Incredible amounts of dust?

4p · 29 May 2009 at 14:53

I keep clean, i clean the room. It's just so bloody dusty.

The dust smells like soap so it has to be my anti perseperant

Heatsinked · 29 May 2009 at 14:55

I have the same problem in my bedroom... now according to various posts in this thread, the potential reasons for this are:

Not cleaning enough
Not washing enough
Living next to a busy road
House is old and sheds dust
Too much "Sam's happy time"

Ok, well...

1. I hoover at least once every few weeks.
2. I wash frequently, shower every day.
3. The busy road is at the bottom of our big front garden.
4. House was built in the late 70s.
5. No comment...

Hmm. I may well invest in one of those dust gobblers

Spyhop · 29 May 2009 at 17:56

mglover070588 said:
Use a good vacuum cleaner like a Dyson?

I thought that the main purpose of a Dyson was to look like a spacecraft, not clean dust.

Sultan of Swing · 29 May 2009 at 18:18

burtieb1 said:
It's not dust it's your dead skin, wash more.

It could be that he washes too much, drying out his skin making it flake. Or leaving soap residue behind on his skin. His clothing could also harbour soap residue from the washing machine, etc.

_Jimlad_ · 29 May 2009 at 18:26

im the same, i just wonder if each person is different in the terms of how much dust they create, from the house they live in to how the body sheds of skin

iaind · 29 May 2009 at 19:11

Different houses and people will create differents amount of dust.

But any dust that smells like deodorant/soap IS the dust, as has been said. Spray it on your hand and feel it - it works by blocking the pores in your underarm.

I'd just put on the deodorant in the bathroom after you bath/shower, the damp atmosphere seems to help keep the dust down. Saying that, my bathroom still gets pretty dusty from it.

Its the con of not smelling like a crotch all day

ShaolinDreams · 29 May 2009 at 19:13

do you have a bed in that room.. duvets can give contribute a lot of dust, as i just found out recently.

looking for a decent duvet now that dont leak

Dr.EM · 29 May 2009 at 19:44

For shock value I will contribute to this thread that my room back home has not been hoovered for well over a year :eek:

I'm at uni for now so I guess nothing in there contributes much dust. Can't be hoovered, too much stuff! I will sort it eventually though

iaind · 29 May 2009 at 19:44

Dr.EM said:
For shock value I will contribute to this thread that my room back home has not been hoovered for well over a year

I'm at uni for now so I guess nothing in there contributes much dust. Can't be hoovered, too much stuff! I will sort it eventually though

Grim..

Glaucus · 29 May 2009 at 19:47

hoover more, dysons are rubbish. any hover with a hepa filter will do.
If you want to help, then get a fan/cooler with a hepa filter as well.

xb8browney · 29 May 2009 at 19:53

Depends on the house imo. My grans house has NO DUST :S even when I've been to collect post when she has been on holiday. Were as ours is dusty 30seconds after I've dusted. :S

ShaolinDreams · 29 May 2009 at 20:01

Thorpy said:
I keep clean, i clean the room. It's just so bloody dusty.

The dust smells like soap so it has to be my anti perseperant

it definitely is your anti perseperant. my girlfriends dove causes same said results when shes stays over.

you using dove?

on a side note, i bought a 2000watt hoover hoover last night. You'd be surprised the amount of crap it picks up in a seemingly clean room.

Mark A · 29 May 2009 at 20:39

You learn something new every day. Just ran my finger over my PS3 to collect the dust and sure enough it smells (very faintly) of soap. I spray AP on every morning but usually while i have a T shirt on, so not sure how it still manages to make my room dusty.

TigerUK · 29 May 2009 at 20:43

Keep your room well ventilated, shower often, and of course vaccum your room often

johnny6 · 29 May 2009 at 20:52

Do this no dust

Pyroblaze · 29 May 2009 at 20:53

The older the house = the more dust you will accrue as a general rule.

sherbut · 29 May 2009 at 21:46

platypus said:
From where did you bring this magical device?

I got it in Tesco! LOL

drunkenmaster · 29 May 2009 at 21:59

xb8browney said:
Depends on the house imo. My grans house has NO DUST :S even when I've been to collect post when she has been on holiday. Were as ours is dusty 30seconds after I've dusted. :S

lol, its pretty simple, a hoover by design HAS to expell air, and lots of it, the same amount it sucks in. A really crap hoover will have a crap quality filter, or a old damaged filter, so half the dust you suck in through the front, gets expelled up into the air out the back. So 30 seconds after you're done all the dust you throw up in the air, settles and its dusty again.

A great hoover will filter out as much dust as possible(but not all) and won't simply recirculate it. Get a high quality hoover and it will collect a lot more dust and do a better job. But as others have said anti-perspirant/deodorant can be a major problem.

Some people seem to insist on spraying untold tonnes of the stuff all over their bodys, which means more missing the target and heavier usage. Personally, i do a quick spray under the arms and i'm good to go, I often forget and do it after i've put my t-shirt on which also hugely limits how much gets out to become dust in my room. INfact, i rarely hoover that much and my room rarely gets dusty

4p · 29 May 2009 at 22:01

ShaolinDreams said:
it definitely is your anti perseperant. my girlfriends dove causes same said results when shes stays over.

you using dove?

on a side note, i bought a 2000watt hoover hoover last night. You'd be surprised the amount of crap it picks up in a seemingly clean room.

Sure for men sport :cool:

Beans on toast Dave · 29 May 2009 at 22:08

johnny6 said:
Do this no dust

is that duct tape?

if so thats going to hurt cutting it off :eek: