Mother shares her 'mind-blowing' hack for removing annoying lint balls from her sofa in seconds by running over them with barber clippers
- An Australian woman demonstrated how she removes lint balls from her sofa
- Posting on Facebook, Georgia Spencer used barbering clippers to trim the balls
- The hack impressed social media users, quickly racking up over 833 likes
A savvy mother has revealed how to quickly remove lint balls from a sofa without trimming each one with a pair of scissors, or pulling them up with a strip of Velcro.
Georgia Spencer, who lives in Australia, demonstrated how materials covered in lint balls can be revamped - simply by trimming them with a pair of electric barber clippers.
Taking to Facebook group Mums Who Clean, she shared a video of the hack in action, which quickly garnered a stream of comments from impressed social media users.
Alongside the short clip, which racked up over 800 likes, Georgia penned: 'First time poster here, but I found this way too genius not to share.'
Georgia Spencer, who lives in Australia, impressed members of Facebook's Mums Who Clean with her hack for removing lint balls (pictured)
Georgia explained in the caption of her video that it was her first time sharing a cleaning hack with the group of over 20,000 Facebook users
'Not sure if this has already been posted before, but I just found the best way to remove those c*****y lint balls from my couch!!!'
She demonstrated how a barbering clipper can be lightly placed over the balls to instantly remove them.
Boasting over 20,000 members, the Facebook group gushed that they have never thought of using barber clippers to trim away lint balls.
'This is so satisfying to watch,' commented one, while a second penned: 'Wow! That's awesome!'
Many praised the idea and admitted to never considering the possibility of using a pair of barber clippers to remove lint balls
A third commented: 'My mind is blown!' while a fourth enthused: 'How have I not thought of this! Smart idea.'
Meanwhile, others branded the hack 'fantastic' and agreed the top tip is far quicker than using an electronic lint machine.
One person commented: 'Love it! And heaps faster than sitting there with a damn electric lint remover'
'I do this with my teens hoodies over an ironing board, but need to be careful not to push too hard or you'll get a tiny hole,' another wrote.
A further penned: 'Love it! So much quicker than electronic lint machine'
Others told how they used barber clippers as a speedy alternative to using an electronic lint machine (pictured)
