How do I clean the ceiling fan?

Question

If I don't have a feather duster with an extender or whatever.....

Answer 1

turn of the fan, stand on a chair and wipe it.

Answer 2

If you can't reach it, you can't clean it. You're going to have to buy something to enable you to reach. Go to a discount or home store and buy a duster with a long handle on it (cheap solution) and feathers on wire that you can bend to a 90 deg angle. They also sell extendable dusters and the extendable handles (more expensive solution) which can also be used with other attachments to perform tasks such as change lightbulbs in fixtures in rooms with very high ceilings. They're worth it when you live in a house with a great room.

Hint: don't use a feather duster - all they do is push and scatter dust. Instead spray an old men's sock with Endust and slide it over the "feathers". Bend the duster 90 deg. and wipe it over the top of the fan blade.

Answer 3

Have it be off, obviously. Stand on a chair or step stool. Use a solution of dish soap with some ammonia tossed in, if the fan is in the kitchen, because the blades can get really greasy, also.

Just wash off the blades with a rag and the soap solution, and have a dry rag with you, so you can dry as you go. It's OK to clean the globe also, if there is one, but if it's glass, make sure it's not hot from the light being on for awhile. If you put the rag on it when it's still hot, it could crack the glass.

What you want to be careful of, also, is be very gentle with the blades while wiping them. You don't want to bend them off the delicate balance that they are on to work most efficiently, so just handle them gently while wiping, while holding the blade firmly in place with the other hand.

If you don't clean them very regularly, or they are in the kitchen or where there is cigarette smoke, dusters and swifters really don't do the trick. There is grime on there, that must be removed with soap.

BTW, if they haven't been done for awhile, and your floor, furniture, whatever, below, is clean, then take an old sheet or something and lay it below, covering the clean stuff. Because nasty yucky dust and crud will fall down. I always cover my stove, which is near the kitchen fan.

Answer 4

Get a chair (make sure the fan is OFF) and a paper towel, and a spray bottle. You can also remove the blades (with a screwdriver while the fan is off, making sure that you are holding the blade itself so when it comes off it doesn't bonk you in the head) and clean them comfortably on the floor afterward. If it's only a little dust, a brook is pretty freakin' awesome, too.

Answer 5

I would use the longest handle from a broom
and tie a cloth to it and than use a chair if
needed to clean it off.
This will take some work and you'll be glad
that you cleaned though.

Answer 6

get on a chair or step ladder and clean it with a damp duster cloth

Answer 7

juss stand on the chair and take a brush or any long wiper.ofcourse u will be having a brush to sweep ur house.take that and u put a wet cloth over the brush's bottom and clean it.

Answer 8

get a swiffer and then stand on a chair or ladder. you could probably attach a swiffer to the handle of a broom if you had to. i advise a swiffer because they work fantastic and you won't have to work so hard, and dust won't drop everywhere.

Answer 9

get on a ladder and climb up it. Bring some paper towels with you to dust the top of it. If that doesn't work use your vacuum

Answer 10

Break down and buy a Swiffer. They are wonderful!