Different way of cleaning bricks from dust

legoman1234

Hy,
I found this "cleaning tool" in Muller store.
http://www.mamabeesfreebies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Swiffer-Sweeper-Dry-Refills-mbf.png
Does anybody have some bad or good experience of cleaning Lego bricks with it?
Many thanks!

TigerMoth

Why are you considering something that is effectively a floor mop for something small like LEGO bricks? It's only different from a floor cloth in that it fits the head of the mop.

Dedgecko

No.  That idea is just the worst.

Use a decent quality paintbrush to loosen the dust and get a crevice attachment for a quality handheld vacuum.

MattsWhat

Why do you want to clean the bricks off? I don't know the value of the dust you are going to be keeping, but it has to be better the other way round.
Also, it does seem a bit unwieldy! 

Pitfall69

MattsWhat said:

Why do you want to clean the bricks off? I don't know the value of the dust you are going to be keeping, but it has to be better the other way round.
Also, it does seem a bit unwieldy! 

I didn't want to say anything ;)

legogal

Ah! I tried using a swiffer cloth only on our dusty Taj Mahal and.......IT HELPED with some of the dust! Afraid to use a vacuum and had no compressed air in a can. Also used it on a duplo layout. It worked again! It will not get into the tiny spaces, but it made a difference. No way I was taking either of those babies apart to clean them.

  I am a big fan of swiffer cloth dusting of shelves, but am not a clean fanatic in general. Growing up in the West Texas desert meant that even if you vacuumed 24 hours a day, you could still write your name on the coffee tables and read it before you turned off the vac. It was too dusty to clean much dust away. So you just learned to ignore it!

I like the small paintbrush idea, too. Shelves with glass doors DO make a difference! Good luck!

gratefulnat

I just finally capitulated...
I embraced the enemy with an open heart, ever since since then dust doesn't bother me.

In reallity I try to rotate sets every six months or so, then the dust doesn't get grimy.
When it's time to take them apart and box them up I use a very fine makeup brush to remove dust while outside, removing chucks of the set at a time before going inside and taking them completely apart.

But for sets I really enjoy that stay on display for years I just don't worry about it anymore. Take them outside 2 to 3 times a year and just blow it off. When I do finally box them up then I wash in warm soapy water by hand, also using the same fine brush.

SumoLego

Cordless, battery-powered leaf blower.  Great also for dust bunnies in hard-to-reach places.

bandit778

When I had the SSD on display in our front room I actually used a normal nozzle on a vacuum cleaner with a pair of the boss's old tights over the end, that way if anything came loose (control tower was notorious for coming off) it stayed in the little net the tights made. Bit odd but it worked for me.

MattsWhat

SumoLego said:

Cordless, battery-powered leaf blower.  Great also for dust bunnies in hard-to-reach places.

They are much better than those cordless, hamster-powered ones, aren't they!