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How to keep shiny black equipment dust free
Izak
21-05-2011
In my bedroom I have a shiny black HDTV, shiny black PS3 and shiny black Xbox 360 and I can never seem to keep them clean.

Dusting them with a micro fibre cloth cleans them for a few hours (although it sometimes just smears the dust about) but then dust starts to appear again and within a day or two its back to square one making the equipment look horrible.

I never had this problem when I had matt silver/black equipment. Dust didn't seem to stick very much to them. I dusted my PS3 last night and there is already quite a bit of visible dust whereas my old matt black GameCube looks really nice and clean (and I dusted them at the same time).

Has anyone got any advice on keeping this stuff clean?
Chris Frost
21-05-2011
You can't... Dust shows up more readily on black gear. Polishing with any sort of cloth that increases static charge will attract more dust. Try a damp cloth, but at the end of the day every house has dust, and bedrooms are perhaps the most dust prone because of the amount of fabric which is one source of dust.

There was the same a mount of dust on your silver gear, but you just didn't notice it as quickly because the colour helps hide it. It's why silver is a popular car colour, it stays cleaner "looking" longer but in reality it's just as mucky as any other colour.
Izak
21-05-2011
Originally Posted by Chris Frost:
“You can't... Dust shows up more readily on black gear. Polishing with any sort of cloth that increases static charge will attract more dust. Try a damp cloth, but at the end of the day every house has dust, and bedrooms are perhaps the most dust prone because of the amount of fabric which is one source of dust.

There was the same a mount of dust on your silver gear, but you just didn't notice it as quickly because the colour helps hide it. It's why silver is a popular car colour, it stays cleaner "looking" longer but in reality it's just as mucky as any other colour.”

I use a micro fibre cloth which I always thought was anti-static.

I suppose I could use a damp cloth on my TV stand but don't fancy cleaning my PS3 or 360 because of them being electrical.
Bill.Moo
21-05-2011
Originally Posted by Izak:
“I use a micro fibre cloth which I always thought was anti-static.

I suppose I could use a damp cloth on my TV stand but don't fancy cleaning my PS3 or 360 because of them being electrical.”

So what does your TV run on Gas?
Alan Thew
21-05-2011
What I do is to get a duster thoroughly sodden with water, then wring it out as hard as possible, so it feels barely damp at all. This seems to leave it pretty anti-static, and being just-nearly-damp it wipes shiny black surfaces nice and clean. I use this on all my TV and hifi equipment. The dust will all be back in a few days though whatever you do.
kinetic747
21-05-2011
Pledge Fluffy Dusters are pretty good if you wipe them over once a day.
geordielady
21-05-2011
Its impossible, I have a Sony TV and it really hard to get dust off the shiny black plastic, nothing seems to get it all off and if you do manage to clean it a bit in a few hours it comes back.
Izak
21-05-2011
Originally Posted by Bill.Moo:
“So what does your TV run on Gas? ”

I put 'TV Stand' which I could clean with a damp cloth! Its just a lump of shiny plastic that wouldn't be harmed by water.

However nice shiny stuff looks when its new and clean, I would prefer matt surfaces as it doesn't 'seem' to attract dust quite as badly.

Shiny surface = dust magnet
neo_wales
21-05-2011
The easiest way by far is to do what I do, employ a cleaner three mornings a week, not a spot of dust in my house
spiney2
21-05-2011
Use catnip spray?

(needs a cat to work).
late8
22-05-2011
A decent air filter/purifier in the room with AV equipment can reduce the amount of dust by extracting it from the air before it lands.
Bill.Moo
22-05-2011
Originally Posted by late8:
“A decent air filter/purifier in the room with AV equipment can reduce the amount of dust by extracting it from the air before it lands.”

Ideally with an ioniser builtin as well.
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Bill
mllfap
22-05-2011
Keep the PS3 and other units in a cabinet with doors where possible.
This minimises dust collection.
MY cabinet is made of wooden struts with glass shelves and doors - but then all the glass attracts the dust instead.

You can't eliminate it entirely as silver is no longer available for many devices.
pocatello
23-05-2011
Antistatic cleaningg spray.
I don't know, it might depend on the device, one of my panasonic plasmas seems to repell dust. It might be the placement in the room/air currents etc.
mllfap
23-05-2011
Originally Posted by pocatello:
“Antistatic cleaningg spray.
I don't know, it might depend on the device, one of my panasonic plasmas seems to repell dust. It might be the placement in the room/air currents etc.”

One thing I did notice when switching from CRT to LCD was that the screen does not attract dust which was a real pain with CRT.
Shame my Full HD set has added black borders that my HD Ready didn't , which does attract dust though.

If you have several devices I cannot recommend Stands Unique highly enough for minimising dust.
They are pricey but they last forever - mines 12 years old and is as good as the day I bought it.

The one in the picture has one of their own centre speakers but these are optional .
I just fitted my own existing ones on their own stands

http://www.standsunique.com/popupIma...inultimate.jpg

http://www.standsunique.com/productr...i/ultimate.htm
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