Ten professional cleaners on the gear and techniques they rely on
Photo: Catherine McGann/Getty Images Dust can be a nuisance for multiple reasons: Tiny particles of skin, dirt, and dander can coat the surfaces of your furniture and walls , and also — as gross as it is — fill your lungs, which is why dust is often the underlying cause of allergies.
To make sure you’re working efficiently , you’ll want to dust from the top down, say Prenter and Homer, since particles can fall to the floor and circulate in the air when you’re wiping doors frames and shelves. A few spots that would be good to hit first are the tops of fan blades, blinds, paintings, door frames, and picture frames, says Kadi Dulude, the owner of New York’s Wizard of Homes cleaning service, because they’re often the most neglected.
$18 at Amazon Buy $18 at Amazon Buy For dusting floors Shark Navigator Upright Vacuum $130 The cleaning experts feel about brooms what they do about feather dusters: get rid of them. “Always vacuum your hard floors, never sweep,” says Homer. She explains that sweeping kicks as much dust back into the air as it does into your dustpan, while using a vacuum hose with a horsehair floor brush sucks everything up without scratching your hardwoods.
$2 at Amazon Buy $2 at Amazon Buy Swiffer Sweeper Dry Sweeping Cloth Refills, 48-Count “We also like to use the Swiffer Mop with a microfiber dry cloth attached to it to clean the hard-to-reach areas under furniture,” says Dulude. What that’s doing is essentially dry-dusting in areas that a vacuum might have trouble reaching. She recommends using the mop to dry-dust walls and ceilings, too — “though obviously, use a different microfiber cloth from what you used for floors.
$562 at Amazon Buy $562 at Amazon Buy Miele Complete C2 Hard Floor Canister Vacuum Cleaner That backpack option is quite bulky and pricy, though, so alternately, we’d suggest checking out this Miele vacuum. It’s a favorite for cleaning carpets among experts like Dulude and Don Ham — VP of strategic partnerships at Refresh Smart Home — for vacuuming without recirculating dust. This affordable model doesn’t come with a HEPA filter built in, but you can always add one.
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