Does anyone bother washing their ceiling lightshades

[KathyCantDoInteriors]

I have a combination of uplighters, glass shades and faux chandeliers.

The uplighters are full of dust..... and cobwebs and I plan to clean them today. Thing is do I bother washing (hot, soapy water) the rest of the glass shades, wires and fittings to make it all nice and clean for Christmas and so I can smugly admire them all later.

BTW, house is fairly clean, I have a cleaner but not sure I should have her wiping the actually fittings etc

Am I being too OTT? How often do you do yours?

I have never thought to do this, I am a bit scared to look now

Last time was when i moved house 6 years ago bit they did look good!

Occasiinally get the little hoover brush on them if that helps.

Occasionally, when I remember.

Only if I can be bothered when I change the lightbulb.

I vacuum them if my back isn't hurting too much when I do the house work. So they don't get cleaned very often...

Hoover them weekly but give them a wipe with a damp cloth every 6 months?

My uplighters I hoover out every couple of months and take down and wash annually, at Christmas if we're at home or the following spring if we're away. I clean the wall switches with cleaner every week and the wall fixings of the side lights too, but they're easy to reach, the ceiling ones less so.

Just remember, of course, that water and electricity don't mix - so I wouldn't bother trying to clean wires etc. Just, if you must, clean anything that you can physically take down from the ceiling.

never cleaned a light fitting in my life

Yes. I clean my light fittings once every 75 years...

I hoover mine very very occasionally.

Wait, what? This is a thing.

Refuses to look up for rest of day in case it's carnage up there

Yes i do wash them

In soapy water in the sink. It really does make a difference.

With fabric ones i take them down and hoover them throughly, they dont have any marks on them as no one touches them.

I do this about once every 2 months or so. You can tell a massive difference once they are done

We do ours we decorate or when one of us notices they look dirty.

If you have time and will enjoy seeing them clean, go for it.

I do them when I change a lightbulb.

i only found out people washed their window opening bits recently

I do when all the daddylongleg shadows inside freak me out!

About once every couple of years. I sometimes notice how dirty they are but can't be bothered getting the ladders out to get them down (high ceilings). Hmm, maybe I should do it for Christmas.

What? Window opening bit washing? That's a new one. I must be a right dirty cow!!

This thread has made me feel like a total slob and a dreadful housekeeper

When I had a chandelier, I did it monthly, because it was beautiful.

I Hoover over my more modern one, weekly and clean them every couple of months, when I'm doing a deep clean.