Dusting tricks for those hard-to-clean items
Your dusting time can be reduced if you know how to uniquely address the problem areas that attract dust to themselves. Follow our guide on how to tackle those difficult objects to extend the time between your dusting expeditions around the house.
Keyboard
Tackle these item with baby wipes as they can be laundered and reused as dust cloths. For items such as keyboards and phone buttons, shaking them out only gets rid of some of the dust. Use a baby wipe to remove dirt, dried spills and unspecified gunk that builds up on your technology. Always make sure you turn off your computer before you wipe down the keyboard.
TV and PC Screen
Use fabric softening liquid on plastic surfaces right after you clean your screens. By dampening your cloth with fabric softening liquid it will eliminate the static that attracts dust. To repel dust, pour some softener into water and store in a squirt bottle so the solution will be ready for use when you need it. You should also use fabric softening liquid for glass tables, shower doors and other hard surfaces.
For technological screens, you can also use fabric softener sheets. Fabric softener sheets are designed to reduce static cling, leaving your technology without the dust. Use can also use this item for venetians blind and it will extend the time you will have to dust them next as the sheets will repel the dust.
Delicate ornaments
When dusting your most valuable items, put on some fabric gloves to protect the item. The softer the glove is the better it will be for your glass item. These gloves will ensure that your glass items are without dust but still in pristine condition. You can clean a chandelier by soaking gloves in window cleaner and then wiping them over the lighting fixture.
Window screens
For window screens, paint brushes are an effective away to give them a good clean. Shake off the brush, dip it into kerosene and then stoke the screens. The mesh can be cleaned with a dry cloth.
Polish furniture
Oven mitts can be used to protect your hands in the kitchen but they can also be used to polish your furniture. Use one side to apply the wax or polish and the other side of the mitt to buff it up. We all have old oven mitts lying around so you might as well put them to good use.
Baking pans
Cut the foot off the pantyhose leg and fill it with flour, tie a knot and then keep it in your flour jar. Give the pantyhose a shake when you need to dust flour onto a baking pan or prepare a surface for dough. You can also use pantyhose by attaching them to a rubber band or coat hanger and brushing it in the cracks of your refrigerator. The nylon in the pantyhose will cause the dust to cling to it and then it can easily be washed off.
Ceiling fan
An easy way to clean the dust that has collected on top of your ceiling fan is to place a pillowcase over one of the ceiling fan blades and then slowly pull the pillowcase off. The blade will be dusted with all the dust collected in the pillowcase instead of falling everywhere.
Picture frame
An empty squirt bottle can be used to blast off the dust that is on your picture frames. The force of the air will cause the dust to be removed.
Tiny cracks
To get the hardest and smallest places to reach in your house, dip a toothbrush into alcohol and slide it in the area you want cleaned. This same method will also work for the buttons on your phone which are highly important to clean.
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