How should I clean lamp shades? The attachment on my vacuum doesn't seem clean enough.?

Question

I have white / off white silk shades that get really dusty. How often should I clean them, and what's the best way to do it?

Answer 1

Try using an unused dryer sheet, not only will you be dusting and repelling dust, but they smell good too.

Answer 2

I'm a guy, but I have had the same problem with my shades.
A while back, I had decided to dump the old dirty one, although they were in good shape, but thought I would try to clean them
I filled the kitchen sink, and added some soap powder and a small amount of TSP.
Then I just dipped the shades in the soapy water, and splashed them about a bit. I was surprised to see how clean they were, like new. I rinsed them off with cold water, let them sit and dry and then re-installed them.
You can give that a try. One good thing, new shades are not that expensive.
It worked for me, hope it will for you too.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

if you take a clean damp cloth and wring out all of the water, you can gently wipe the lampshade (as long as it is not silk). Learned this one from Kim and Aggie. The trick is not to rub, but to graze the surface.

Answer 4

Once a week use a rainbow vaccum. It will clean a lamp shade and anything else, when nothing else will.

Answer 5

I use a garment lint brush.
Seems to do the trick.

Answer 6

try one of those lint/cat hair removers

Answer 7

swiffers work great for me try it you might like it.