How To Dust-Proof Your Home

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Arm yourself with these proven strategies in the battle to banish dust from your home.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A mattress and pillow covers
A vacuum cleaner
A damp mop
Product to spray rags for dusting
HEPA air filter for furnace
A portable HEPA filter unit
Wood, vinyl, or tile flooring (optional)
Shades or blinds (optional)
A HEPA filter for your vacuum (optional)
An old tennis racket (optional)

Step 1: Understand where dust comes from

Understand that dust comes from the tiny flakes of skin we constantly shed, fibers shed by fabrics, insect parts, pet dander, hair, pollen grains and mold spores, and dust mites.

Step 2: Learn where dust hides

Learn the places where dust hides, such as deep inside carpet, drapery, upholstered furniture, mattresses, and on hard surfaces, including all of those knick-knacks decorating your home.

Tip: If you can, replace wall-to-wall carpeting with wood, vinyl, or tile, and drapes with shades or blinds that are easier to keep free of dust.

Step 3: Cover mattresses and pillows

Enclose your mattresses and pillows in zippered, dust-proof covers. If you don't like plastic or vinyl, look for fabric, allergen-impermeable covers.

Step 4: Vacuum and damp mop frequently

Vacuum the carpeting and upholstered furniture frequently. Damp mop floor and walls.

Tip: Attaching a HEPA filter, available at some vacuum stores and allergy supply companies, to your vacuum cleaner will prevent some of that dust from circulating back into the air.

Step 5: Beat and shake area rugs and cushions

Take your area rugs and cushions outside to shake them vigorously or beat them every week. Some people like to use an old tennis racket.

Step 6: Dust effectively

Don't just move the dust around using feather dusters or dry rags -- capture it! Use damp rags or spray your rags with a product that will hold the dust.

Step 7: Wash sheets and blankets in hot water weekly

Wash sheets and blankets in hot water every week. Cold water leaves up to ten percent of dust mites behind. Dry cleaning also kills mites.

Step 8: Use air filters

Install a HEPA air filter on your furnace or purchase a central air filtration unit, if you have forced-air heating and cooling. A portable HEPA filter unit may also help remove dust from the air.

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[GameFreaksStudios]

step 1 skin yourself alive

step 2 get rid of fernature

step 3 use no clothes

step 4 eat all the mold in your house for protine

step 5 kill your pets and sell they're bodies on the black market

step 6 before you kill your pet have them eat all the bug corpses in the house

step 7 cut off your hair

step 8 vacuum all the dust mites or drain them down the sink

step 9 if you followed this comment correctly kill yourself instantly because your a fucking dumbshit

[cookiem411]

I don't like dust

[PleaseGoAway1000]

Furance? Lol

[Jensettiman]

Did you know: A little dust is healthy, because it trains up the body's immune system, making allergies harder to get!

[SaPpHiReArA]

So dust is everywhere

[cam060600]

wait, if you want your home to be dust proof, why would you beat your pillow with an OLD tennis racket?

[barrowscasper12]

How to be a douche.

You will need :

1. Your douche ass self

2. A computer

3. Internet

Step 1. Turn on the computer.

Step 2. Go to Youtube and search for videos.

Step 3. Comment a load of crap on said videos.

Step 4. Feel good a bout being a faggoty douche.

Did you know, douches talk a lot of crap about videos even though they have no

[VgendAirsoft]

How to remove dust from your home.

Step 1. Get off your lazy ass and start cleaning.

Step 2. Fuck off.

[Bccaundefined]

another option. only use hard plastic furniture, use a concrete slab, and wear a hazmat suit.

[SpyderRyder3600]

@tomatobash2000 Would you rather all that "dust" stayed on your body?

[tomatobash2000]

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