Ok, I used my dust collector today. but in a different way.
For about 14 years I have bee procrastinating over the purchase of one of
those ceiling fan wands that are electrostatically charged and collect the
dust off of the fan blades. We have 5 ceiling fans and I finally gave in
and picked one up, I was tired of waving the vacuum wand around up there.
I approach the first fan and successfully cleaned all five blades with out
mishap if you don't count me gagging at the sight of what I had collected
with that wand. So dirty was the fluffy end of the wand that I decided to
clean the thing. Didn't want to wet it down and make mud and didn't want to
shake it in the wind or else the EPA would probably be paying me a visit.
Probably too quickly I thought, stick it in the DC hose and let the
collector suck it clean. WOW that worked better than I expected and I
managed to not let go of the fluffy wand during the procedure.
I approach ceiling fan number 2 with a big smile on my face and go to wiping
down the 5 blades. ;~((( Euwwwwwwww, there was tons of stuff coming
down on me like I was in a dust storm. I looked down at the floor and began
to gag again.... I'll have words with my son about how clean he keeps his
room tonight.
Same results with fans number 3,4, and 5. Oddly the fluffy electrostaticly
charged wand is sill clean as a whistle. Basically, the wand up and "quit".
Ok, I bet most of you can see where this is going. My dust collector is so
powerful that it sucked away all the fluffy wand's electronic
attractiveness.
My question, how do I reenergize, the electrostatic charge in my fluffy
wand? Perhaps start the dust collector and caress the out side of the hose
with the fluffy wand? ;~)
Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:13:49 +0000, Leon wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
> I have been using the house vac wand and that worked pretty good but I was
> hoping for something that did not require dragging out the vac. The Irobot
> Roomba has spoiled me.
I normally just sit on the floor and let the French maid climb up a tall
stepladder with a pack of Q tips....
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ok, I used my dust collector today. but in a different way.
>
> For about 14 years I have bee procrastinating over the purchase of one of
> those ceiling fan wands that are electrostatically charged and collect the
> dust off of the fan blades. We have 5 ceiling fans and I finally gave in
> and picked one up, I was tired of waving the vacuum wand around up there.
> I approach the first fan and successfully cleaned all five blades with out
> mishap if you don't count me gagging at the sight of what I had collected
> with that wand. So dirty was the fluffy end of the wand that I decided
> to clean the thing. Didn't want to wet it down and make mud and didn't
> want to shake it in the wind or else the EPA would probably be paying me a
> visit. Probably too quickly I thought, stick it in the DC hose and let
> the collector suck it clean. WOW that worked better than I expected and
> I managed to not let go of the fluffy wand during the procedure.
>
>
> I approach ceiling fan number 2 with a big smile on my face and go to
> wiping down the 5 blades. ;~((( Euwwwwwwww, there was tons of stuff
> coming down on me like I was in a dust storm. I looked down at the floor
> and began to gag again.... I'll have words with my son about how clean he
> keeps his room tonight.
>
> Same results with fans number 3,4, and 5. Oddly the fluffy
> electrostaticly charged wand is sill clean as a whistle. Basically, the
> wand up and "quit".
>
>
> Ok, I bet most of you can see where this is going. My dust collector is
> so powerful that it sucked away all the fluffy wand's electronic
> attractiveness.
>
>
> My question, how do I reenergize, the electrostatic charge in my fluffy
> wand? Perhaps start the dust collector and caress the out side of the
> hose with the fluffy wand? ;~)
>
> Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
>
First, congrats on a novel Tim the Tool Man Taylor solution.
As far as restoring static cling, not sure. I don't think you can. Aren't
all products like this considered disposable? Wouldn't you be violating
some kinda marketing rule?
Besides, your fuzzy cleaning wand has just endured years of hard labor
cleaning your filthy ceiling fans. It may be time for a proper burial.
"Tom G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> Seems like I remember there used to be a spray can product you could spray
> on a dust rag and it became charged so it would attract dust. May be how
> the wand was treated and the dust collector removed the dust with such
> force that it also removed or somehow dried out the chemical treatment.
