one can tell the difference by the strength and weight, spider silk is strong as fuck and doesn't really float in the air, whereas dust strings have 0 resistence and will float around on the slightest air current.
Nope, never happened to me, in any of my abodes. Are you American? Maybe it's a wood house thing?I get balls of dust and hair in areas that are hard to clean, like under low furniture, but I've never seen strings
Neither have I. Sure I wipe the wall if I accidentally splatter coffee (like today, argh) or smash a bug on it. But mine are pretty smooth and the dust can only be a thin layer before it falls off. Thirty years later they're still white.
It is because electric charges in the dust and surfaces attract each other. A duster works by generating static electricity and causing the dust particles to stick to the hairs.
I did a quick look for something that rejects dust with electricity and here is electrostatic dust repulsion for solar panels to reduce washing intervals https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8916732/ So maybe we could get this in our walls and make everything easier to clean.
18 Comments
litchralee@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 39d
Textured walls were always a mistake.
captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 38d
I hate the textured walls (and ceiling) in my home. Not only do they get dusty, they're also a hazard; got so many scapes from them.
Damage@feddit.it · 30 pts · 39d
I've never dusted my walls. Am I supposed to?
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 39d
You don't get those weird dust webs?
Damage@feddit.it · 6 pts · 39d
I get spiderwebs but I clean them out before they become too big
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 39d
Nah I get these weird things that look like greasy dust filaments on the walls.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 39d
one can tell the difference by the strength and weight, spider silk is strong as fuck and doesn't really float in the air, whereas dust strings have 0 resistence and will float around on the slightest air current.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 39d
Well I mean these dust strings look nothing like something a spider would bother pulling out its ass, you know?
Damage@feddit.it · 1 pts · 38d
Nope, never happened to me, in any of my abodes. Are you American? Maybe it's a wood house thing?I get balls of dust and hair in areas that are hard to clean, like under low furniture, but I've never seen strings
percent@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 38d
American here. I get them in my brick house.
(Though it's a big country that spans many different climates and biomes, so the experiences of the few do not represent the experiences of the many)
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 39d
Neither have I. Sure I wipe the wall if I accidentally splatter coffee (like today, argh) or smash a bug on it. But mine are pretty smooth and the dust can only be a thin layer before it falls off. Thirty years later they're still white.
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 3 pts · 39d
If you find them to be dusty you can do it. If you don't have a problem, then you probably don't need to bother
Wren@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 39d
It's a good idea, yeah. I use a swiffer.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 39d
Well, if your walls weren't sticky from cigarette tar...
JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 39d
Open floor plan kitchens are a more common cause than indoor smokers anymore
CovfefeKills@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 39d
It is because electric charges in the dust and surfaces attract each other. A duster works by generating static electricity and causing the dust particles to stick to the hairs.
I did a quick look for something that rejects dust with electricity and here is electrostatic dust repulsion for solar panels to reduce washing intervals https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8916732/ So maybe we could get this in our walls and make everything easier to clean.
Shteou@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 39d
Why is the text not horizontal?!
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 39d
To reduce dust