A Guy Named Brian (he/him)
dillydDoes anybody have a dustpan that you can actually push the dust into without just forming a nice line of dirt on the floor?
Callan
cognitively accessible math@dillyd It's an exponential decay thing. YOu get most of it in and make a line. You sweep perpendicular to the line and sweep it in again. When it's an acceptable level, you grab a rag and do a final wet wipe.
I do it at least once a year.
I do it at least once a year.
laen🪻@dillyd
i always found it highly dependent on the brush too. i did have a lovely set with a metal dustpan and a brush made of ... something? but that was years ago.
i always found it highly dependent on the brush too. i did have a lovely set with a metal dustpan and a brush made of ... something? but that was years ago.
Carolannie@moonrabbit @dillyd i think a metal dust pan could have a thin enough edge to work
@carolannie @dillyd
it had a rubber strip along the edge to stop it upsetting the floor, but it worked beautifully with the brush. which was quite soft. some natural fibre but i can't remember what. black with a wooden handle.
it had a rubber strip along the edge to stop it upsetting the floor, but it worked beautifully with the brush. which was quite soft. some natural fibre but i can't remember what. black with a wooden handle.
@moonrabbit @dillyd horsehair I'll bet.
@carolannie @dillyd
if it was, it was ethically gathered; it was from a super eco site. possibly something veggie ...
if it was, it was ethically gathered; it was from a super eco site. possibly something veggie ...
Das Metal Kitty 
@dillyd it's what one has a rug for ;)
Rí Rua 
Erik Ableson@dillyd I think only fairies, gnomes and leprechauns are allowed to have those
BetteI do, but they're hard to find. It needs to be one with the thin strip of rubber along the edge. I mostly use my vaccuum cleaner instead of a broom, mostly because of those stupid lines and because of corners; brooms just don't get into the corners well.
@Bette
I have one with the rubber edge but it still doesn't work. Maybe the rubber is worn
I have one with the rubber edge but it still doesn't work. Maybe the rubber is worn
Ciara
john lehet@dillyd Actually do have one. It's red plastic with a rubber edge. None of the metal ones will do this trick.
Leah Bobet@johnlehet @dillyd OH. I had that one once. It was good.
Delta Sierra@dillyd We'll have cold fusion and vat-grown organs first!
argonaut@dillyd my grandma used to lay newspaper with a wet lip in front to stick to the floor. genious, but can’t find newspaper anymore 😔
@argonaut but if I'm going to use wet paper, then I might as well use a wet paper towel to wipe up the line of dirt!
@dillyd i prob explained it poorly: you put a newspaper with only one thin border wet, then it sticks to the floor, so when you push dirt on top of it from that wet border, the paper won’t move and you can broom all the dirt onto the newspaper without forming the dirt line. hope that’s better.
A cool crab wearing shades@dillyd
yeah. i found when i started using a heavy lobby dustpan it wasnt really an issue anymore. i only need a second pass if there's a lot of very fine dust, usually it's good in one.
yeah. i found when i started using a heavy lobby dustpan it wasnt really an issue anymore. i only need a second pass if there's a lot of very fine dust, usually it's good in one.
Oblomov@dillyd of course I do. I keep it right here next to my combined clothes drying+folding+sorting machine.
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JeniParsons
Adam Dalliance@dillyd Impossible! The only thing is to get the Henry out and let him snort the line up.
@dillyd Oh, you never know how international a brand is. In the UK the Henry is the standard office-cleaner and builders kit. If you buy an industrial number of vacuum cleaners you seem to end up with an army of Henrys.
He loves to snort it all, always got a smile on his face. 😆
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Martin Gleadow@dillyd I am a fan of the long handled brush and pan, so much easier. Possibly encourages more frequent dust -> pan thus reducing risk of residual rows?
Kim
a.k.a. low-profile@dillyd I find the brush I use on my hair works equally well with my dust pan which then works well as an ice scraper. The circle of life.
SmArTy Ants@dillyd u speak of witchcraft