Are you on Team Dust First, or Team Vacuum First?

In one of Galaxy Maids’s recent expert features, we weigh in on the importance of dusting and vacuuming in the appropriate sequence. The feature is on Family Handyman, the DIYers best friend, offering a variety of print and digital resources for do-it-yourself homeowners. Their forte is accurate and complete how-to instructions for improving homes, yards, and vehicles.

Here are some key quotes, provided by us, to Family Handyman to Dust vs Vacuum first.

“You’ll still want to clean the higher-up areas and then vacuum the floor towards the end,” says the New York cleaning service provider Galaxy Maids. “In cleaning, you want to address the high-up areas and work your way down, then clean the lower areas and floors.”

To further add to the sequence of cleaning activities, the bigger concern is usually around the dusting step with respect to the dust falling to the floor and not getting vacuumed up in the end. If you vacuum your floor first and then dust down a cabinet then there will be dust and smaller items that vacuuming the floor will pick up.

As a reminder, you definitely want to complete all of your dry cleanings before wet cleaning. Dust and vacuum before wet wiping down ornaments or shelves, glassware or polishing wooden furniture, etc. This will actually be the bigger concern from a sequential ordering that the dusting vs vacuuming sequence.  

You can browse through the full article ‘Should You Dust or Vacuum First?’ by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper on the Family Handyman site.