Instead of using expensive, propellant driven dusting sprays in throw away cans, try making your own! This recipe is from “Clean House Clean Planet” by Karen Logan (aren’t they all!) I use this all the time instead of Pledge or endust. My furniture drinks it up and it really cleans as well as dusts. You can also use it on wooden floors.
In a 16 oz. bottle (adjust measurments if your bottle is a different size) combine, 2 tsp light olive oil, 1/4 cup white vinegar, 20-30 drops essential lemon oil (make sure it is pure essential oil) and fill the rest of the bottle with purified water. Shake before use. You can spray right on furniture or on a dust cloth. If your furniture has a very formal or shiny finish I would test it out on the inside of a table leg just to be sure.
For that really thirsty furniture that just begs to be oiled or waxed try mixing 3/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup vinegar and 50 drops pure lemon essential oil in a squeeze bottle (try using an old shampoo, conditioner or ketchup bottle) If you don’t have lemon oil you can use vanilla extract to sent the oil. I generously rub this on my wood surfaces and let it sink in and then go back and “buff” any residue. Again, test the finish of your wood to be sure it won’t cloud it. This is great for pine or bare wood.
Let me know how you get on with this dusting stuff. Do you have any other great tips? Let me know!
