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

I have a custom cloth cover for the dust cover of my old SOTA Star Sapphire.  I don't recall who made it, but it's nice not to have to dust the turntable's acrylic dust cover often.

I use a combination of my vacuum and impregnated dust rags for dusting the gear racks.  There are some tight spaces on the sides of the gear that is in enclosed cabinets that can be hard to reach, especially for gear that has rackmount facies, but that dust on the shelves is not all that harmful.

An important bit of occasional maintenance is to open the covers of my amps and blow out the dust inside.  I've only done this once in the 35 years I've had them.  I keep clear plastic covers on them when they're not on, so that reduces the dust accumulation externally and internally.

drmuso, Do you then need a cover for the custom cloth cover for the acrylic dust cover of the SOTA? (Sorry, could not resist.)

vetsc5 I am not seeing the kit on the HF website… can you help with a link from another source, or pictures?

Never use a vacuum cleaner around tubes.....

Never heard this one before - why?