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Old 11-19-2018, 01:37 AM   #1
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Cleaning Routine

Just curious for all of you display collectors out there, how do you keep the dust level under control? Drives me nuts. Do you clean daily/weekly/monthly where you address the maintenance of your collection, and if so, how do you do it? Do you wipe? Do you use a dust blower like compressed air or something? How often?
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Old 11-19-2018, 02:13 AM   #2
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Don't use compressed air. I've seen it blow paint off of statues.
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Old 11-19-2018, 05:05 AM   #3
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The best route is to keep displays under cover, thus reducing dusting to a minimum.
Weekly dusting can't do collections much good. Monthly is better. Once per year ideal
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Old 11-19-2018, 06:32 AM   #4
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I clean twice a year and by sections. I do mostly 12 statues a day including their shelf.
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Old 11-20-2018, 06:55 PM   #5
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A feather duster is very useful.



Yes, indeed.
Please, beautiful, get out of my house, nobody else than me can dust my statues.
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Old 11-20-2018, 07:03 PM   #6
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A feather duster is very useful.

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Yes, indeed.
Please, beautiful, get out of my house, nobody else than me can dust my statues.
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Old 01-27-2021, 10:01 AM   #7
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I do quarterly. I use kabuki brushes for the most part on the statue. I used a feather duster once and broke a couple of delicate pieces when they were caught in the duster. Never use one of those again on a statue.

I do use the duster on the shelves though.
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Old 01-27-2021, 10:12 AM   #8
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I do quarterly. I use kabuki brushes for the most part on the statue. I used a feather duster once and broke a couple of delicate pieces when they were caught in the duster. Never use one of those again on a statue.

I do use the duster on the shelves though.
Same.

And I am one of those people that did actually blow something off a statue using compressed air. In fairness, I think they were decals, not paint, but still, can happen.
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Old 01-27-2021, 10:19 AM   #9
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Feather duster every Sunday morning, which is a routine time I can always remember.

About twice a month I'll go in with a large soft sable (flat)brush to get any dust out of more precise areas like portraits, grooves in the costume or base, etc.

In the summer I get a lot of tiny, gnat-sized pests that get sucked into the AC unit and introduced into the room- at least I think that's how they're getting in.

I want to get a silicone piece soon, but I'm concerned about those little bastards chewing it up or nesting in the hair. Don't want to put it under glass either, so I need to come up with both a cleaning regimen for the silicone/hair as well as some kind of bait/trap for those pests.
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Old 01-27-2021, 11:40 AM   #10
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I do not clean as often as I should (maybe every other month)

I will take the statues off the shelf and use a Swiffer cloth on the shelves and a few times a year rub them down with lemon oil to give an added shine. (I have my statues on wooden shelves) I do wait a few hours before placing the statues back on the shelf.

As for the statues, I use make up brushes to dust them. I found those are gentle and do a good job.
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