cleaning dust

[mrbigstuff]

I have some areas of my home that get super dusty. My wet paper towel system gets voluminous and sort of expensive and time-consuming. Vacuum first? What do you do?

[Tiangou]

mrbigstuff wrote:
I have some areas of my home that get super dusty. My wet paper towel system gets voluminous and sort of expensive and time-consuming. Vacuum first? What do you do?

Clean surfaces with a wet paper towel and then vacuum to catch what falls.

It's probably helpful to have a vacuum with a good HEPA filter and to clean the filter often.

Repeat as necessary.

Between the local air quality (pollen on top of nearby roads and coal-burning plants), old building-materials that shed with every "thump" from the residents above, and my cat, aaaand my propensity to leave windows open to keep the AC bills down, my place gets covered with a thick film of dust very quickly and this is the only routine that I've got for it.

[Fritz]

wet swiffers do a pretty good job and hold up pretty well.
YMMD.
we vacuum, swiffer, vacuum. pitfa, but ...

[lost in space]

We had the same issue until we bought a Miele vaccuum cleaner. Problem solved. Plus, nothing cheap on it, everything works well, easy to use and QUIET.

[davemchine]

We upgraded our house filter to an allergen filter and that made a huge difference in dust level.

HEPA on the vacuum.

Pledge plus microfiber dusting cloth.

Never skip a week of dusting.

Hard to reach areas get dusted less often such as the top of doors or the bottom of hand rails.

[Dennis S]

I’m a fan of the 20 x 20 box fan and a 20 x 20 filter.

[Zoidberg]

Dennis S wrote:
I’m a fan of the 20 x 20 box fan and a 20 x 20 filter.

Been meaning to try this simple project for some time in my home -- it's a two-story with a single 5-ton/4-zone AC without a return/intake downstairs. Dust is a big problem downstairs.