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How do you cope with dust build up ?

Over the years I am constantly battling dust build up. Although I dust with feather duster, there are places that you cannot get to unless you disconnect equipment and or move equipment ( in my case very difficult to do).
I'm pretty sure that the dust build-up is a major problem with equipment. It gets into the cases, on the drivers, on the connections.. pretty much everywhere.
What do most of you do about this?
My LP collection suffers same fate and it's in a cabinet..
Not a sealed cabinet however. Yes the Lp's are in sealed covers( mostly) but dust builds up on covers etc.
Any suggestions?
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dougeyjones
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Yep, I wish I could use an ionic purifier, but you guys running two in small rooms are very likely damaging your lungs in the process. 

It’s common knowledge in the past decade that they produce ozone which is a lung irritant among other things. 
frogman
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+1 “Swifters” !!!!!!!!!

Swifters can be slipped in those tight spaces between the top and bottom of your components and the equipment rack shelves; and will “grab” a very good percentage of the dust, and not just move it around. In between the cable morass behind your components and even between the exposed tubes in my monoblocs (powered down, of course).  Safe to gently remove dust from speaker cones. What I do is, with my other hand I run a hand-vac and hold it close to the places that I am “Swifting” to suck up any dust that the Swifter does not grab. Works great!
tlong1958
158 posts
 
Keep that swifter away from your phono cartridge 
frogman
7,441 posts
 
Of course.  Does a great job on every other part of my ttable.
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oregonpapa
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daveyf  ...

I have two of there in the house. Very effective and when running, keeps the air crystal clear ... and I live in a dust bowl surrounded by hills that are barren because of recent fires.

https://www.honeywellstore.com/store/products/honeywell-50250-true-hepa-germ-fighting-allergen-reducer-air-purifier.htm
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