It seems like it's always your old favorites that get those awful little fabric pills. Here's a tip that will help your favorite sweater go from worn out to like new again! Take a new disposable razor and lightly go across the garment. Use short strokes while pulling the fabric tight. Don't press too hard and be careful when going near the seams. Stop frequently to blow the pills out of the razor. Your clothes will be looking like new again in no time!
We all hate the little fuzz balls that end up on our clothes after washing and drying them. They make our clothes look old and grungy. One option many people use to combat this is by using a battery operated fabric shaver. There are a few disadvantages to these.
Pilling on clothing and sheets can make them look unsightly and feel rough. This page has advice about how to avoid pilling on clothes and sheets.
We all have that favorite sweatshirt or blanket that accidentally got put in the dryer. Well there is a way to get rid of almost all of the balled up lint that has been stuck there.
How do you remove the little fur balls or pills from your coat?
You either use a very strong (sticky) lint roller or you buy a fuzz ball remover. They are like an electric razor, but run on battery and are made to remove fuzz balls.
Gently shave with a disposable razor
I use a sweater comb to remove pills from lots of different fabrics and it works great. One drawback is that it has only a small surface for removing the pills, so I think next I will try a suede shoe brush.
I have two questions really. How do you keep socks and other clothes from pilling? And how do you get rid of the pills after they form?
If there are just a few pills, I can snip them off, but especially the socks form more pills than I can deal with. I am tired of throwing away perfectly good clothes because of unsightly pills.
By Janus
Wash them inside out. For pills that have already formed, if they are only a few, pull 'em off (good project for when you are watching TV). If heavily pilled or white looking pills on dark clothing, I wouldn't bother. There used to be little shavers that you could use to remove pills but I never had any luck with them and don't know if they even still exist.
Remove fuzz balls from sweaters with a shaver. Go over the surface slowly and carefully with a disposable razor.
By Monica from Cortez, CO
Use an electric razor to remove pilling on any clothes. It won't cut the material and just shaves off the pilling. I use an old electric razor for this.
Great idea! Thanks, I have several sweaters I thought I was going to have to get rid of!
Does this include dresses? My bookbag caused some friction and pilling on a Calvin Klein dress and a Ralph Lauren dress. Is it worth trying the razor, or should I replace them?
What is the best rated product to remove fuzz or pills from sweaters?
Instead of using a lint shaver, try using a block of pumice stone. Those nasty tiny pills, and small specs will disappear onto the stone.
I am searching for fired lava rock, in sheet form, approx 3/4 to 1in. thick to remove pilling from clothing. If you have information on where this can be purchased please let me know. Thanks.
I got mine at the dry cleaners.
For some reason, I seem to have an incredible ability to develop pills on my clothing. What causes this and what can be done to eliminate it or at least decrease it? Sometimes I get pills within just a few wearings!!
Try turning your items that pill inside out before washing. Notice you never get pills on the inside always the outside.
Then why, when I washed my sweatshirt, there were pills on both the inside and the outside?
