Dusting gear and turntable


I've decided I need to do a better job keeping my gear/rack clean.  Despite the wipe down and vacuum every few months I need a weekly solution.  Looking at a feather duster but I think that is just going to spread stuff around.  Also looking at the Swiffer duster.  Something to help reduce static would be great also.  I remember Millercarbon saying he would wipe everything down with dryer sheets.  I won't be doing that but definitely more frequent cleanings.  Especially on top where the TT sits and dusting the TT itself.

I just did a search and read what I could but any ideas welcome. 

Thanks 

pkatsuleas

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FWIW:  I HATE dusting!  It's a thankless job!  However, when necessary, I use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter.  Since the late 70s, however, I've been in the habit of using dust covers to entirely cover my TT, amp and CD transport when not in use.  I had some old computer & office equipment dust covers that work perfectly for this.  Aesthetics be damned!  When the music is playing and the dust covers are off, of course, everything looks pretty.  When not, well, dust is the enemy of any electronic equipment, and I don't give a damn about the aesthetics.  When removing the dust covers, of course, even though there isn't much dust on them to speak of, I walk them gently to another room or the porch and shake them out.  I'm surprised some clever audiophile marketer hasn't already devised a way to manufacture custom dust covers for this and sell them for the usual exorbitant audiophile equipment prices ... or have they?  

@dwette thanks for the lead.  However, 400 bucks for a dust cover?  Probably more for custom jobs?  If you're handy and have the appropriate tools, you can buy plexiglass panels from a building supplies store, cut 'em down with a glass cutter and do the appropriate joinery yourself, thereby avoiding the labor charge.  The computer & office equipment dust covers are way cheaper, overall, as long as you don't mind the aesthetics issue.  Still, thanks for the lead!

P.S.  Arts & Crafts stores like Michael's sometime have plexiglass cases in various sizes that you could use as a dust cover for a whole lot cheaper.