Feather Dusters

I use a fluffy duster, think it is made by Pledge. A plastic gizmo, with disposable fluffy attachments. Very effective.

Yes, I use the Pledge duster, it’s wonderful! However if you have high ceilings go for a very long feather duster, you can't beat them for clearing webs in corners.

I have an ostrich feather one (yes, I'm vegan, but it was a gift) and it's very good for dust on ceilings, curtain tops, light fittings and picture rails. I just sweep lightly with it, as I'm sure that real pressure would break it. I turn it upside down and tap the dust out.

For cobwebs, though, I use a damp floor mop - and twist it around as I go.

Don't leave your fluffy duster where your naughty pup can find it though, that's all I'm saying! Naughty boy! ?

I use a thing on a stick which I can wash but I also have a proper feather duster for foungbround ornaments and house plants. phoenix had a thread about it!!

kittylester

What is foungbround, please?

I just googled foungbround and Kittylester’s post came up!

Correct me if I am wrong but I thought feather dusters just flicked dust from one area to another. You need to use something on a pole to which the cobwebs and dust can stick and you can either wash and/or empty.

I had an ostrich feather duster and after a while it just moulted, which was to say the least annoying, as it had been expensive.

foungbround is obviously flicking around!!!!! Honestly!! I thought everyone knew that!

I have sheepskin wool ones on a stick & man made fibre ones too. I wash mine regularly and line dry. That keeps them nice. They pick up dust & webs very well. I imagine a feather duster would just move the dust whereas my dusters actually pick it up. Works well for me especially in those hard to reach places like the top of a free standing wardrobe.

Swiffer are hard to beat, they pick up everything and keep hold of it until you dispose of the mop part. I dust through the house using just the one, then bin it. If you do it once a week that doesn't work out too expensive.

I have a telescopic handle for it, so I can do cobwebs on the ceiling and get underneath everything.

DiscoGran

Don't leave your fluffy duster where your naughty pup can find it though, that's all I'm saying! Naughty boy! ?

Snap!

Kitty there obviously aren’t many foungbround-ers on GN!
We may need to start a specialist foungbround-ing thread for support.

I use the kitchen broom to dust away cobwebs on walls and ceilings and the vac's extension wand with brush attachments for ornaments, picture rails, skirting , pictures frames, mirrors and furniture. I seldom use a duster.

I foungbround my ornaments weekly ish with an ancient washable nylon thing on a long pole, given to me by my mother-in-law along with a embank.
What was she trying to say.

Ewbank

I foungbround my ornaments with an embank. It’s much the best way.

I sadly don’t have an embank and I’m afraid I never got the hang of foungbrounding, so I shall continue to use my husband to get at hard to reach cobwebs and dust. ?

midgey

I just googled foungbround and Kittylester’s post came up!

Do you have a very thin husband with a big mop of feathery hair grannyactivist.

I think we’ve nailed it Blossoming.

PollyTickle

Do you have a very thin husband with a big mop of feathery hair grannyactivist.

Now there's a thought! My idol would have been ideal.

As I age I’m finding it increasingly difficult to lift DH to foungbround and prefer a lambs wool or an ostrich feather duster, neither of which is becoming threadbare on top! ?