How often do you dust?

cheekymole

Just before by Mum arrives, but then she does it all again so why bother?

BTW, she comes to our house about 4 times a year!!!!

joe13

moggins wrote:

Yep, throw the cinders from the fire on your path:rotfl:

Sorry, that was replying to Dora's getting snowed in

Gosh that stirred some old memories I had completely forgotton. But I do remenber my mother doing that and it worked very well.

System

I do it on a Monday and a Friday, but the living room really needs doing daily as the chinchilla dust makes a heck of a lot of mess.

blue_haddock

i only dust when i can no longer see the TV screen.

fannyadams

Every 6 to 8 weeks depending on the festival.
Big one due for Eostre in about three weeks time - better let 'everyone' out (well them as decidd to remain after Imbolg).

tigerlily

Erm....well....I dusted at Christmas!! lol :rotfl:

jcr16

i dust when i can be bothered. i will wipe the tv over with a baby wipe or damp cloth prob once a week. maybe. other than that i dust only when i have to . i dust around things. and the cobwebs behind the curtains are growing for halloween. lol

My house never seems to look dusty tho which is fab.

Busybody

:cool: I used to be a stickler for cleaning and dusting, now I am not as stressed about it, dont get me wrong I still clean and polish but don`t tend to worry about doing it on certain days as in the `old days`.
After seeing on TV how some people live it makes you realise how clean you are and that life is too short to worry about one speck of dust lurking on the table!!
Use a 'feather' duster to save time. :cool:

tk

oh gawd. now i feel stupid every day, yes every day, i hoover both upsairs and downstairs and also dust and wash tiled floors, wip-e down bathroom etc.
mind yu my blinds are minging :O)
nets were so much cleaner when i washed them occassionally :O)))))

i really need to stop cleaning so much and start to live can anyone help me?

tootles_2

I dust once a week when I clean the room with a microfibre cloth well wrung out in vinegar. I have pine furniture so its gets polished a couple of times a year with a wax polish. I never use the spray cans of polish, it has silicone in which forms a plastic like surface on the furniture, wood needs feeding the same as we do, so a thin layer of a wax polish containing beeswax spread over the funriture left for 15 to 20 minutes and then buffed off with a soft cloth, I love the smell of this polish especially if it has lavender in it. It also needs to breathe, and the silicone in the polish can inhibit this, wood expands and contracts according to the humidity in the air.

Central heating dries wood out, I use a dish with water and essential oil in, you would be surpirsed how quickly it evaporates, but it helps to keep moisture in the air, and smells so nice.........

I used to be a housekeeper in a house that was stuffed with antique furniture and this was how we looked after it.