Dust

pabloB · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:11

Hi there,

Wasn't sure if this was the right part of the forum but anyway!...

Is there anything (besides her doing the dusting lol) that you can do to keep down the level of dust in your home. As usual it's the electronic items that attract the most and we constantly seem to be dusting them down.

The house is clean (before I have comments to the contrary

) and we've had new carpets throughout. Anyways it's starting to **** me off now!

Do these Ionisiers or whatever they're called help with this problem?

Any suggestions?

No swearing

Gilly

HEADRAT · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:12

Swiffer

Mat · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:13

Doubt there is much you can do about it.

Most of it is dead skin and hair that is constantly being sloughed off bodies so unless you all walk around in plastic bags you'll have a hard time reducing that.

Sinque · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:14

Moisturize your skin to stop it dying.

Jebblehmoo · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:15

Dust? Anybody? No?
Dust? Anybody? No?
Dust? ......etc

Gilly · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:18

Increase airflow around your home.

Sinque said:
Moisturize your skin to stop it dying.

It would still do the same. Skin is shed no matter what you do to it.

doofer · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:20

Let it all collect and make it a feature like I do

HEADRAT · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:29

Gilly said:
Skin is shed no matter what you do to it.

Yeah you'd just get greasy dust

I have wooden floor downstairs and dust is a mare, it's amazing how much dust carpet holds onto, horrible really!

gjrc · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:31

get a cleaner, or tell the missus to scrub more often.

pitchfork · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:34

I don't really btoher dusitng unless the dust is noticable.

ScarySquirrel · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:34

HEADRAT said:
Yeah you'd just get greasy dust

I have wooden floor downstairs and dust is a mare, it's amazing how much dust carpet holds onto, horrible really!

We have wooden floors too, we occasionally get tumble weed style dust going along the floor (we don't dust that often)

pabloB · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:49

doofer said:
Let it all collect and make it a feature like I do

Gross!

Ok So no wonder machine Damn!!

willhub · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:53

Get some Delta fans

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misterPK · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:56

Invest in an industrial standard clean room?

PK!

Cr0fty · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:56

willhub said:
Get some Delta fans .

One for each room

Snakedoctor · 20 Feb 2008 at 13:02

Mat said:
Doubt there is much you can do about it.

Most of it is dead skin and hair that is constantly being sloughed off bodies so unless you all walk around in plastic bags you'll have a hard time reducing that.

Not true! Most dust is in fact simply dirt, made up from local rock and soil etc. depending on your location, as to it's composition. The skin thing is a myth. I think if you place your house in a vacuum sealed "clean room" you will be fine. Also I would wear one of those white suits with a gas mask.

Kreeeee · 20 Feb 2008 at 13:06

Sinque said:
Moisturize your skin to stop it dying.

So you'd recommend becoming a girl?

Solari · 20 Feb 2008 at 13:07

I presume replacing curtains with blinds would be a good idea? I get quite a lot of dust in the house and it does my head in. Isn't there something that can be done like ionising the air (would that make dust clump together?) and having a filtered fan?

Shmo · 20 Feb 2008 at 13:09

ScarySquirrel said:
We have wooden floors too, we occasionally get tumble weed style dust going along the floor (we don't dust that often)

Same here. If I don't hoover under the sofa then it develops a matted carpet under there after a year.

I've got a dehumidifier with a fan and dust + anti-bacterial filter which does a good job of stopping condensation but does nothing to prevent dust buildup.

Steedie · 20 Feb 2008 at 13:11

Kreeeee said:
So you'd recommend becoming a girl?

Looking after your skin makes you a girl?