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    How do you dust your gear?

    I have been using an old spray can of Endust for Electronics and a soft microfiber towel. I spray just enough to get the towel to attract the dust, but not wet enough to leave any marks or smears.

    My can finally ran out and I am finding that the product has changed, more towards screens and phones so I am a bit confused on what product if any to use while dusting.

    What do you do and what products if any do you use to dust your gear and speakers?
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Hi Brian,

    I use a feather duster where I can easily reach (speakers and monoblock amps) and a slightly damp cloth in those hard to reach spots.

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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    I use a swiffer duster. It hasn't scratched anything and the extendable handle and adjustable angle of the duster is useful.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Thanks, looking forward to more. I suppose I could just use a mist of water on the towel.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Yes, dust and scratches are the bane of my existence. These chaotic constructs were placed on this Earth to make a mockery of my pristine material world. Can coveting expensive HiFi equipment turn into an obsession or even a phobia? Apparently so...

    Amathophobia is the fear of dust.
    Molysomophobia is the fear of dirt or contamination.
    Amychophobia is the fear of scratches.
    Atelophobia is the fear of imperfection.

    If you wipe it, consider it scratched. Get out your loupe or USB microscope and you will find the dust scratch. The key is to minimise contact.

    Do not to use anything on Perspex. You will craze it. A damp leather chamois or jewellery cloth is good. A spot of diluted detergent if there are oily spots.


    Cleaning arsenal:

    Compressed Air
    Teased lambswool duster
    2 grades of Micro fibre cloth
    Jewellery cloth
    Isopropyl Alcohol (good for everything that has no oil)
    Anti-Static screen cleaner and/or Orange oil for oily particulates
    Silicon Free Beeswax & lemon oil for natural veneers (not piano, painted or urethane/lacquered finishes)

    Any suggestions are welcome!!


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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    I use canned air to get the top layer off, Swiffer duster to finish the job, especially on my gold coloured Yaqin MC-10L tube intergrated...works quite well.
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    Lambs wool duster, you just can,t beat that static

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    Whatever you do, don't let the maid near your system. They are notorious for snapping off cantilevers while dusting. The more expensive the cartridge, the higher the probability the maid will break it. Or at least that is what the guys with broken cantilevers say.

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    Swiffer duster


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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Whatever you do, don't let the maid near your system. They are notorious for snapping off cantilevers while dusting. The more expensive the cartridge, the higher the probability the maid will break it. Or at least that is what the guys with broken cantilevers say.

    LOL, the day I can afford a Maid, I will keep that in mind.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Jones View Post
    Swiffer duster
    Looks like Swiffer is winning

    Can you provide a link to exactly what you use?
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    I sell it.


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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    I sell it.
    Usually before it even has a chance to get dusty!

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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Quote Originally Posted by audio.bill View Post
    Usually before it even has a chance to get dusty!
    LOL, now I get it. I thought he sold the Swiffers...LOL, but yes, he rolls gear long before it has a chance to accumulate any dust.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Feather duster or Swiffer on "box" components. Turntable...soft bristle shaving brush. Vacuum tube components where tubes are exposed...1"-1.5" wide soft bristle paint brush.

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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

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    I use three tools. First attack is with a Dyson soft brush. I try to use it at an angle so I don't push dust with the leading edge. I let the vacuum suck up some dust and the trailing edge loosen more difficult dust. My strategy here is to lift off dust and not push it around. The brush can fit between my shelves and the top of some of my equipment but it won't reach all the way to the back.

    Other places I use a microfiber duster that looks something like a feather duster but the "feathers" are microfiber. Again, this is relatively long and skinny so it fits between equipment tops and shelf bottoms. The cleaning portion is replaceable.

    Last tool is something I just found. It is a microfiber air vent duster. About $8 at Bed Bath & Beyond. I think I also saw it at Walmart. The dusting portion is about 19" long and only 1.5" in diameter. This fits all the way to the back between the top of my equipment and the shelf above it. Downside of this tool is the dusting portion is not replaceable.

    I should note that all of my equipment is in a case. No exposed tubes to deal with.

    The most important part about keeping my equipment clean is I never touch it with bare hands. I keep white cotton gloves handy so I never have to deal with finger prints or body oil and salt. That way my equipment won't get any shiny or discolored spots and dust has nothing to stick to. Several times I have had buyers of my used equipment say it looks like it was never used.

    Now the rest of my house is a different story.

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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Swiffer duster.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    How do you dust speaker cones?

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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Welcome to the forum Jackiejr! Thank you for joining.

    Sometimes I use very light pressure from a feather duster or preferably a Swiffer duster. Be very careful.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Quote Originally Posted by joeinid View Post
    Welcome to the forum Jackiejr! Thank you for joining.

    Be very careful.
    +1^^^

    I have an older pair of JM Labs that have a pretty sticky surface and I won't touch the little dust that has accumulated over the years.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    I purposely avoided having any ducting run to the 2-channel room so dusting is rarely required. As other have noted a Swifter cloth and micro fiber rags are all that are used.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowfax View Post
    Looks like Swiffer is winning

    Can you provide a link to exactly what you use?

    Well I just tried the "Swiffer" duster and bingo. It works like a charm.
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    My cats do a decent job by crawling across/lying on the exposed components!
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    compressed air
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    Re: How do you dust your gear?

    The dry Swiffers work great when gear is in place on a rack. Compressed air (have a small Makita 2gal compressor) works very well if you can take a piece of gear outside and blow it out.

    I'm afraid to touch the speaker drivers other than just dragging a loose Swiffer across them, so they don't get much attention unfortunately.
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