How often do you dust?

ladygrey_2

I dust more in the summer as it shows up mor in the sunlight

Wendrie

We have two purple and black dyed ostrich feather dusters and the kids and I use those once a week in various parts.... sometimes we skip a week.... or more. But the feather dusters life stuff up and it means we don't have to use polish etc. My dd does use polish on the two wooden tables as she likes to - orange glo sprayed onto the cloth and not the surface! The glass bits get cleaned once a week by ds when he does the living room surfaces - especially the glass protector which is sticky from glasses and food being placed on it. Although less now he cleans it for some reason - he can see a point to coasters now

magentadreamer

........when my mum is coming to vist!

Rat_Chick

magentadreamer wrote:

........when my mum is coming to vist!

I do this as well, she hardly ever comes to visit (phew), she always says before visiting "oh don't worry I haven't done any housework since blah blah"" and as soon as gets through the door what does she do - finds faults in everything :mad: .

My mum and dad caught me out last time, they phoned me 2 hours before visit, I ran round like a blue arsed fly trying to tidy up and she still said "I don't know how you can live like this" ok flat may not be have been perfect, chewed things (sofa, furniture etc) due to my little darling rats, new computer box on bed but I just said to her "I knew you were going to say that" also "if you don't like it you know where the door is!"

Slightly off subject there!! I dust when it needs it ie every 2/3 weeks or maybe more

Lydia_2

I try to dust at least twice a week, if I'm busy and only manage once a week then you could write your name in the furniture. I suppose a lot depends on how much traffic there is in the house.

Prudent

tk wrote:

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?

You obviously need a holiday ... my house is available for house swap. Feel free to bring your dusters though as I am not sure I can remember where mine are.

pawpurrs

Prudent wrote:

You obviously need a holiday ... my house is available for house swap. Feel free to bring your dusters though as I am not sure I can remember where mine are.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: , I have a lovely little cottage, you could spend a week in!

Rachie_B

little and often for me ; )
i do things like the PC desk ,tv etc every day as i hate seeing them covered in dust ! awful in the sunny weather !

i do the bedrooms probably once a week but things like the chrome light switches / sockets every day or every other day

i have one of those pledge static dusters which i use for reaching dust in high places etc they are fab

cant believe some of you rarely dust! nightmare ! cos when you finally get round to doing it it would make me sneeze / cough etc : (

better to do it before it builds up to that stage IMO lol

AussieLass

I usually do it once a week. I really should take everything down and do it properly more often but I don't. We live in a really dusty area, especially in summerwhen we don't get much rain. I've just started using the microfibre cloths too and they are fab.

Louisepp

Rat_Chick wrote:

I do this as well, she hardly ever comes to visit (phew), she always says before visiting "oh don't worry I haven't done any housework since blah blah"" and as soon as gets through the door what does she do - finds faults in everything :mad: .

My mum and dad caught me out last time, they phoned me 2 hours before visit, I ran round like a blue arsed fly trying to tidy up and she still said "I don't know how you can live like this" ok flat may not be have been perfect, chewed things (sofa, furniture etc) due to my little darling rats, new computer box on bed but I just said to her "I knew you were going to say that" also "if you don't like it you know where the door is!"

When my mum was alive, I used to make a fuss about how hard I'd worked to get the house clean and tidy before she came. I didn't do much BTW, but just made her think that I had gone to some effort.

A friend told me that she told them she didn't feel she could critisize after I had said that:T :rotfl: