# Best way to dust a lampshade?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 19, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562 "2009-07-19T23:13:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562/1 "2009-07-19T23:13:06Z")

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Topic line says it all. It’s cloth, and relatively thin. I’d love to be able to do it without going to the (relatively minor) bother of removing it from the rest of the lamp.

Masking tape? Lint roller? Some other method I haven’t thought of yet?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562/2 "2009-07-19T23:53:10Z")

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Gently, from a distance, zap it with a can of air from your computer supplies.

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**Author:** ![kathmandu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kathmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kathmandu)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562/3 "2009-07-20T00:32:18Z")

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Use one of those Swiffer duster thingies.

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**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562/4 "2009-07-20T00:50:36Z")

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Paint brush.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562/5 "2009-07-20T13:56:44Z")

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Any gadget design specifically for dusting. A paintbrush would do as **The Punkyova** suggests (and in fact if it’s one of those crinkle-type shades, a small paintbrush would allow you to really get into the crevices). A brush vacuum cleaner attachment. A feather duster.

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**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-dust-a-lampshade/503562/6 "2009-07-20T15:55:52Z")

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I don’t have any with pleats/folds but I imagine my way would work there as well - I use the vacuum cleaner with the brush attachment.