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How to Use Dowels for Housekeeping by KurtZier1 Zier
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How to Use Dowels for Housekeeping |
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Wooden dowels have a variety of uses in home improvement projects as well as carpentry. Dowels can be put to use in a lot of other ways including some that are more creative. One way to put dowels to different uses is by creating a means for dowels to aid in maintenance and cleaning of the home. Dowels can be used to create inexpensive cleaning supplies to make housekeeping more efficient. The dowels can be used to create homemade dusters and can be constructed with items already around the house. Get some inexpensive dish towels along with the dowels and cut the cloths lengthwise into strips approximately one inch wide. Glue several of these strips together with a hot glue gun so that they are glued one strip on top of another on one end of each cut strip. Do this to create several strip components created from the smaller ones. Glue the cloth strip components to the end of the dowels, gluing the back cloth around the circumference of the dowels. You can use thick rubber bands to wrap around the glued section of the dowels to provide additional support. Use dowels that are sized to your preference and comfort as you can create duster dowels of multiple lengths suited for different tasks. These dusters made with dowels can be used to reach several areas that can be difficult with a duster of standard length. These dowels can reach the corners of upper walls to clear out cobwebs, the tops of high objects such as bookcases, or to clean off ceiling fans. These dusting dowels are good to use on air vents as well, both low and high, to clean out any dust that has collected. The additional length provided by the dowels can be useful for dusting underneath furniture on hardwood or tiled floors. The dowels can help give the additional length to pull out small objects that may have fallen underneath as well. Light fixtures and chandeliers can also be dusted more easily with these dowels as they can be difficult to remove or reach without the dowels. The handmade cleaners with dowels can also be used while wet. The cloths on the ends of the dowels can be wet, turning them into smaller scale mops. This smaller size allows for the mop dowels to be used for more precise control during cleaning and can allow the dowels to access hard to reach spots. Dowels can reach areas such as underneath furniture or the corners of the floors. The wet mop dowels can also be used for cleaning baseboards and window sills. Using the wet cloth end of one of these dowels can also be a useful means of cleaning the insides of garbage cans. The dowels can help eliminate the need for using gloves while reaching in to clean out the cans. Cleaning with dowels can be done with outdoor projects as well since the dowels can aid with cleaning hubcaps, grills, fenders, and other areas of vehicles. The dowels can also help to clean vinyl siding or high windows.
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