Dust is ubiquitous. Do you often feel that if you just wipe it off, it will reappear on your furniture? Do you get the impression that it’s been hiding around the corner, only to settle on the furniture and the floor just as you’re cleaning up? We have the perfect and simple solution to keep your apartment dust-free for a whole week. And it’s something you already have at home.

You’ll be pleased to know that you can use this trick not only on furniture and tables, but also on windows. After all, even those get dusty over time and need to be washed. Windows, in particular, don’t need to be washed very often, but if you live in a dusty environment, you probably need to treat them more than four times a year. And if you add in the extra cleaning required, that’s a lot. But if you use this solution, cleaning will be much easier.

You may not even believe it at first. To be honest, we didn’t believe it at first either. Where would the dust go that would otherwise show up seconds after cleaning? Where would it go? Where it’s hiding, we never found out. And perhaps that’s a question for philosophers, but one thing is certain. The dust didn’t really start appearing on the cabinets and other places until a week later. Maybe he took a vacation, who knows.

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Miracle of the bathroom

And what miracle are we talking about? It’s a very common fabric softener that you probably use to soften your laundry and also to make it smell good. But its use in the home is much broader than that. Many people add fabric softener to the hot water they use to wash their radiators. It’s simple. Using fabric softener makes the radiator shine and look as good as new. Above all, new dust won’t settle on it as quickly. And it works the same way on furniture.

Just pour some fabric softener on a cloth and wipe down any skirting boards or cupboards in the living room. If you don’t want to use pure fabric softener, it’s a good idea to mix it with water and put it in a spray bottle. Then apply the mixture to the cloth you will be wiping the furniture with. This will give your apartment a shine and also a perfect clean. You can use this mixture to clean not only the living area of your house and the rooms. The mixture is also perfect for cleaning your bathroom. Did you know that this is really the perfect way to polish shower doors that have limescale build-up in addition to dust?

How to use window cleaner

Ideally, add three quarters of a cup of warm water to the cap of the fabric softener and stir the mixture until you reach the desired consistency. A microfiber cloth or paper towel is recommended for glass surfaces. This will give the windows a perfect shine. However, you don’t use fabric softener on windows primarily to keep them clean and shiny. The main reason is that it adds a protective layer to the glass that is resistant to dust.

However, in the case of windows or other glass surfaces, it is not advisable to rely just on fabric softener as it can leave streaks on the glass. It is therefore a good idea to polish the window afterwards with a product. You use fabric softener primarily because it has non-stick properties and can also break down deep and ingrained stains such as grease or hardened water. And that’s ideal for windows, right? Just like on a glass table that’s getting a beating.