Dustless clothes ?

[Skybuck Flying]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

 

[old jon]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And
not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder
if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

Some people have vacuum cleaners, and use them to keep their house
clean.
bw..OJ

 

[GT]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And
not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder
if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

Men don't do dusting or housework - I know because I am one. We like gadgets
and toys. We like to be clean, but generally can't quite be bothered enough
to get up and do something about it. Its a terrible admission, but true!! I
recently bought myself a new 'boys toy' - an iRobot Roomba. Its an automatic
(robotic) hoover. You turn it on when you go out and come back to a hoovered
house (the going out part is optional, but an ideal excuse to go to the
pub). I found that this toy reduces the amount of dust generally about the
house. We used to have to dust skirting boards and other things, but when
the dust level is lower on the carpet, it seems to be generally lower
everywhere else too.

OR...

You could take up nudism and loose the clothes. Wrap yourself in cling-film,
then no skin particles can escape - just don't fart!

 

[HankG]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

How about the pharmaceutical industry. It requires the use of special garb
to eliminate/reduce particulates and germs. More importanly, the
environment is specially treated to reduce sheding of particulates.
Environmental surfaces are chosen/treated to be impervious (hard, dust-free,
non-shedding).

What's the percentage of the above ?

We worked to 'Class 100' air standards, which translates to 100 particles
(or less) per cubic foot, of a size of 0.5 micrometer (millionth of a meter)
or less.

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

See following. Failing that, synthetic fibers would tend to dust less.

What kind of fabrics ?

Most clean-room garb is made of Tyvek which is dust-free (for all practical
purposes). You might get a little warm wearing it as it is a moisture
barrier (house wrap) and your sweat will not evaporate. Dacron was also
used. It also makes one warm.

HankG

 

[Tim Williams]

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

Sounds familiar...
<I work in my bedroom most of the time, so that's like...16 hours a day in
here...>

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).
Ya.

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

If they shedded that much, you'd have literally no bed sheets in a week. ;-)

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

Well, production uses tight clothes and strong ventilation (replacing air in
the room several times an hour). But floor and ceiling grates and massive
fans and filters aren't practical or possible in an apartment.

Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

You might try... showering more often, add fans and filters, or replace
your furnace filter more often at least, or just keep going around and
blowing the dust out of your computer and whatever every couple weeks.

Tim

 

[David Maynard]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

Well, you hit two sources but 'dust' comes from hundreds, thousands, nay
millions of sources, depending on how one catalogues it. Take plant pollen
as just one example. That gives you a few million sources right there.
Decaying biomatter. Walk over some dead leaves and, poof, you man-made some
more 'dust' or, rather, just speeded up the process a bit. And mother
nature ensures that any and everything even remotely resembling 'dust' will
get nicely and effectively distributed to every conceivable nook and cranny
of the planet by wind even if it didn't adhere to and get transported by
every moving object.

Unless you live in a filtered clean-room there's going to be 'dust'.

 

[Jim Thompson]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.
[snip]
What kind of clothes produce less dust ?
Clean.


What kind of fabrics ?
Clean.


Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

What kind of heating system?

A space heater generally has no filtration system, it just stirs up
the dust. Solution: Dust furniture and vacuum often. And/or get an
electrostatic air cleaner... they are available as stand-alone units.

Central air has replaceable or cleanable filters. Change/clean them
monthly.

Or hire a cleaning service ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[Simian Dyson]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And
not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder
if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

Two tips: dust and vacuum twice a week, and keep the windows and doors shut
if temps allow it. If I didn't live with a woman who is cleaning nut, I
wouldn't have a clue about how clean (or dirty) a house can quickly get.
I'ts not your clothes, unless you work in a dusty environment and track it
in.

 

[David Maynard]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

[snip]

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

Clean.


What kind of fabrics ?

Clean.

Technically speaking, 'dirty' clothes don't 'product' dust but have
collected some amount of what was previously produced by other sources. Or,
at least, the 'dirty' part doesn't.

On the other hand, clean clothes (and by extension 'dirty' ones too) *do*
produce 'dust' by gradual disintegration of the fabric through wear;
flaking, thread breakage, etc.

