I hate dusting

[Rockin' Rob]

You got to move everything off the shelves dust and then put everything back. Every little bottle of paint. P i m a. My wife got these and said try these. OMG. These are it. I can dust my helicopter model and models with antennas sticking out and delicate parts and it doesn't even mess with them but the dust is gone racks of paint tubes and bottles? No problemo

 

[TimM63]

Dust is a natural occurring phenomenon that only women notice. I only notice it when it affects my TV screen.

 

[BarleyBop]

OMG.

OMG, Rob's a Swifftee!

 

[Rockin' Rob]

OMG, Rob's a Swifftee!

Not hardly. More like agog over Gaga

 

[athabascamaverick]

Where you been dude - Swiffer's aren't close to new

 

[Jim62]

We come from the dust and to the dust we shall return, just to be swiffered away by Rob.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Where you been dude - Swiffer's aren't close to new

Where have I been? Working my ass off, dude. Recently retired. Now I got time to watch the dust settle. I never had any use for dusting because I wasn't building models. Now I am. Dude

 

[Rockin' Rob]

I'm catching some Flack. Over a little bit of dusting. I could give two *****. I got tired of people coming into my inner Sanctum to look at my models and they're all covered in dust. So American Ingenuity at its finest comes to the rescue

 

[BarleyBop]

all covered in dust.

... a strange hobby we have: spend half our time trying to get dust on our armour, and the other half trying to get it off!
And a Swiffer is the only dusting implement allowed within 10 feet of my piano!

 

[Edbert]

Not hardly. More like agog over Gaga

Someone say Acog?

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Someone say Acog?

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Wow. Badass scope right there.

 

[Steve Ski]

Well, Rob, ya know,,,..............you did unzip your fly in public, and what kinda Bros would we be if we didn't raz ya a bit, Brother. It's called a "man hug", and it only happens if we like ya, so settle down youngin, you're among friends, HA!

I was laughing so hard at the replies I had to go tell my lovely bride. She laughed louder, cause she will never venture into my bunker to clean it, never. She knows there a few years of dust in there somewhere, HA!

Now, about that Swiffer. Great idea, IMHO. I do vac the bunker after every dio completed. Hmmmm, let's see, the last time was 13yrs ago,...........ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Just kiddin. Personally, for me, the most hazardous location to clean and Swiffer dust would be "inside" the curio cabinet.

Ok, back to work, Swifftee!

 

[plastickjunkie]

You got to move everything off the shelves dust and then put everything back. Every little bottle of paint. P i m a. My wife got these and said try these. OMG. These are it. I can dust my helicopter model and models with antennas sticking out and delicate parts and it doesn't even mess with them but the dust is gone racks of paint tubes and bottles? No problemo

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I use those too, they are great time savers. I crank up the ab and use it as a duster on the actual models. Son fantásticos y no problema.

 

[BarleyBop]

crank up the ab

Nice, if I had an airbrush, absolutely!

When I started posting pics, I noticed how much dust I had been painting over. So I got me some of these, 'Stedi Model Cleaning Brush Kit' on Amazoony, just for dusting work in progress...

And my mini keyboard vac can be run in reverse as a blower... not so fine as AB, but better than risking a blob of condensate from a compressed air rattlecan.

I've also been thinking about using a 'retired' LP electrostatic brush for some surfaces, but those bristles are pretty short...

 

[user 22148]

Nice, if I had an airbrush, absolutely!

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Woah! Are those really cracking little models you built Brush Painted? Awesome!

 

[Edbert]

I've also been thinking about using a 'retired' LP electrostatic brush for some surfaces, but those bristles are pretty short...

Similar function to an anti-static brush?

Managing dust is just as important with an airbrush, and since you yourself are spraying air all over, maybe more so. This is something I need to improve myself, also cat hair, particularly the tiny ones that are almost lighter-than-air.

 

[BarleyBop]

anti-static

My bad, that's what I meant. Glad you got the gist of it!

 

[BarleyBop]

Woah! Are those really cracking little models you built Brush Painted? Awesome!

Not with Those brushes!
But yup, still learning what I can do with "hair on a stick"!

 

[Littlemarten]

Not with Those brushes!
But yup, still learning what I can do with "hair on a stick"!

So you have a stable of sables. I'm sure you'll have success ferreting out their uses …

 

[user 22148]

Not with Those brushes!
But yup, still learning what I can do with "hair on a stick"!

Excellent - good to see another brush painter on here!

 

[Edbert]

So you have a stable of sables. I'm sure you'll have success ferreting out their uses …

Don't weasel out and get plastic bristles, you will ferret that decision.

(could not think of anything with the word Marten)

 

[Littlemarten]

What a stoat fellow! You will ermine much regard with the Society of Invertebrate Punsters—when it comes to puns, we're absolutely spineless.

 

[TechGuy60]

You got to move everything off the shelves dust and then put everything back. Every little bottle of paint. P i m a. My wife got these and said try these. OMG. These are it. I can dust my helicopter model and models with antennas sticking out and delicate parts and it doesn't even mess with them but the dust is gone racks of paint tubes and bottles? No problemo

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Using the Swiffer is a great idea! To delay and lessen the amount of dusting I have to do I purchased a small electric air filter for my display room that I run at night, twice weekly for, two hours on high speed. The square footage is not very large so it doesn't take a lot of runtime to get the job done. I paid less than $50 for it through Amazon if I remember correctly. It has reduced the amount of dust by well over 50%! Well worth the cost.