Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: The book brush

By: Darrel

Darrel — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:41:46 +0000

Best way to clean books is to use a clean Paint Brush, works wonders and does not damage books, I use this to clean my own books and that of my clients books.

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Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:22:08 +0000

[...] need to start with the silly & introduce you to the $80 book brush. What a small price to pay to be able to dust off the top of your books! If you love sarcasm as [...]

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:34:52 +0000

@Laddibugg: oh but of course, i couldn’t live without it XD

By: Laddibugg

Laddibugg — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:32:19 +0000

Is this one Unitasker that NO ONE has expressed some sort of need for?!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:10:32 +0000

Anyone notice that the bristles are different lengths? That’s great if you have books that are just the right height, and arranged properly (as in the picture). Otherwise you’re liable to have trouble trying to get the right length bunch of bristles on the top of a book.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:54:22 +0000

I bought one of these fake book brushes, but I kept mistaking it for the fake book that opened the secret bookcase doorway down to my hidden mad-scientist laboratory.

By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:34:25 +0000

They cost more, but two long-haired cats take care of our book dust just fine, and look much more adorable while doing it.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:14:43 +0000

Wont the brush push dust down into the pages?

By: TC

TC — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:54:06 +0000

Actually, the 3 for $1 from the dollar store not-real-feather dusters I have are fine for the job! (Yes, I have a lot of books. I do not consider them clutter, so no use trying to convince me otherwise. )

I often laugh at these, but this one blew me away. I mean…for real? This is for real????

By: Skeemer118

Skeemer118 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:27:27 +0000

What if I put the book duster on the bookshelf but because it looks like a book, I can’t find it? Does it then collect dust also?

*sigh* I’m on the verge of tears just thinking about it.

By: Kara

Kara — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:57:41 +0000

I think books should smell a little musty in order for them to be appreciated. Who wants to pull a book off the shelf without a little dust coming off with it

By: RRR

RRR — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:57:36 +0000

Boy I feel slow. I didn’t get that “The movie brush was better.” comment until I got down to Erin’s reply. Then I had a nice chuckle.

By: The book brush. « Condalmo.

The book brush. « Condalmo. — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:27:06 +0000

[...] Say what? I don’t know about you, but I have a serious problem with dust covered books in my home. I’m always trying to dust off my books, but there isn’t an easy way to do it. I usually resort to pounding the books together in the back yard and I end up with a mouthful of dust. There has to be a better way! [...]

By: cheryll

cheryll — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:33:09 +0000

Well, I was just complaining today that I had finally gotten rid of all those carpets that I hate to clean (because you can’t ever, really, clean them)…and now my books are VERY dusty. Turns out that wood and stone floors do not trap as much dust as carpet does! Who knew?
I dusted books about once a year (and we have enough to be a library branch) with carpets. Now I must do it about every other month……
But, $80?! For that much, I could have a Molly Maid come do the entire house. Maybe the windows, too!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:16:06 +0000

Does it come with a USB attachment?

By: Fit Bottomed Girls

Fit Bottomed Girls — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:15:08 +0000

$80 is beyond absurd. Maybe at the dollar store…maybe.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:00:01 +0000

“Bah! The movie brush was better.”

Ha ha ha!! Brilliant.

By: sdavis

sdavis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:43:43 +0000

$80.00???????????
What can possibly justify the cost of this thing?
We have a Miele vacuum cleaner (by far the best designed vacuum I have ever used) which contains a brush attachment that works just fine for this task.
My BF also recommends a Swiffer.
Between us, we own hundreds of books. We weed out books periodically and give them away, but our books are important and we do read a good number of them (or use them for reference) I think that some anti-clutter people are a little hysterical when it comes to books. If you are going to accumulate something, it might as well be books. Now, magazines, that’s another story.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:05:46 +0000

I have a lot of books, and the tops of them get dusty. But a brush seems like the wrong approach – it just pushes the dust around. I find that a lambs wool duster works really well for this, since it attracts the dust and holds it until you can shake it off outside. One of the Swiffer dusting cloths also works. (My books are too closely spaced to use a vacuum attachment, but that’s also a good idea.)

By: Sky

Sky — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:10:12 +0000

Why can’t I think of something like this for $80 and make a killing??
But wait….there’s more!