> See if you can find the product I referred to . Might be cheaper to buy
> a new wand, however.
>
> Tom G.
$14 for the wand. I think you might be on to something, seems like Endust
does that.
Leon wrote:
> Actually rubbing it on the outside of the collector flexible hose
> restored some of the static charge, I wonder if I tried to comb my
> hair with it if there would be some success. ;~)
Hold it in your mouth and shuffle back and forth across a carpet while
rubbing an inflated balloon in your hair. Just don't let anyone see you
doing so.
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:02:18 -0600, "Leon" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Can ya write off a trip to Las Vegas as a business expense, if you bring
> your
> fan cleaner and walk across a casino carpet with it?
No ;~(
>
> BTW, I use a fan cleaning brush, not sure if it's electro-static or not...
> I
> hold it up to the DC fitting also..
>
> Little tip, though... Having 5 fans and some dust allergies, I learned
> fast that
> the brush in one hand and the shop vac hose in the other saves a lot of
> grief..
I have been using the house vac wand and that worked pretty good but I was
hoping for something that did not require dragging out the vac. The Irobot
Roomba has spoiled me.
>
> I do a quick run with the vac wand first, then if I'm working alone, I use
> the
> wand pressed against the fan blade to keep the damn thing from spinning..
> Works best if My with holds the vac while I use the brush, though..
Sounds like the way I usta do it.
On Jan 23, 11:23=A0am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Leon wrote:
>
> >> Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
>
> > 1. Go some place dry
>
> > 2. Put on leather soled shoes
>
> > 3. Hold gizmo to charge in hands
>
> > 4. =A0Shuffle along rug
>
> > Seriously, look at the list in the link, determine the material of your
> > gizmo (nylon?) and then rub it with something of the opposite polarity.
> >http://science.howstuffworks.com/vdg1.htm
>
> Good Link Thanks
When all else fails..e-mail me and I will give you the address of my
ex. There is always plenty of static around her.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:02:18 -0600, "Leon" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Can ya write off a trip to Las Vegas as a business expense, if you bring your
fan cleaner and walk across a casino carpet with it?
BTW, I use a fan cleaning brush, not sure if it's electro-static or not... I
hold it up to the DC fitting also..
Little tip, though... Having 5 fans and some dust allergies, I learned fast that
the brush in one hand and the shop vac hose in the other saves a lot of grief..
I do a quick run with the vac wand first, then if I'm working alone, I use the
wand pressed against the fan blade to keep the damn thing from spinning..
Works best if My with holds the vac while I use the brush, though..
>Ok, I used my dust collector today. but in a different way.
>
>For about 14 years I have bee procrastinating over the purchase of one of
>those ceiling fan wands that are electrostatically charged and collect the
>dust off of the fan blades. We have 5 ceiling fans and I finally gave in
>and picked one up, I was tired of waving the vacuum wand around up there.
>I approach the first fan and successfully cleaned all five blades with out
>mishap if you don't count me gagging at the sight of what I had collected
>with that wand. So dirty was the fluffy end of the wand that I decided to
>clean the thing. Didn't want to wet it down and make mud and didn't want to
>shake it in the wind or else the EPA would probably be paying me a visit.
>Probably too quickly I thought, stick it in the DC hose and let the
>collector suck it clean. WOW that worked better than I expected and I
>managed to not let go of the fluffy wand during the procedure.
>
>
>I approach ceiling fan number 2 with a big smile on my face and go to wiping
>down the 5 blades. ;~((( Euwwwwwwww, there was tons of stuff coming
>down on me like I was in a dust storm. I looked down at the floor and began
>to gag again.... I'll have words with my son about how clean he keeps his
>room tonight.
>
>Same results with fans number 3,4, and 5. Oddly the fluffy electrostaticly
>charged wand is sill clean as a whistle. Basically, the wand up and "quit".
>
>
>Ok, I bet most of you can see where this is going. My dust collector is so
>powerful that it sucked away all the fluffy wand's electronic
>attractiveness.
