8. Light fixtures
There are two easy ways to dust light fixtures, depending on the type of light. If you have recessed can lights, you’ll use a damp cloth to remove dust. If you have a standing or hanging light fixture or a chandelier, you’ll want to use a lamb’s-wool duster to carefully remove dust without damaging the lights.
9. Wood furniture
Wood furniture is extremely easy to dust because you can use almost anything. It doesn’t matter if you have a feather duster, a lamb’s-wool duster, dust cloths or just an old T-shirt. All of these will work to remove dust from wood furniture. But if you have a lot of dust and don’t want to scatter it everywhere, dampen the cloth a little before using it.
10. Clean dust and gunk from windshield
When you think about your car windshield, you might think about bird poop and other gunk on the outside. The truth is that the interior isn’t all that clean. Dust, oils, smoking residue and other less-desirable particles (from sneezing or coughing) are trapped on the interior windshield.
11. Leather furniture
When it comes to deep cleaning, leather furniture requires a little extra care. But if you just want to remove a little dust, you need nothing more than a dry cloth. If you want to go a little further, you can vacuum the crevices of the furniture, but a cloth is enough for just dusting.
12. Electronics
Cleaning the screens of computers or televisions is always a little nerve-wracking because some cloths and products can’t be used on them. But if you just want to get rid of a little dust on the screen, gently wipe across it with a clean dryer sheet. The dust will cling to the dryer sheet and the sheet won’t scratch the screen.
13. Baseboards
A strange but effective way to dust baseboards is with a clean paintbrush. This should be done before you sweep or vacuum the floor, though, as the dust you sweep off of the baseboards will gather on the floor.
14. Knickknacks
Do you have a collection of small items that are a pain to clean because you don’t want to take down each one and dust it individually? Never fear! You won’t have to spend time cleaning them one by one anymore. If you have a collection of knickknacks, use a blow dryer (set on the lowest, coolest setting) to blow off the dust.
15. Candles
If you have candles, you probably don’t think about them too much when you’re cleaning, but they can gather dust. A quick way to clean them is to take an old pair of pantyhose, bunch it up and rub it around the candle. This will clean candles and give you a new use for an unused pair of pantyhose.
16. Deep clean your broom
After all that dusting and cleaning, your broom will get dirty and full of gunk. People often forget to clean the very tool they used to clean with.
