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Embedded pet hairDog & Pet Hair Removal, down to the ground-in layer.
Evolution Detail gets embedded dog and pet hair out of your car’s carpet and leather at our Glen Carbon shop. Where gloves, a squeegee, and static spray only lift the loose layer, we pull the ground-in hair with real shop extraction and steam. You get straight answers about what it needs.
4.9 stars on Google· 41 reviews· Veteran owned
The layer a household vacuum will not touch.
Dog hair removal in a car is really two jobs. The loose hair on the surface is easy. The hair woven down into the carpet fibers and packed into the seams of leather seats is the part you cannot beat at home, and it is the part we take out every day. Embedded dog and cat hair in carpet and leather is a large part of the work here.
It works the same whether you have one dog who rides shotgun or two who have lived in the back seat for years. We talk the price through with you, and you pick up a car that does not look or feel like a pet lives in it.
Pet hair removal is part of our interior work, so you get it when you book an Interior Only, Essential, Contemporary, or Luxury detail.
Why the home methods stall
Why the home methods stallDIY gets the loose layer. It stops there.
Search dog hair removal for a car and you land on the same three tricks. Every one works on the hair sitting on top. None of them reaches the layer ground down into the carpet and locked into the leather seams. That is not a knock on you, it is the limit of the tools.
Rubber gloves
Dampen a glove, rub the seat, and the static balls the loose hair up so you can pull it off. It works on what you can see and reach.
Surface hair only. The embedded layer stays.Squeegee or pet brush
Dragging a squeegee across carpet rakes up clumps that a vacuum slides over. Good for the top of floor mats and the seat surface.
Lifts clumps. Cannot reach the carpet base.Static spray and a vacuum
A little anti-static spray loosens fine hair so the vacuum grabs more of it. It helps, but a household vacuum has no real pull at the fiber base.
Helps a bit. No pull where hair hides.Where the shop takes over
The embedded layer needs real shop tools.
Hair does not just sit on carpet. It works down into the fibers and wraps around the base where a household vacuum has no pull. On leather it packs into the seams and stitching. That layer needs extraction and steam, run in a controlled bay as its own step.
- Extraction with real suction pulls hair out of the carpet base, not just off the top.
- Steam loosens hair packed into leather seams and stitching so it lifts out.
- Leather is cleaned and conditioned after, so the seats look and feel right again.
- Veteran owned, and we do not stop at good enough.
Recent work
Vacuumed, extracted, conditioned.
Real interiors finished in our bay. Shot here, in our own bay. This is the result you drive off in.
See more finished vehicles on the work page.
How pricing works
Every vehicle gets looked over before we price it.
Dog and pet hair takes more time than a standard interior, and how much hair is in the car decides how much. So we look it over and talk the price through with you. You hear the number before the work starts.
Book online and tell us the vehicle and the situation. Tell us the vehicle and the situation and we will take it from there.
My car looked brand new inside and out. He worked diligently on the carpet and leather seats, and two dogs made it quite the challenge.
So nice, explained everything to me, and did not try to up sell me. My car looks brand new.
Dog and pet hair questions
Straight answers, no runaround.
The questions we hear most about dog and pet hair removal, answered the way we would tell you on the phone.
What does shop pet hair removal involve?
Two layers, two different jobs. The loose hair sitting on the surface comes off with a squeegee in your driveway. The layer woven down into carpet fibers and packed into leather seams is the one that needs shop equipment: hot-water extraction to pull it up out of the pile, and steam to release it from stitching and seams. It runs in a controlled bay, as its own step, priced by how much hair is in the vehicle.
How do you price pet hair removal?
Pet hair takes more time than a standard interior, and how much hair is in the vehicle sets the number. We look it over, tell you the price first, and let you decide. Nothing is added once your vehicle is in the bay without your approval.
Can you get cat hair out of leather seats?
Cat hair is finer than dog hair and works into the seams and stitching of leather seats, where a vacuum has no pull. We steam the seams to release it, extract it out, then clean and condition the leather. Carpet and floor mats get the same treatment.
How much does professional pet hair removal cost?
Pet hair removal is priced as its own step on top of the interior package, set by how much hair is in the vehicle. Call and we will size it up with you, or book online and tell us the vehicle and the situation.
Do I drop my car off at your shop for pet hair removal?
Yes. You bring your vehicle to our shop in Glen Carbon and we work on it in the bay. A controlled bay with real extraction and steam equipment is exactly why the embedded hair comes out, and it is the part a mobile driveway visit cannot match. Book online to schedule a drop-off time that works for you.
Done with the dog hair? Let us finish it.
Bring it to the shop in Glen Carbon. We look it over with you, work the hair in the bay, and hand it back looking its best.
4.9 on Google Veteran owned, 20 years detailing