Father's Day Is Almost Here!

It's just a little over 2 weeks until Father's Day 2014.  Have you got dad anything yet?

If not, here are a few ideas:

 Hair Brushes - One of the items that made Fuller famous! These aren't your cheap hairbrushes sold in the big stores.  They are made with either a Beechwood handle and premium boars hair bristles or an Acrylic handle with soft nylon bristles.  With proper care either of these will last a lifetime.


You can check these out in the Personal Care section of my Fuller Factory Direct Page.

2 in 1 Brush and Comb Cleaner: Also in the personal care section, this little tool cleans hairbrushes and combs.  Plastic "fork" on end of tool reaches between rows of bristles on all types of hairbrushes to remove embedded hair. Twisted-in wire bristles clean comb teeth easily and quickly for improved performance and appearance. Great for heirloom quality combs, or just old favorites. 7" L x 1-1/4" W.

Diamond Knife Sharpener

Perfect for sharpening your Fuller Brush Ceramic Knives!

Get the best performance from your knives or tools. Sturdy grip

helps ensure for safe and sturdy sharpening practices Diamond

sharpeners give you the long lasting sharp edge.

This is in the Kitchen Section of my Fuller Factory Direct site.

Original Brass Dustpan & Brush

A Fuller classic from its efficient design to its decorative brass plated dustpan, the Original Dustpan & Brush reflects the quality and pride you have in your home. The durable bristles are anchored into the hardwood handle so that no bristles will be lost during use. The dual flared bristle tips ensure removal of both heavy debris and fine dust. Works great on workbenches, tables, floors, stairs and to clean up hearths. The brass pan has two beveled edges, angled to meet the surface so that dust and fine debris cannot slide underneath the pan. Convenient hang-up holes for convenient storage. Brush: 13-1/4" L x 1-3/4" W with 8-1/2" of brush material.  Dustpan: 10-1/4" L x 4" W.  This can be found in the Floor Care section of my Fuller Factory Direct Page.

These are just a few of many great gift ideas for Father's Day.  Take a moment and scroll through my Fuller Factory Direct website and see what you can find to make Dad's day!

Remember, all orders have a flat shipping fee, not based upon how much you spend. You can get yourself a few "gifts" too!   

Keeping Pet Hair Under Control

If you're an animal lover, you've had to deal with your pet's hair shedding all over, or maybe you still are dealing with it.

I used to have a yellow lab.  I've often said "He's the best dog that ever owned me."  The only drawback was yellow labs shed like crazy.  It would seem you could look at him and watch the hair fall off.

So how do you keep on top of it? No one wants to vacuum every day.  These simple steps will help you keep pet hair to a manageable level.

#1) Brush your pet(s) daily.  It only takes a few minutes per pet and the more hair you remove with the brush the less hair you have to deal with on clothes, furniture and floors.

#2) Between vacuuming use Fuller Brush's Electrostatic Carpet Sweeper on your flooring.  This is our #1 selling hard product, so it must be good.  It only takes a few minutes to go over your floors and the hair and other dirt collected is easily dumped into the trash bag. Despite the name, it works on both carpeting and hard flooring.

This isn't a replacement for your vacuum cleaner but is handy (and quicker) for cleaning up between vacuuming.

#3) You can also use a dry mop on hard flooring. Fuller has several options, lately I've been using the Dynamic Duo Micro Mop.  One side is a dry mop, the other a wet mop.  Use the dry mop side to collect pet hairs, dust and dirt from the floor.  Then by lightly spraying the floor with Fiesta Floor Cleaner (sold in concentrated form, dilute in your spray bottle) go over the floor again with the wet mop side. 

There are a couple ways to clean your mop after use.  I usually would put a plastic bag around the mop and shake it well.  This would get a majority of the hair off of the mop.  You can also use a rubber glove and hand strip the hairs off.  A way I heard about, but have not tried, is to put the mop head and several wet rags in the dryer.  This apparently causes the hair to come loose and be caught in the lint trap.  As I said, I've never tried this, I am just passing it along as a possible solution.

I would usually vacuum twice a week and use the above in between.  I found I could use the microfiber mop a couple times before it needed washing.  For that reason I found it useful to have a couple extra mop heads handy so I could let them get dirty and then launder with other cleaning rags.

You can find these items (and more) in the Floor Care subsection of the Household/Consumer section of my Fuller Direct Page.