>
>
>My question, how do I reenergize, the electrostatic charge in my fluffy
>wand? Perhaps start the dust collector and caress the out side of the hose
>with the fluffy wand? ;~)
>
>Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
>
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
In article <[email protected]>,
mac davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:17:11 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
> <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
> >First, congrats on a novel Tim the Tool Man Taylor solution.
> >
> >As far as restoring static cling, not sure. I don't think you can.
> >Aren't all products like this considered disposable? Wouldn't you be
> >violating some kinda marketing rule?
> >
> >Besides, your fuzzy cleaning wand has just endured years of hard labor
> >cleaning your filthy ceiling fans. It may be time for a proper burial.
> >
> Probably cleaned the DC, too...
Remember those ioniser things that were fashionable some time back,
supposed to fill the room with negative ions and make it healthier, try
connecting it to one of those and see what happens or build yourself a
whimshurst machine
http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/wimshurst.html
Tom G wrote:
> Seems like I remember there used to be a spray can product you could spray
> on a dust rag and it became charged so it would attract dust.
<snip"
Endust?
http://www.endust.com/
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Buffalo, NY - USA
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"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>
> First, congrats on a novel Tim the Tool Man Taylor solution.
LOL, I thought it was in order, the thing was brand new. I have never
quite so quickly rendered something useless.
>
> As far as restoring static cling, not sure. I don't think you can.
> Aren't all products like this considered disposable? Wouldn't you be
> violating some kinda marketing rule?
Probably correct on that count. I recall when I managed an AC/Delco
wholesale diatributorship the guys in the ware house used these things to
dust the shelves, 20 years ago. I had forgotten that they seemed to work
great initially but after cleaning they pretty much became dust pushers.
>
> Besides, your fuzzy cleaning wand has just endured years of hard labor
> cleaning your filthy ceiling fans. It may be time for a proper burial.
I probably over stated the build up a bit. ;!) I am however going to turn
to a microfiber cloth on a wand for this task.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
Maybe unground the DC ducts?
;)
Leon wrote:
> Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
1. Go some place dry
2. Put on leather soled shoes
3. Hold gizmo to charge in hands
4. Shuffle along rug
Seriously, look at the list in the link, determine the material of your
gizmo (nylon?) and then rub it with something of the opposite polarity.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/vdg1.htm
--
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"PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
Pass it thru a helix.
Yeah, no that is how I caused the problem.
Rub it in cat's fur.
No cats.
P D Q
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Jan 22, 8:13 pm, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
> Pass it thru a helix.
>
> Yeah, no that is how I caused the problem.
>
> Rub it in cat's fur.
>
> No cats.
>
> P D Q
Leon,
I know on the microfiber cloths I used for camera cleaning and for
tack rags, a simple wash and dry cycle, NO dryer sheets, works to
recharge them. It's the dryer, of course. Is your wand detachable so
it can be stuck n the dryer for 10-15 minutes, dryer set on low?
Thanks Charlie, My wand is some type of thin hairy plastic/petroleum
product, not a cloth type material. I am afraid that even a low setting
could melt the thing.
Actually rubbing it on the outside of the collector flexible hose restored
some of the static charge, I wonder if I tried to comb my hair with it if
there would be some success. ;~)
BTY, I get my microfiber cloths at Sam's Club, I have also found them great
for cleaning windows, and 2 of them will completely dry my truck after I
wash it.
On Jan 22, 8:13=A0pm, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "PDQ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
> Pass it thru a helix.
>
> Yeah, no that is how I caused the problem.
>
> Rub it in cat's fur.
>
> No cats.
>
> P D Q
Leon,
I know on the microfiber cloths I used for camera cleaning and for
tack rags, a simple wash and dry cycle, NO dryer sheets, works to
recharge them. It's the dryer, of course. Is your wand detachable so
it can be stuck n the dryer for 10-15 minutes, dryer set on low?
"dadiOH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Leon wrote:
>
>> Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
>
> 1. Go some place dry
>
> 2. Put on leather soled shoes
>
> 3. Hold gizmo to charge in hands
>
> 4. Shuffle along rug
>
> Seriously, look at the list in the link, determine the material of your
> gizmo (nylon?) and then rub it with something of the opposite polarity.
