prairiewindmomma Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Let's just say I acquired a lambswool duster today.... :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 But I need to keep the cobwebs so there's someone to eat the flies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I put only when painting. But I do get the corners of ceilings when I notice a cob web which isn't often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Um, people actually dust their walls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I use a swifter weekly on fans vents and walls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 But I need to keep the cobwebs so there's someone to eat the flies!Last summer we had an invasion of fruit flies after a bbq. They were smart little buggers and evaded my trap. Pretty soon a little spider took residence on my kitchen window sill. She took care of them for me.😀 Then we relocated her outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Never, and we just moved and are needing to clean out our old house (been there 10 years) to sell. Not thrilled about the dirty walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Lamb's wool dusting the high corners and edges is an occasional core for my 5yo. Partly because it is cute to see her trying to control that crazy thing when it is extended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I dust the walls when I can see dust on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflowerlady Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Um, what? LOL I obviously voted " What is this craziness?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Wait! Are we supposed to be dusting our walls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 There is such a thing as dusting your walls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Well those results are a relief. I was thinking, crap, this is just one more thing I don't do. We do dust before moving or painting--only because I've never lost a deposit and I'm not about to--but otherwise, like if we owned our house, it would be "never". We do have like these tile thingies in the bathroom, I guess for spray? Like they go halfway up the wall. And sometimes, dust settles on the little tiny ledge there. I do dust those seasonally because it gets brown and gunky, like visibly dirty. I could stand to do it weekly but I don't. Ain't nobody got time for that, indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernal Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Wait! Are we supposed to be dusting our walls? This is exactly what I thought when I saw this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I dust the walls when I can see dust on them :iagree: It's not a chore I'm going to do on any schedule. But yes -- if I notice dust then I get out the duster and go to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebbyribs Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I've never dusted walls, but we do wash them before painting or when my parents are planning to visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Huh?? Wha?? ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I wipe them down before painting so the paint goes on better. Otherwise, no. Ain't nobody got time for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Dust the walls? Like with a dry dust rag? I dust the corners and the baseboards and the tops of picture frames where dust collects and cobwebs can form. This is fairly frequently. Probably an average of once a week for the picture frames and baseboards and less often for the corners. I wash the walls (or at least wipe them off with a mild cleanser and wet rag) in the kitchen as needed (fairly often- 1-2x a month or more). I wash other walls when we deep clean every season or two, the spots and stuff in high traffic areas. I have never in my life dusted a regular wall. I just took a rag and wiped my never dusted walls and found no dust. In kitchens and bathrooms stuff sticks to the vertical surfaces because it's moist or (in the kitchen) greasy. On dry walls though, nothing seems to accumulate here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 But I need to keep the cobwebs so there's someone to eat the flies! One more reason I'm in the Rosie Fan Club. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Only when the cat sneezes blood on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Flower Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I wipe dirty finger prints off from time to time. "Dusting" has never occurred to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I almost never do this, but I will swab out a cobweb when I notice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Never? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 What? I sweep the cobwebs from the ceiling about once a year but I've never heard of dusting walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 There is such a thing as dusting your walls? It was made up by the same people who think you should iron bedsheets and cloth napkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I had no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The people saying never clearly don't live in century old houses. Just sayin. My walls get really dusty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 There is such a thing as dusting your walls? We have an unflued gas cooker. Paint will NOT stick unless you degrease the walls first. So I voted 'whenever you paint'. Ruth in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I do make liberal use of those magic eraser things though. We've moved three times in four years and oh my heavens. The walls get so dingy! Might be due to the fact that my kids are like monkeys and will literally climb the walls....