Dusting

zarazara

I use a proper ostrich feather feather duster, in fact I have 2 one is long handled. they are fanststic and can be washed in the sink in lukewarm water. better than anything else and very efficient quick and easy to use. not cheap to buy but worth every penny. I dust the whole house once a week it takes 15 mins and that includes light fittings and above doors etc [ mind you, it is a small 2 bed house!]
my DH is asthmatic. I find not making the bed, but putting the duvet cover to air every day helps as does vaccing the mattress weekly.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, there :beer: I dust every few days with a damp microfibre cloth. I use beeswax polish occcasionally on the wooden items.

I found that the best thing to improve our ashthma was to remove carpets and buff up the wooden floors.

I'll add your question to the existing dusting thread to keep all ideas together.

Penny. x

Barbiegirl_2

What a useful thread. Where can I buy a microfibre cloth? So just to check all I need to use is a wet microfibre cloth and no spray? Does the dust tend to stay away a little longer?

I'm sure you can tell I'm a bit of a dumb blonde :rolleyes:

suzie_wong

Barbiegirl wrote: »

Where can I buy a microfibre cloth?

I got a pack of 4 last week in Poundland (they were a pound, funnily enough!:p ) They were all different colours, and on the cardboard label it told you which colour was for what (yellow for glass, blue for bathroom etc). I think they're fab- both dry and damp depending on what you're doing.

mioliere

Dust always makes me react with sneezing and sniffling. I haven't used furniture spray polish for years. I just use a damp microfibre cloth and a trigger spray bottle of one third Stardrops, one third white vinegar and one third water. Most of my furniture is hand made old pine pieces which my DH has made and every so often he re-waxes them and now and again I polish them 'properly' with a mix that I make up from a small lump of natural beeswax placed in a jar with enough turps to cover; it blends together and makes a lovely furniture polish that 'feeds' the wood.

LumpyCustard_2

Dusting just doesn't happen in my house as it seems to be a bit of a waste of time to me. If I really need to get dust off something, I just wipe it with a damp cloth, which removes it. The key is not to polish (builds up static which attracts the dust) and not to hoover afterwards either, as that puts more dust in the air.

Chloe5

I just use damp microfibre cloths - I think they are briliant or a microfibre duster that I got from Lakeland Plastics. They work for me.

ClaireLR

vivaladiva wrote: »

Totally not OS, but one DS has allergic rhinitis, so I use the pledge fluffy dusters. They really do seem to trap dust. Tried the Tesco own brand ones and they weren't half as good.

Totally agree with this, these are fab and if you wait until they're on special offer they're really not to expensive for how long they last.

pigpen

I just use any old damp wipey thing.. have been known to use a pair of old knickers on more than 1 occasion.. wipe each surface and rince the cloth.

Anything that involves flicking dry dust about increases allergy risks and it just flies up into the air and resettles it has to be removed.. by making it damp it takes it out of the room rather htan just relocating it.

Dust bugs like reshuffled dust particles it means they can get in the new dirt.. scrummy!

daleigha

i 'dust' with the hoover - if you have one of those little attachments its very handy!! we have a very hairy cat (how she still has hairs on her body is beyond me, the amount that seems to come out of her!! ) so its great for lifting all the cat hairs, and then if things need a clean (paw prints on the window ledges etc!) i just wipe them with a damp cloth.
the attachment is great for getting hairs & dust off lamp shades etc as well!! :T