How do you clean behind/ inside your radiators?

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We have fairly modern radiators with a sort of grill across the top. Ive realised that the amount of dust behind and inside them is horrific!
My hoover won't fit, does anyone have any top tips for the easiest way to sort them please?

A combination of these:
www.naturalcollection.com/shop/wenko-radiator-brush-by-wenko/?

www.lakeland.co.uk/4700/Flatmate+Long+Flat+Duster

I use an old bottle brush - works a treat.

The grill probable comes off, on all of ours you slide the end panel up-then-out, the the grill lifts off.

But cleaning inside the radiators, LOL, nope.

Fix the bone, the grill does come off but I've never managed to get it back on properly so now I'm scared to remove it

I've no idea how effective this may be as I've not summoned up enough enthusiasm to try it myself yet, but I read somewhere about using a hairdryer to blow out all the dust & crap...

An old sock on a squashed down wire coat hanger works for me.

Yes, the grills usually lift off. Not difficult. Check YouTube to see how it's done.

I've got a long bristle brush from wilko that cost about £3. Works a treat.

I don't!!

Neither do I.

Hairdryer at the top pointing down and hoover tube at the bottom pointing up.

I need to do this in the hope it reduces the amount of dust. I can’t believe how much dust is in my house.

Watching for the easiest method possible.

Its not something I've done yet, but I do think about it sometimes.

Lakeland do a great radiator cleaner.

I lift the grille off and vaccume. I watched a video on YouTube to show me how to get them on and off. The dust inside used to drive me mad!!

Put a towel underneath and pour water down.

Haven’t ever bothered to do it. I just hoover up any dust that falls out of the bottom!

This is a timely thread as a massive big spider is living behind our bathroom radiator. DH dislodged 30 years worth of dust trying to catch it (we moved in last month, I’m not that dirty!!!)

Hairdryer is brilliant, blast all the dust out.

I tried and failed. We moved recently and I cleaned really throughly before moving out. I watched you tube videos but our radiators seemed to be different. I'm glad our new place doesn't have grills on the radiators.

Never tried. We've lived here over 20 years.

Why do you clean where you can't see?

Because we are asthmatic.

To try to reduce the insane amount of black fluffy dust which covers everything including the top of the toilet within a week. Must be coming from the radiator.

Just don't look there.

I'm asthmatic too so I need to do it. I get the vacuum cleaner in there as far as I can and use old dusters by threading them through the top to the bottom. It doesn't half bring a load of cobwebs and dust out.

I tried to take the grill off and broke it!

They need cleaning bt im scared to try again