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ceiling duster?

scaredy_cat
scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
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what is the best duster to get rid of cobwebs and those dangly dust webs from an artexed ceiling. it's about 8ft high and i don't have any steps to reach far corners.

thanks
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  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    well the good ladies from how clean is your house use a lightweight mop. personally I get OH to do it - he prefers the 'stand on chair and wave duster about' method. I dont care as long as I havent got cobwebs in the corners!
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i don't have an oh, neither do i have a use for a mop as i am all carpeted. i need something quite cheap and small as i'm in a small studio flat.
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  • Eliza_2
    Eliza_2 Posts: 1,336 Forumite
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    I've got a little dusting brush that fits on my hoover, if I can be bothered, otherwise just reach with the hose extension pipe thingie and suck them up, spiders, dead flies and all.

    Or throw old t-shirts at them.
  • greyfox
    greyfox Posts: 484 Forumite
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    I use one like this

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    The long one is extendable and even I can reach the corners with it. (Our ceilings are much higher & I'm not very tall.) It's very light, too. I got a new one last week for just over a pound, so worth looking in any cheap shops in your area.
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    Eliza wrote: »
    I've got a little dusting brush that fits on my hoover, if I can be bothered, otherwise just reach with the hose extension pipe thingie and suck them up, spiders, dead flies and all.

    Or throw old t-shirts at them.

    i think i had one of those, not sure where it is thought!!:rotfl:
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  • cutestkids
    cutestkids Posts: 1,670 Forumite
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    I also use the extension hose for the hoover when I actually remember to do it that is
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  • GreyQueen
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    :) The hoover hose is definately the way to go. If you collect the webs on a brush, you then have to pick or vacuum them off said brush which is tedious and a bit icky.

    Best to put the small circular duster brush on the hose as the bare end can ding or mark up your ceilings.
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  • PasturesNew
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    Pair of old knickers stretched over a broom head :)
  • Mortgage_Reduction_Novice
    Mortgage_Reduction_Novice Posts: 1,775 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Pair of old knickers stretched over a broom head :)

    Or anything soft attached to anything pole-like!
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  • Linda32
    Linda32 Posts: 4,385 Forumite
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    I use our sweeping brush upside down.
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