You have a practical point, though

 

[Inglo]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

http://www.pcs-clean.com/

--
"I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have
answers which might be wrong"

Richard P. Feynman

Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
www.inglostadt.com

 

[jutek]

i heard that we produce 15kg dust per year from skin moulting

regards

 

[philo]

<snip>

yep that's it...
you are making your own dust...
some day you will be ALL dust

Some people have vacuum cleaners, and use them to keep their house
clean.

yep...
we have two vacuum cleaners in out house...
don't know where they are though...
but they are under the dust someplace

 

[FredK]

Hello. Please direct your personal grooming problems to an appropriate
group.

 

[Paul]

This fits to a central heating system and cleans the recirculated air.
Vacuum your room, have the air ducts in the heating system cleaned
with a vacuum cleaner, then turn this thing on. Expect to have to
remove and clean the filters frequently at first, and a bit less as
time passes.

http://europe.hbc.honeywell.com/products/pdf/en0r8478uk07r1204.pdf

This would be a bit extreme for your bedroom
(Bunny suits to contain human particulate...)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/1999/04/19/BU86426.DTL&o=3

Paul

 

[Emperor's New Widescreen]

95% of household dust dead flakes of human skin.
You can reduce it by taking a bath every 10 years or so.

 

[Bill D.]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

Sheeeze, you guys all gotta turn the damn computer off once a
month, get yourselves a (Tim the Tool Man) super sized, gas
powered leaf blower, open all the doors and windows and get all
that crap dumped outside.

--
"ACK",
Bill D.
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" Now just look..... they're burning the `Porta-Potties' "
........ OPUS

 

[Rick Jones]

Sheeeze, you guys all gotta turn the damn computer off once a
month, get yourselves a (Tim the Tool Man) super sized, gas
powered leaf blower, open all the doors and windows and get all
that crap dumped outside.

The proper 'Tim the Tool Man' sic Taylor (US sitcom reference for
those not familiar with the show) equivalent for a computer geek would
be to go to Fry's (Silicon Valley reference) and rig-up a device
(computer controlled) that used a reasonably large, power-of-two
number of cans of dust-off. Extra points would be awarded for
creating a dual-use device that could function as a personal jet pack.

The more prosaic version would be based on cooling fans reused from
old computers.



rick jones

 

[Neil Maxwell]

What kind of fabrics ?

High-end wafer fabs use a gore-tex/nylon combination to provide a dust
barrier and allow perspiration to escape. This keeps the dust from
both your body and your clothes away from the wafers. There's
generally a helmet that keeps the particulate-laden breath away while
keeping the head covered.
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/photos/manufacturing_photos.htm

You would need for all of your fabrics to be replaced with something
similar (carpet, sheets, futon covers, etc), and you would need
filters on all openings that let outside air in, as well as an airlock
on your doors. Exposed wood, cardboard, and paint would be out,
replaced or covered by plastics and stainless steel.

Food preparation would have to be done in an isolated room. You'd
also have to do a very thorough cleaning before, during, and after the
installation of all this stuff, with a highly filtered vacuum.

I've probably missed a few things, but that'll get you started. You
could probably get to class 1000 without too much effort and expense,
but costs would increase exponentially as you got to progressively
lower levels.

 

[OldFartJC]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And
not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

I am really starting to wonder where all this dust is coming from.

My first guess is:

1. My own body, lot's of hairs and little hairs and stuff like that (cells
dieing off).

2. My clothes and maybe bed sheets.

Since producing electronics/chips requires to keep the dust out I wonder
if
maybe you guys (?) know something about all this ?

What's the percentage of the above ?

What kind of clothes produce less dust ?

What kind of fabrics ?

Bye,
Skybuck (Who would like to reduce the dust in his house LOL )

What a waste of a thread, not even funny or nVidia related.

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

Hello,

My appartment is almost always full with dust, dust, dust and dust. And not
just sandy banks of dust but large dust clouds as well

Get a maid. Make sure you get one that looks good in one of those
'french maid' outfits, with the short skirt and all.

;-)
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