Do you dust/polish or vacuum first?

[pelafina]

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dont know if it is right but i dust first

I dust then hoover. My theory being that you unsettle the dust first, then hopefully hoover some of it up that has landed on the carpet.

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Think you're supposed to hoover first because otherwise the dust just settles back onto the surfaces you've just cleaned. I never seem to manage to dust and hoover on the same day though. Hate dusting.

I dust first, then hoover. But if I was only going to do one I would hoover. I think a dirty floor is more obvious than a bit of dust on surfaces.

Vacuum first. I use the vacuum cleaner to dust the skirting boards, round the pipes etc - there isn't much dusting left to do once I've vacuumed

For my Housekeeping (or whatever it was) badge at Brownies I was taught to dust first, but only after emptying bins, making beds and de-cobwebbing the ceiling.

The idea is to start at the top of a room and work downwards.

I sometimes hoover surfaces with the soft upholstery brush