Dusty House

Francophile

I don't know if this is the right place to post this so feel free to move it if necessary.
I dust my house almost everyday and the next day there's a thick layer of dust again. Other peoples houses don't seem to be as dusty as mine. It seems to have got worse since we removed all carpets and now have only wooden or tiled floors. The reason for removing the carpets was because I have an allergy to dust.
I have tried wet wipping surfaces but it makes no difference. Anybody any ideas on how to keep the dust at bay.

squeaky

You're on the right track with wet dusting, I reckon but have you tried using microfibre cloths (available pretty much everywhere these days).

They really hang on to everything they pick up.

Edit:- I remember reading somewhere that (ever present) dust on wooden floors is normal. It's not that you're producing more dust, nor failing to get rid of it - dust gets produced all the time. It's just that it's a lot more visible on a wooden floor than on a carpet.

zebidee1

Perhaps your floorboards have gaps between them? Dust does increase with wooden floors if they are gappy. You need to tackle the cause rather than the effect iyswim. If the boards themselves dont have gaps, is there a gap between floor and skirting?

Houses without carpets can be less dusty but they usually do need more care in sealing etc, to achieve this.

Penelope_Penguin

We took out all the fitted carpets in our house, and restored the Victorian boards. We do get little dust monsters lurking in the corners, but my and DS's asthma is definitely improved.

Dusting every day :eek: :eek: :eek: I think that might not be such a good idea. Even wet dusting will tend to encourage the dust to waft into the air, and exacerbate your condition. I'm from the Quentin Crisp school of dusting "don't dust, and after 7 years it never gets any worse"

Penny. x

amcluesent

I noticed a lot of dust on the piano lid and told my cleaner, "Look Mary, I could write my name in this!". She replied "Oh, Sir! I must be marvellous to have the education!".

patchwork_cat

HI
Do you live near a main road? Are your floorboards sealed or laminate?
If you damp dust with a microfibre cloth then leave the dust to settle and then hoover it will help don't hoover straight away, leave half an hour or so. If you use a broom it may well be swooshing it up again. We back onto a railway line and our back upstairs gets dustier than elsewhere.

I do everything possible to minimise cleaning and make it less frequent!

grunnie

amcluesent wrote: »

I noticed a lot of dust on the piano lid and told my cleaner, "Look Mary, I could write my name in this!". She replied "Oh, Sir! I must be marvellous to have the education!".

Thanks for that. I haven't laughed so much for ages:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Off now to do some dusting:rotfl:

Charis

patchwork_cat wrote: »

HI

If you damp dust with a microfibre cloth then leave the dust to settle and then hoover it will help don't hoover straight away, leave half an hour or so.

Also, make sure your filters on the vacuum cleaner are cleaned/replaced regularly and that your cleaner doesn't actually raise a dust. I had one Panasonic upright that threw out dust particles. The thing that made me notice was that the front 'nose' of the machine was always very dusty, even if I wiped it before I started. I have warm air heating here so have had to come to terms with a layer of dust. At least it blows the 'dust bunnies' into the corners.

mary43

Our house seems to be a 'dust magnet' and I've been using just an ordinary yello duster (or OHs old underpants...........clean of course............lol) but I think all I do is distribute the dust elsewhere !

Wasn't there some mention in another thread about using baby wipes as 'wet dusters' ? (or something like that anyway)

I noticed a lot of dust on the piano lid and told my cleaner, "Look Mary, I could write my name in this!". She replied "Oh, Sir! I must be marvellous to have the education!".

Love it.......................:rotfl: Wish I'd thought of saying something like that on the occassions my Mum used to visit......................lol

Caterina

I have a constant dust problem too, with 4 adults and 2 cats living here, and a not-very-housewifey-woman (me) in charge of the cleaning!

Dust bunnies chase me all the time.

Hoovering is a chore especially up and down the stairs. Does anyone know if there is a good quality hand-held vacuum cleaner, worth buying? I had one that a friend had given me but it was useless! Our vacuum cleaner is a Dyson and when it works it works well but it is very temperamental, so I am thinking that for short spells of dusting the stairs I could use a good hand held one!

Also, is there any environmentally friendly liquid (other than water obviously) that I could use when dusting wooden furniture and pictures/tv/computer screen) to repel dust?

Thank you!

Caterina

mary43

originally posted by charis
I had one Panasonic upright that threw out dust particles. The thing that made me notice was that the front 'nose' of the machine was always very dusty, even if I wiped it before I started.

Oh lor...........we've got one of those and yes, it does always seem dusty and not the best at hoovering up either. Tried Dyson and didn't get on with that -too heavy for me to use once I'd done my back in. So, what's the best cleaner to get ? They all advertise themselves as being 'the best' and I get so confused.
When we cleared Mum's house I gained her old Ewbank and thats brilliant for picking the bits up and saves getting the cleaner out.
I got a small cylinder cleaner from Woolworths the other year just to do upstairs and the stairs. Lightweight and easy to manouvre about -our stairs are a funny angle.
With us two, two teenagers we care for plus three cats I feel we're fighting a losing battle at times Seems cleaner creates dust, dusting spreads dust....................:eek: