How often do you dust?

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just noticed dust on the telly cabinet. Dusting is probably the job I do least. When I do do it, it makes me sneeze and it is such a pointless chore.

Never! My three-year-old loves dusting so I just give him a duster when I need to keep him quiet for half an hour and off he goes! :o

spiderlight, we have similar ds's.... mine is also 3 and loves nothing more than being given a damp sponge so he can clean......

No, I'm wrong. I think he now prefers hoovering....

(good training!)

No, dont ask. I have listed my schedule on here before and people have thought me mad.

Some understood and even admired me but the general consensus was mad.

My house may be a bit chaotic and certainly untidy but there is no dust that is more than a few hours old.

S'all I'm saying

2blessed2bstressed No! it would be too cruel to tell you. Once you read the thread you'll be in the coven and you'll only relax when the house it tip top and by then it's midnight and everyone you planned to have fun with has gone to bed.

The shocking thing is that I've got piles of neat paperwork all over the place.

sounds like a cult

Hardly ever! Boy number 2 was away for a couple of days and I took the opportunity to "do" his bedroom. It was shocking. Never has so much dust been seen in one room. And why did I buy a black tv/tv stand etc. It seems to attract dust constantly.

Still haven't dusted .

Usually once a week.
I watched a programme a couple of years back where it questioned whether carpetless floors were actually better for asthma and eczema or not.

The conclusion was that carpets are better for asthma (as long as you vacuum regularly) because the dust is held on the carpet. whereas laminate/wood/stone floors allowed dust to be billlowed up into the air and then cause more breathing/skin probs.

That's why we put down carpet in our new house and the dust is less.

Generally, I damp dust - don't like the furniture polish chemicals in the air - they really irritate my chest.

For a really good clean, I use hot, soapy water and a cloth to wipe down bedroom shelves/sjirtings etc

I hate carpets vintage I just look at them and think dirt. But I fully admit to not being normal in that respect. I like to see the enemy so prefer wooden floors

I damp dust as well. Cleaning wipes are good for that. I use eclothes and Method stuff because of the amount of cleaning I do, I dont want to drench the house in chemicals.

Look, now here I go, warming to the subject, i should hide this thread.

yeo - ecloths are fab - only I keep forgetting and washing them with added fabric softener!

Daily in all of the rooms with a damp cloth. I sweep the downstairs (wooden floors) twice a day and hoover DD's bedroom and landing (carpet) daily. The other bedrooms and stairs are twice weekly. Cleaner does bathrooms and kitchen

I have two cats and a large dog though, so there's plenty of fur to clean away!

I also use Method products, as I don't like chemicals everywhere, and they're not tested on animals.

Not often enough, I hate doing it so leave it.

My radiators are really bad but have a grill thing on top so can't get inside them.

MrsDeV do you do door frames, pictures, skirtings etc twice a day or just surfaces?

anyone know how to really effectively get the fluff out from in between double radiators? I've tried a damp cloth on a long pole (half effective) and can't suck with hoover pole as it's too low down. there must be a good product that I don't know about?

Lakeland sell a radiator brush, which works for me.

Depends freak.
If DS's skin is bad I will do everything twice a day. If he is ok and I am not anxious about anything (its connected to that as well - long story) I will do that stuff once. It doesnt take long when you have a routine. I have a small three bedroom house without too many wiggly bits (its a 30s ex council house).

I just start at the top armed with a long handled duster, hoover, cloth and method cleaner. I work my way round and down stairs dusting as I go.

I do it because its the best way I have found to keep DS's skin under control but also because my DD had luekemia and the chemo destoyed her immune system. The two things together have given me a bit of an anxiety thingy.

If I am stressed my house is bleedin spotless!

I dont think its necessary to dust every day if you dont have a medical condition. Its a bit pointless if you live in a city because the dust comes back so quickly. But I just cannot bear dust!

vintage you can get a fluffy long handled duster from the pound shop. Its like the feather type but nylon IYSWIM. They squish down easily so you can poke them down the back and in the holes.

A sock firmly attached to an unbent wire hanger can work sometimes.

As little as possible

thanks mrsdevere

I do a quick 10 minute dust once a week then a 30 minute hoover. Keeps the stuff at bay but the dusting (and hoovering) doesn't dominate my life :-) Largish 3 bed house.

vintage - a flash duster attached to an unbent wire hanger is what we use. Works v.well because it stops all the dust billowing out all over everything.

Freak - not sure what you do about ones with grills on, can you get in there from underneath?

you can usually take off the top grills - there are bits at the side to remove them.

Dust? What is that?

Baby wipes are great for damp dusting not that it gets done that often in this house

In fact baby wipes have a multitude of uses other than for dirty bottoms - great for cleaning leather, toys, shoes........

wipes great for getting dead flies off cars too and getting any food stains off carpets.