Brushing off Dust?

[shindayume]

I've always been curious as to how collectors clean their statues when there is too much dust build up once displayed?

I seem to have a big problem with dust particles collecting onto everything. And wanted to know if there was a special brush used to clean these statues and figures?

Not sure if regular paint brush are good for these kinds of things.

And is there a way to keep them dust free?

Thanks in advance.

[risingstar]

I just put them in the bathtub. A bubble bath gets rid of all the dust. They come out smelling sparkling fresh too.

[Jesse321]

A woman's makeup blush brush available at most any local drug store works wonders.

[Voshizle@gmail.]

I would also think that compressed air would work fine.

[tedmic]

Steel wool works fine!

[shindayume]

Hey thanks for all the tips and tricks.
I have never even though about makeup brushes.
Although those are pretty round.
Will that dust off the harder to reach places like in between arms, hair, and like clothes folds/wrinkles?

I have washed cheaper action figures under water but I'm a little nervous to any liquid on more expensive statues and figures with real cloth/fabrics.

And what kind of compressed air equipment did you mean? Like the air the comes out of an airbrush? I've always wanted an machine like that if it's like specific for blowing away dust and small particles.

Wouldn't steel wool scratch the paint surface?

Thanks again.

[ratchet]

I like to spit on my t-shirt and rub the dust off with that.

[Jesse321]

Originally Posted by shindayume

Hey thanks for all the tips and tricks.
I have never even though about makeup brushes.
Although those are pretty round.
Will that dust off the harder to reach places like in between arms, hair, and like clothes folds/wrinkles?

I've used them for years and they work great ... the long hairs on the blush brushes get into most every nook and cranny on most any sculpt.

Compressed air is good, but it almost always leaves a layer of fine dirt on the pieces that I've found the make up brushes remove better.

[nicky]

Originally Posted by Jesse321

I've used them for years and they work great ... the long hairs on the blush brushes get into most every nook and cranny on most any sculpt.

Compressed air is good, but it almost always leaves a layer of fine dirt on the pieces that I've found the make up brushes remove better.

Compressed air is not good for your statues because its damp.
Air is damp

[Jesse321]

Originally Posted by nicky

Compressed air is not good for your statues because its damp.
Air is damp

Compressed air from an air compressor is no more damp than the ambient air it's pushing, and most air compressors come with a moister trap anyway.

Plus, I live in Florida with the it's almost 80 to 90% humidity year round anyway.