dust dust and more fraking dust!

[PassionateWriter]

i know this may seem like a silly question but i have the hardest time getting rid of dust in this house. i dont know what it is...we have a wood stove, but i had 2 wood stoves before. every time i dust, i look behind me and dust is back.

wtf??? anyone have any great dusting tips? i would have thought after 40 years i would have figured it out by now...but not so much!

[oneKnight]

We have dust really bad in this house, dirty dust. Probably because I open the windows a lot. (Do you open the windows a lot?) Might come from the dog too, bringing in dirt plus pet dander and such, cat litter dust even though I change it outside, you know all that kind of stuff.

For example I vacuumed my central fan intake 'grill' just a few months ago and it looks TERRIBLE already! I swear it looks like we chain smoke in here, but DH is only allowed to smoke outside, he never smoked very much and he's actually quit since I vacuumed.

Do you use a high-filtration type air filter in your central unit? It makes a difference. That's the only suggestion I have.
We have dog hair anyway, what's a little dust to clean up as well? hehehe

[PassionateWriter]

no dogs. we have 2 cats. the cat litter is one of those stupid expensive clean itself litter boxes but its in the basement and there is a door between the basement and the first floor.

no one smokes here...neither inside or out.

I JUST dusted. i tell you..it will be horrible again tomorrow! lol!

[Aubergine68]

We have a bit of a dust issue as well.

We really need our furnace ducts cleaned out, but that is very $$$ and we want to wait until after we remodel our bathroom and get rid of the drywall dust before going whole hog.

If I lift the heat vents out of the floor, I can see dust and debris. I really think I should just remove all the vents and clean/vacuum as best I can.

[sunnysandiegan]

I can only commiserate with you. I can dust every single day and it looks no different than when I dust once a week or once a month. Yes, I have done studies!!!

[PassionateWriter]

it just perplexes me so.....perhaps it is the heating in the house (we have wood stove but do supplement with oil). its just not any different than other houses i have owned, so i just end up scratching my head! lol!

[oneKnight]

My parents have a wood stove and they have much less dust than me. They also live further away from the street/cars and they almost never open their windows, which is a lot of the reason I think my dust comes in from outside.
Having the windows open makes me happy though, my mom says some people are just "window people" and I guess I'm one of them.

[chely7425]

I have no suggestions but we have the exact same issue!! Very annoying...

[phatchristy]

Originally Posted by PassionateWriter

i know this may seem like a silly question but i have the hardest time getting rid of dust in this house. i dont know what it is...we have a wood stove, but i had 2 wood stoves before. every time i dust, i look behind me and dust is back.

wtf??? anyone have any great dusting tips? i would have thought after 40 years i would have figured it out by now...but not so much!

We have a lot of dust too. I honestly don't worry about it that much. We do keep the windows open. But I think in our case, the 3 cats and all the people have the greatest impact on creating dust LOL.

I have electrostatic dusting mitts, and our vacuum has a hepa filter. I think that helps somewhat.

[Delicateflower]

maybe your vacuum cleaner is dying?

[es1967]

I feel there is a ton of dust too. I cannot believe the amount of dust every single day. It drives me mad. I'm very picky and a SAHM so I know that I am being very critical-looking at it every day. I have a roomba and it amazes me what is picks up every day. There is so much dust and hair etc etc. We do have a special dust zapper in our AC unit but not sure it works right. I think the lighting makes a big difference as to how much dust is visible every day. Some homes hide it well but my condo is light and airy so dust can be seen quickly.

[PassionateWriter]

we have 2 roombas, a dyson and a kirby...definitely not a vacuum cleaner issue

[jocelyndale]

I was told about someone's kooky dad who was convinced that all the dust in his house came from disposable paper items (TP, paper towels, tissues, etc). I grinned, but then I realized that the dustiest rooms in my house are the rooms where I use the most kleenex and read the most newspapers.

I'm going to try to remember to make/pick up some hankies soon and see if I notice a difference.

As for keeping up, I don't do a very good job of it. I'm trying to establish new habits, though, and one of them is dusting while I play with DS. If he gets distracted enough to play by himself for a few minutes, I dust a bookshelf or a windowsill. If he's really into playing by himself, I wetdust the window sills and baseboards. It doesn't take long. I just leave microfiber dust cloths (or failed pocket diaper inserts) lying around. It's easy enough to shove those in a drawer if guests show up, y'know?

[oneKnight]

Originally Posted by jocelyndale

I was told about someone's kooky dad who was convinced that all the dust in his house came from disposable paper items (TP, paper towels, tissues, etc). I grinned, but then I realized that the dustiest rooms in my house are the rooms where I use the most kleenex and read the most newspapers.

I think 99% of the dust in the bathroom comes from the TP and blue towels I use. There is a fair dusting near the TP holder of white soft dust, and a good collection of blue fuzzies under the towel rack. I guess it comes from both places.