Unfortunately, dust is everywhere and somehow it cannot be prevented. Like a light veil, it settles everywhere, even in places that are sometimes difficult for us to reach. It is generally assumed that in every household worldwide around 6.2 milligrams of dust per square meter per day settles. This is recognizable to us as a slightly grayish shimmering mass. However, many people certainly ask themselves from time to time: what is dust actually?
Dust accompanies us throughout our lives. It lies on our furniture, sticks to our clothes, and is found in our beds. From cookie crumbs and food scraps to dead body cells, bacteria, or even fungal spores, everything can be found in dust. But how can I avoid dust? What is the best way to remove dust? These and other questions are answered here:
Avoid dust on furniture
To ensure that furniture is not covered in dust again so quickly, mix 1 L of water with 1 tsp of vinegar and 1 tsp of glycerin (available at the pharmacy) and wipe the furniture with it.
To prevent dust in the apartment from getting out of hand, unfortunately only one thing helps: cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! Vacuuming is of course important for dust particles on the floor. What makes a good vacuum cleaner is, of course, up to everyone. However, a good microfilter is the be-all and end-all so that fine dust is not swirled through the air again after vacuuming.
Smooth floors should be wiped every now and then and, of course, vacuumed beforehand. Sweeping, on the other hand, is not such a passable solution, as coarse parts are picked up, but the majority of the dust is swirled up, remains in the air for a short time, and settles again on furniture and floors.
Remove dust from fabric lampshades
Unfortunately, dust also settles on fabric lampshades, which doesn't look particularly nice. But with a lint roller, you can remove the dust quite easily and quickly.
How is dust created?
The emergence of dust can have the most diverse reasons and sources. Since dust can unfortunately arise at any time of day, even while I am writing this text and you are reading it, dust settles on all furniture and occasionally even the so-called dust bunnies are created. Small clumps of dust that move on through drafts, picking up more and more dust from the floor and growing in size. Dust forms on the keyboard, on the mouse, on the shoes, and on the table. It falls from our clothes, dead skin flakes fall from us and collect in cracks, grooves, and of course on smooth surfaces. Pollen that gets in through the window, exhaust gases from nature, hairspray or deodorant from the bathroom – the sources of dust formation are diverse and infinite.
Is there a difference between coarse and fine dust?
In fact, a distinction is made between coarse dust and sedimentation dust. Coarse dust has a size of 10 micrometers, which corresponds to a size of approximately 10 thousandths of a millimeter. Fine and suspended dust, on the other hand, is even smaller and belongs to the category dust size under 10 micrometers. In general, however, the rule of thumb applies: the smaller the dust particle, the lighter it is and the more it can stay in the air. However, this suspended dust is also predestined to carry fine particles that are supplied from the environment. Thus, pathogenic substances can enter our lungs, which in turn can cause allergens.
What does dust consist of?
Humans themselves cause most of the dust: hair, dead skin flakes, dirt from outside, and the like mix in houses and apartments and lay a barely recognizable film on all furnishings.
The house dust mite also feels particularly comfortable in dust. It is everywhere where it is warm and humid and nests primarily in beds, upholstered furniture, and pillows. It does not actually transmit diseases, but its excretions can trigger allergic reactions in humans. If the excretions are swirled into the air by shaking out beds, we inhale them.
Photo by Janine, meinhaushalt.at
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