Dusters?

mum_of_lewis

Hi

My house seems to be a very dusty house! as soon as ive dusted a couple of minutes later the dust is back!


Can you recommend any dusters?

Thanks
Janette xx

BitterAndTwisted

In my opinion normal yellow dusters just push the dust around and don't actually pick it up so you can remove it. Try a slightly damp microfibre cloth

jpscloud

I agree, microfibre cloth slightly dampened does a great job. I suck off the worst of the dust with the hoover nozzle first (which may indicate to you just how bad a housekeeper I am ) and it's oddly satisfying too, watching it disappear up the nozzle. Is it wrong to find that satisfying?

Family Bargains have 10 good-sized microfibre dusters for £1.49 at the moment.

ETA: microfibre dusters/dishcloths last me forever, I bung them in the machine with tea towels.

Alton_Towers

Tumble dryer sheets or a drop of fabric conditioner on a damp cloth stops the dust settling especially round the tv.

PixieDust

Cut up old towels, dampened

kittycat204

i would air out the house as much as poss as well.

Linda32

Microfibre cloths are what I use. They really are better than the yellow dusters as they do "pick-up" dust rather than move it around.

You can use a damp one as has been said, I do sometimes, or if you feel like it, try Sainsburys Lavender furniture polish, it smells nice. Its not necessary of cause, but it does smell nice

gibson123

jpscloud wrote: »

I agree, microfibre cloth slightly dampened does a great job. I suck off the worst of the dust with the hoover nozzle first (which may indicate to you just how bad a housekeeper I am ) and it's oddly satisfying too, watching it disappear up the nozzle. Is it wrong to find that satisfying?

Family Bargains have 10 good-sized microfibre dusters for £1.49 at the moment.

ETA: microfibre dusters/dishcloths last me forever, I bung them in the machine with tea towels.

I use the little attachment on the hoover, the little round brush, and I hoover everything instead of dusting.

GreyQueen

Agree with the others; damp dust with a cloth, microfibre is good but any damp-dusting is better than dry-dusting IMO. Otherwise all you're doing is knocking it into the air and it settles again. I also make good use of the curcular dusting attachment on my vacuum cleaner which is great.

Cleaning authories recommend working in this order; dusting before vacuuming. OK, a vac can kick back some dust but if it's putting out a lot of dust it's defective. HTH.

Barneysmom

When I was first married I was told 'Only use polish on a Sunday, the rest of the week just use a plain duster'

Well I do polish on a Sunday but as for the rest of the week...........;)

I've got one of those extending feather dusters from Lakeland that I use on the ceilings where most of the dust floats to. I do use it sometimes (when it crosses my mind).

I use different things for different surfaces though.
On the oak sideboard/coffee table I use a duster with a beeswax based polish.
For the telly and other plastics I use anti static polish and an old t shirt.

That's when I do polish ofcourse
As today is Tuesday I'm not polishing, instead I'll be ironing which I should have also done on Sunday.

sparrer

I agree with the tickling stick, vac nozzle and microfibre cloths, they make for easy dusting and believe me if I can make life easier when it comes to housework, I do!

Re polishing, not so long ago a French polisher told me that to stop a build-up of wax (such little as is in sprays these days) and chemicals, you should only apply furniture polish about once every two/three months and rub with a duster in between. This way it saves a lot of work and I can afford a quality tinned product, as I'm not buying expensive and damaging aerosols.