Clean Your Ceiling Fan with a Pillowcase – NO MESS!
Have you ever cleaned your ceiling fan, but wound up with everything you cleaned off the fan on your floor? Â I think that’s a common problem with cleaning ceiling fans. Â I have a friend that used to just keep hers running all the time so no one would see how dirty it was. That was, until I showed her how to clean it without making a mess!
The trick is using a pillowcase. Â Yep, just a regular pillowcase. Â You just insert each fan blade into the pillowcase, use your hand to press the fabric onto the blades, and pull outwards. Â The pillowcase will catch all that dust that accumulates up there, leaving no mess on the floor.
Like this… here’s my dirty fan…. that I allowed to get extra dirty just for this post. Â Y’all have no idea how hard this was for me! Â Ick.
And here’s my pillowcase about to do it’s job. Â I use a really old & discolored pillowcase, and use the same one each time I clean my fans (as you probably can tell!).
When you’re done – simply take the pillowcase outside, turn it inside out, and shake it all out. Â Then, just throw it in the washing machine.
If you have any nooks & crannies on your fan, like I do where the fan blades begin – you can use a Q-tip to clean those parts right off.
Now, you have a sparkling clean ceiling fan…. and your floors aren’t covered in dust!
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There is a car product called Slick Mist by Lucas Oil, that I spray into clean fans and blinds. It will keep the dust from sticking to the surface of the fore mentioned. I applied Slick Mist to 2″ window blinds 3 or 4 years ago and I still only “swifter” them a few times a year, except in the bathroom where its humid and hair spray flies. They are still slick. I purchase Slick Mist at Auto Zone here in California. It is worth looking for and finding.