Cleaning Dust

Tip: Dusting Artificial or Silk Flowers
To give your silk flowers a quick dusting, place them in an ordinary paper bag and add a third of a cup of salt. Shake the bag for sixty second and remove the flowers. The salt should have absorbed all of the dust.

Tip: Chandelier Cleaning
There’s more to cleaning a chandelier than dusting, you’ll need to wash it as well, and that’s where it gets a little tricky. First run a clean rag over every inch of the chandelier removing dust from all curves and crevices. To clean your chandelier, combine two teaspoons of rubbing alcohol, two cups of warm water, and one tablespoon dishwasher anti-spot agent. Pour this mixture into a spray bottle. Drench the chandelier with the mixture and let it drip dry. Your chandelier will be left sparkling. Make sure you have turned off all of the electricity to the chandlier before cleaning and that a drop cloth is placed underneath to catch the drips.

Tip: Dusting House Plants
Try these dusting tips to clean your indoor plants: Use a spray bottle to rinse their leaves of dust. Cool, clear water is the only thing you’ll need for removing dust from house plants. Wash small plants in the sink and larger plants in the shower.

Tip: Cleaning Spider Webs
If you’re removing dust in your home, you’ll also want to check the corners for cobwebs and spider webs. The best way to remove these is with a vacuum. If you have a long attachment for your vacuum hose, use it to reach corners and door frames. A broom or dust mop is a good alternative. Cover the end with a dust rag and spray it with a dusting spray to attract the cobwebs

Tip: Cleaning Registers and Vents
To give your registers and vents a quick dusting, use a shop vac. You can also place a piece of screening inside floor vents and registers to catch small objects that fall and the dust that collects.

Tip: Dusting Drapes
Dusting drapes may seem like a daunting task, but it’s really quite simple.Take down your drapes and remove the hooks. Run the drapes through an air-fluff cycle on the dryer with a couple of dryer sheets to attract the dust. Then rehang the drapes. Removing dust was never so simple!

Tip: Vacuum Dusting Brush
When you use the dusting brush attachment on your vacuum, you run the risk of having hair, lint and dust embedded in its bristles. Routinely clean this material using an old coarse-toothed comb. Cut away tougher tangles with a knife. Keeping the bristles clean improves your vacuum’s cleaning action and aids in effectively removing dust from furniture and bedding.

Tip: Dusting Acoustical Ceilings
The problem with an acoustical ceiling is the amount of dust it collects. Because you don’t want to get it wet, it’s best cleaned by dusting. The easiet way to do this is to vacuum the ceiling using a hose attachement Another option is to buy a paint roller designed for painting acoustical ceilings. Attach it to an extension paint roller, spray with dusting spray and run it over your ceilings. When doing you’re regular household cleaning, attach a dryer sheet to the bottom of a broom or dust mop and use this to give the ceiling a quick dusting.

Tip: Cutting Down on Dust
Anyone who spends hours dusting furniture and other areas of the home would love to find a way to cut down on the amount of dust in the house. The best way to minimize dust is to have your duct work cleaned, and use air filters on your vents. Carpeting also attracts dust, so you may want to reconsider having wall to wall in every room.Be sure to frequently wash bedding as well. It is important to use a good vacuum cleaner, such as a shop vac, rather than one that sweep, which often just redistributes the dust. Also, when dusting in your home, do not use a feather duster. This just causes the dust to settle elsehwer. Instead, use a cloth sprayed with dusting spray or a dryer sheet.

Tip: Instant Dusters
One doesn’t need to spend a lot of money on dusting cloths and other pricey products. Instead, save your old pairs of woolen or cotton socks to use as dusters. Simply slip them over your hands and go. When the get dirty, simply toss them in the laundry.

Tip: Feather Dusters
Feather dusters are not an effective dusting tool. They tend to scatter dust instead of picking it up and holding it. Instead use a fabric softener sheet for cleaning dust, or lint-free cloth such as a cloth diaper.

Tip: Homemade Dusting Oil
To make your own dusting oil, take three parts light mineral oil and mix with one part corn oil and add a drop of lemon or clove oil for a pleasant scent. Put this on your dust mop or swiffer and use for removing dust in your home.

Tip: Reaching Tiny Spots
When dusting, it’s often difficult to get into tiny cracks and crevices. For removing dust in those hard-to-reach tiny places, spray the bristles of an artist’s paintbrush with furniture polish to dust and polish at the same time.

Tip: Dusting Television Screens
For cleaning dust and dirt from your TV screen, use a fabric softener sheet l. This removes the dirt without streaking and repels dust to keep it cleaner in the future.

Tip: Dusting Fabric Lamp Shades
Most lampshades can be maintained with a regular dusting. Cloth lampshades that are made from a washable fabric and are sewn rather than glued can be washed only if they do not have a paper or plastic liner. Unwashable shades can be vacuumed, or blown with a hairdryer to remove the dust. For removing dust that’s stuck on, try a damp sponge.

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