> http://science.howstuffworks.com/vdg1.htm
>
Good Link Thanks
>
> Same results with fans number 3,4, and 5. Oddly the fluffy
> electrostaticly charged wand is sill clean as a whistle. Basically, the
> wand up and "quit".
>
>
> Ok, I bet most of you can see where this is going. My dust collector is
> so powerful that it sucked away all the fluffy wand's electronic
> attractiveness.
>
>
> My question, how do I reenergize, the electrostatic charge in my fluffy
> wand? Perhaps start the dust collector and caress the out side of the
> hose with the fluffy wand? ;~)
>
> Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?
Seems like I remember there used to be a spray can product you could spray
on a dust rag and it became charged so it would attract dust. May be how
the wand was treated and the dust collector removed the dust with such force
that it also removed or somehow dried out the chemical treatment. See if
you can find the product I referred to . Might be cheaper to buy a new
wand, however.
Tom G.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
> Ok, I used my dust collector today. but in a different way.
>=20
> For about 14 years I have bee procrastinating over the purchase of =
one of=20
> those ceiling fan wands that are electrostatically charged and collect =
the=20
> dust off of the fan blades. We have 5 ceiling fans and I finally gave =
in=20
> and picked one up, I was tired of waving the vacuum wand around up =
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> I approach the first fan and successfully cleaned all five blades with =
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> mishap if you don't count me gagging at the sight of what I had =
collected=20
> with that wand. So dirty was the fluffy end of the wand that I =
decided to=20
> clean the thing. Didn't want to wet it down and make mud and didn't =
want to=20
> shake it in the wind or else the EPA would probably be paying me a =
visit.=20
> Probably too quickly I thought, stick it in the DC hose and let the=20
> collector suck it clean. WOW that worked better than I expected and =
I=20
> managed to not let go of the fluffy wand during the procedure.
>=20
>=20
> I approach ceiling fan number 2 with a big smile on my face and go to =
wiping=20
> down the 5 blades. ;~((( Euwwwwwwww, there was tons of stuff =
coming=20
> down on me like I was in a dust storm. I looked down at the floor and =
began=20
> to gag again.... I'll have words with my son about how clean he keeps =
his=20
> room tonight.
>=20
> Same results with fans number 3,4, and 5. Oddly the fluffy =
electrostaticly=20
> charged wand is sill clean as a whistle. Basically, the wand up and =
"quit".
>=20
>=20
> Ok, I bet most of you can see where this is going. My dust collector =
is so=20
> powerful that it sucked away all the fluffy wand's electronic=20
> attractiveness.
>=20
>=20
> My question, how do I reenergize, the electrostatic charge in my =
fluffy=20
> wand? Perhaps start the dust collector and caress the out side of the =
hose=20
> with the fluffy wand? ;~)
>=20
> Seriously, how do you get that static attraction back?=20
>=20
>=20
Pass it thru a helix.
Rub it in cat's fur.
P D Q
Leon wrote:
> Ok, I used my dust collector today. but in a different way.
>
[snip]
Reverse the direction of spin on your RAS motor (see previous thread).
Start the motor. Hold the wand up next to the motor. Hang in there for
a half hour or so. Wash with Lava soap and water. Machine dry. Hang
in window. Rub cat with it. Smile.
:-)
jo4hn
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:17:11 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>First, congrats on a novel Tim the Tool Man Taylor solution.
>
>As far as restoring static cling, not sure. I don't think you can. Aren't
>all products like this considered disposable? Wouldn't you be violating
>some kinda marketing rule?
>
>Besides, your fuzzy cleaning wand has just endured years of hard labor
>cleaning your filthy ceiling fans. It may be time for a proper burial.
>
Probably cleaned the DC, too...
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Leon wrote:
>> Ok, I used my dust collector today. but in a different way.
>>
> [snip]
>
> Reverse the direction of spin on your RAS motor (see previous thread).
> Start the motor. Hold the wand up next to the motor. Hang in there for a
> half hour or so. Wash with Lava soap and water. Machine dry. Hang in
> window. Rub cat with it. Smile.
> :-)
> jo4hn
Are you being a smart ass? ROTFLMAO