I woke up with a dozey of a sinus headache this morning and I wondered why since nothing is blooming to upset my hayfever. Then I looked up. I couldn't remember when I had last cleaned my ceiling fan. I turned it off...ewwwww! No wonder my sinus' are going nuts! So for those of you who have ceiling fans that have been turned on all summer turn them off. Now look at all the dust that the fan has been circulateing in the air....and into your lungs!
If you can reach them with a ladder then you can clean them this way: Since most fans are wood use some Murphy Oil Soap in a bucket of water, use a clean damp rag and just wipe them down.
I'm not waking up tomorrow with a headache!
2007-09-07 07:23:58 · 14 answers · asked by Sage 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Since I run mine daily during the triple digit temps we get during the summer, ours get cleaned once a month or more. I find that after cleaning them if I spray them either with Endust or anti-static they collect and retain much less lint.
2007-09-07 07:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by eskie lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I cleaned mine yesterday, though I confess I probably don't clean them often enough. When I move into a different apartment I always clean the ceiling fans (if there are any), the light shades, and the fluorescent light diffusers because previous tenants have never cleaned them. It's amazing how much less dust and more light there is.
2007-09-07 08:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never turn mine off except to clean them, which I do on the first day of each season. I don't bother reversing them. Since I never turn them off, they've lasted for years. Had to replace the ones that were 17 when my house burned.
2007-09-07 07:55:20 · answer #3 · answered by Little Lulu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exactly why I opted out of putting in any ceiling fans in my new house. I had seven of them in my last house and cleaning them was a nightmare.
2007-09-07 08:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by dawnb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, that might be what's wrong with me. I think it's been 6 or more months since I cleaned mine. They run all the time so I don't notice.
2007-09-07 07:31:42 · answer #5 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for the reminder. I will do it this weekend. Plus i Love how murphys oil smells. Mmmm. Smells like being a kid coming into a bright clean good smelling home. Of course, that was GRANDMA's house!!
2007-09-07 07:48:26 · answer #6 · answered by quirky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I vacuum mine weekly. You must have a filthy home.
Francis is some catch of a husband. Ha! Typical Indian male. Read his answer.
2007-09-07 10:45:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't keep in mind anymore, my boyfriend does that for me. He had positioned the fan someplace in our kitchen so he ought to bathe it yet that replaced into 2 weeks in the past, till now he have not sparkling it yet!!!
2016-11-14 10:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by oppie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was in india i and my wife cleaned the whole house and ceiling fan too from francis.
2007-09-07 08:07:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuesday. I dust mine every Tuesday, which is the day I do all of my dusting.
2007-09-07 07:40:01 · answer #10 · answered by heartsonfire 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