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Pathetic dusting question

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ODFOx · 17/11/2022 21:43

Yes I am a shit housekeeper. Let's just get it out there before any judgement.
So, I have bought some light fittings with glass globe shades and they look dusty all the time. Dusting the outside is simple but each fitting has three globes and I have to take the bulbs out to dust the inside of each globe, up a ladder, while the electricity is on so that the light from the other bulbs in the fitting can illuminate what I'm doing. Then I go down the ladder, turn off the switch, back up the ladder in the dark, replace the bulb and remove another, back down the ladder to turn the switch back on, repeat. Does anyone have a recommendation for a dusting gadget so I can do inside the lampshades without taking out the bulb and risking electrocution/falling off a ladder?

Yours hopefully (and slightly pathetically)
Thanks

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Glasscup · 17/11/2022 21:44

Life goals :)

validnumber · 17/11/2022 21:45

Are they ceiling lights or wall lights?
My advise is to either leave them be or change to a style that doesn't get dusty!
Ain't nobody got time for that!

ODFOx · 17/11/2022 21:55

They are a modern type of ceiling light, not dissimilar to upturned goldfish bowls (the little ones that you try and get ping pong balls into at the fair) except they are tinted and have a slightly metallic/mirror finish so every spec of dust shows.
I'm hoping someone can recommend a miniature static thing which I can just wave past them to dust without effort. They look dusty all the time!

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ODFOx · 17/11/2022 21:55

And they are new and not cheap!

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LucySno · 17/11/2022 21:58

Learn to be ok with them dusty.

Onnabugeisha · 17/11/2022 22:00

You can buy an air can duster. They’re designed to blow the dust off electronics, but would work for your situation. You just go up the ladder and point and a jet of air would blow the dust off them. No need to unscrew bulbs and do multiple trips up the ladder. So long as dust flying off doesn’t make you react. (Some people have allergies and/or asthma triggered by dust so have to do damp/wet dusting).

validnumber · 17/11/2022 22:08

Ooo ooo I have another suggestion after reading @Onnabugeisha.
Use a hairdryer on them Grin

Onnabugeisha · 17/11/2022 22:20

validnumber · 17/11/2022 22:08

Ooo ooo I have another suggestion after reading @Onnabugeisha.
Use a hairdryer on them Grin

That could work if it has a no heat setting. The glass could crack if unevenly heated.

JudgeRindersMinder · 17/11/2022 22:23

I recommend changing your light fittings 😂

peridito · 17/11/2022 22:24

www.amazon.co.uk/telescopic-duster/s?k=telescopic+duster

would anything like that work?

Icantremembermyusername · 17/11/2022 22:27

Head torch? Then you have light and just need to dust rather than schlep up and down?

Em308 · 17/11/2022 22:50

Feather duster?

Jellybean23 · 17/11/2022 23:06

Use a slightly damp microfibre cloth to wipe them. Why are you doing it in the dark? Is there no window in the room?

ODFOx · 18/11/2022 18:28

Jellybean23 · 17/11/2022 23:06

Use a slightly damp microfibre cloth to wipe them. Why are you doing it in the dark? Is there no window in the room?

Not at all, it's just winter and I don't really see the house much in daylight at the moment!

Normal feather duster is too bulky. I think I'll just have to keep faffing. Thanks for the suggestions though.

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DanFmDorking · 18/11/2022 18:53

Depending on your vacuum - try a Vacuum-Cleaner-Dusting-Attachment.

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