When it comes to cleaning, it's easy to overlook some details until you're running around the day of the party trying to take care of all of them at once. Dirty window sills are a detail worth taking care of ahead of time.
That's when you need a tool that does it's job and does it's job well. Other than knowing that for dusting you want to start higher up and work your way down to the floor, we've been indifferent to the tool. Normally we just use a rag, a damp one if it's a real mess. But we've been on-again off-again followers of flylady and can't help but notice the absolutely rave reviews that come in for her feather dusters. We thought feather dusters stopped being made ever since swiffer came on the market but apparently these are just incredible. We really like the idea of having a feather duster on hand. Anyone try one? Have good things to say for it? Do you have a preferred method for dusting?
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Comments (5)
I have a duster (not real feathers) but I use it all the time. It's an all-in-one to get window sills, baseboards (nasty looking baseboards make me sad), and shelves.
I have one and I love it. Somehow using a feather duster makes me feel like I'm cleaning with a bit of a flourish. And it's so quick and is to use.
for super dusty I recommend buying a portable wet/vac. like a 5Gallon or smaller. Yes I know regular carpet vacuums have an attachment that works but they cannot compare to the power of a wet vac. after that I prefer to just use swiffer pads. after the dust is gone, then use water.
skirting boards, window sills, those annoying little sills on doors and the doors themselves. my feather duster makes my dusting fun. lol. hey i know i'm odd, but cleaning doesnt always have to be boring and annoying. music and a feather duster. :)
I've got really high ceilings, and love my long-handled (extendable) duster, made of that static-y plastic hair-like stuff. It grabs all the annoying bits of fluff that somehow make their way onto the walls.
I remove the dust on the windowsills with a slightly damp cloth or paper towels (depending on the "yuck" level).