumpy clear coat at the microscopic level. My personal opinion is that swirl marks are inevitable on some level. I’ve never seen a regularly driven vehicle that had no swirls. A lot of times you can’t see the swirls unless your paint is in direct sunlight or under florescent lights and different colors make them more evident. Generally darker and flatter paints show off imperfections and lighter colors with metallic flake generally hide imperfections better. Now we’ll address where swirls come from, how to remove them and how we can prevent more swirl marks from being added to the clear coat.
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