😳😠Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I was very happy when I saw the first answer; we're supposed to dust the walls??!!! Then I saw the second and I realized that I have washed walls for both moving and painting, which is as close as I will ever come to dusting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Only for painting here. I had no idea what DH was doing the first time I saw him dusting the wall before pouring the paint! I don't EVER remember seeing anyone do that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artichoke Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'd have voted other -- every month or so. We deep clean less often. I do baseboards and the tops of doorways less often as well as the clothes dryer. These are usually done twice a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I was pleased to see an option that matched my knee-jerk response. Which was a confused "Dust on walls?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 It was made up by the same people who think you should iron bedsheets and cloth napkins. I.e. people with maids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 There's a difference between dusting (for dust) and scrubbing (for painting or for fingerprints or scuff marks) and swiffering (for cobwebs). I have never in my life dusted a wall to remove actual dust. I do need to get rid of cobwebs and little-kid-fingerprints/splatters fairly regularly. Not sure how to vote, so (since you specifically asked about dusting with a duster), I voted Never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Once every 10 years maybe? If I happen to think of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 The walls that I think get dust on them the worst are the newer ones with textured paint that is blown on. A friend of mine told me after she painted one of her rooms that the color she chose shows dust much worse. I said, "Wha...?" Ain't nobody got time for that and if they do have time for that then they are not quite busy enough. I might dust them when I paint this time, but probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Never. If I keep cobwebs I pull them down obviously... But I've never gone around and dusted the walls. There are more important household chores being neglected that I must do before I get around to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applethyme Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I dust the walls when I do deep cleaning which is about every other month or so. I was raised by a woman who vacuums her walls weekly. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hold up people. I iron my napkins. Tiny confession: I really, really like ironing. And save for the occasional dress shirt and napkins, I live in a wash and wear world and wouldn't get to iron anything. If I had a large ironing board or a mangle, I'd iron sheets again too. Ironed sheets feel great. I fully admit that I might be totally cray cray but we all have some oddity, right? Right? (Silence echos) Of all the odd jobs I held from age 12-22, ironing sheets in a bed and breakfast was perhaps my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Evidently I am the sort of person who paints over the dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I will add this to the list of things my mama failed to teach me: Lift top portion of electric stove and clean under Move out fridge and stove from walls to clean crud out from under it Dust walls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I will add this to the list of things my mama failed to teach me: Lift top portion of electric stove and clean under it. OMG, I never knew the top of the over could lift up until I saw a cleaning lady do it once, just about 3 or 4 years ago. It was a revelation. And made so much darn sense because previously I'd have to go digging out under the side of the burners to fish out anything that dropped down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hold up people. I iron my napkins. Tiny confession: I really, really like ironing. And save for the occasional dress shirt and napkins, I live in a wash and wear world and wouldn't get to iron anything. If I had a large ironing board or a mangle, I'd iron sheets again too. Ironed sheets feel great. I fully admit that I might be totally cray cray but we all have some oddity, right? Right? (Silence echos) Of all the odd jobs I held from age 12-22, ironing sheets in a bed and breakfast was perhaps my favorite. I...I just...what?...I mean...huh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 They only get dusted because I have to wash the walls when I deep clean because the grubby little minions are incapable of navigating the house without dragging their hands along the surfaces at all times. We're hoping to move within the next year and are already starting to try to keep the place somewhat respectable-looking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I...I just...what?...I mean...huh?? It takes all kinds Moxie, it takes all kinds. :P After all, someone ironed those hotel sheets that feel so good. Ironing napkins is quick and, nutter butter that it may make me, probably my favorite household chore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 OMG, I never knew the top of the over could lift up until I saw a cleaning lady do it once, just about 3 or 4 years ago. It was a revelation. And made so much darn sense because previously I'd have to go digging out under the side of the burners to fish out anything that dropped down. yep, I was clueless for several years after owning one of these types of stoves! :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 It was made up by the same people who think you should iron bedsheets and cloth napkins. Don't forget your undies (ironing, not dusting....then again...). No dust gets past our hard working spiders. ETA: The spiders are on the walls, doorways and ceilings NOT in the undies. Sheesh, you people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I brush off the occasional cobweb, but I've never heard of dusting the walls as if it's a regular cleaning duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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