How can I reduce the amount of dust in my room?

TheCenturion · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:02

There's a lot of dust only in my room, not much anywhere else in the house. My room is the coldest, if that makes a difference. My pc has a huge dust filter, and ventilated drive bay covers, and yet somehow the inside of my pc has become fairly dusty.

Thanks

LeftfieldTilt · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:03

wash more? a lot of dust is dead skin

TheCenturion · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:05

LeftfieldTilt said:
wash more? a lot of dust is dead skin

Hehe.

I'm not in my room for half the year anyway, and when I am I shower regularly

Antar Bolaeisk · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:05

Clean your room, this will drastically reduce dust levels.

cork-spotters · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:05

Get rid of the carpet if you have one. Huge dust collector. Vacuum, sweep and dust your room more too. PCs love sucking up dust.

PapaLazaru · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:06

Take all your furniture out and dust it outside. Get a new mattress. Get a proper carpet cleaning machine in. Move back in dust free!

GravyMonster · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:09

TheCenturion said:
I'm not in my room for half the year anyway

That's probably the reason. The dust settles in your room while you're not there.

[FnG]magnolia · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:10

Change 'dust' to 'rat' and 'room' to 'kitchen'.

Glaucus · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:11

Heap filter fan with built in ionised. Hoover and dust more.

Posty · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:13

I found that my carpet and curtains contained a lot of dust so I did deep steam clean of both

bainbridge · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:52

LeftfieldTilt said:
wash more? a lot of dust is dead skin

Apparently this is a myth, dust consists of mainly... dirt. Apparently.

jak731 · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:59

We are all constantly exfoliating so it makes sense for dust to be made up at least partly of skin.

If you can leave the window and door ajar when you are not around the air circulation will reduce dust build up.

Podmonkey · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:00

Personally lick every surface. It causes a salivated forcefield that means dust cant settle. Make sure you video it for us to watch.

Efour · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:13

dampen the room down with a hose on hot days.

Entropy · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:36

Id suggest not spraying antiperspirant in your bedroom if you do this id recommend giving your pc a smell (weird) but you may be surprised.

LordSplodge · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:40

Antar Bolaeisk said:
Clean your room, this will drastically reduce dust levels.

AcidHell2 said:
Hoover and dust more.

+1

How did people cope before the Internet?

Edrof · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:44

bainbridge said:
Apparently this is a myth, dust consists of mainly... dirt. Apparently.

I heard this too, possibly from QI? It makes sense I suppose: rooms or houses that are not inhabited still get dusty.

TheCenturion · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:45

Cheers guys, got some good ideas

LordSplodge said:
+1

How did people cope before the Internet?

My room gets hoovered very regularly, and is quite tidy . I also dust whenever I see dust.

Rizo-UK · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:47

Entropy said:
Id suggest not spraying antiperspirant in your bedroom if you do this id recommend giving your pc a smell (weird) but you may be surprised.

This is true, smell your psu or case fans

Crowort · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:52

When dusting use light damped cloths so you gather the dust onto it and not just into the air for it to re-settle. Also worth running them over the walls if the surface can take it. Make sure whichever vacuum you use (or better have no carpet) has a good filter. Limit anything made of fabric in the room. Opening windows can help, but in built up areas can make things worse too.

At least this is the advice my mum uses as dust mites make her asthma worse. She does other stuff to kill them but that isn't totally about dust. Like washing bedding more and hotter than normal and freezing stuff.