Removing Dust

[Beano Boy]

i use a 2 inch brush on my Honey Well buildings, sort of every 6 or 7 years .
The dust then being turned into HO OO allotments. Waste not, Want not. BB

[Bluefalchion]

Then how do you save the dust?

[Peter]

I am smarter than that, kind sir! I asked her for an old cosmetics brush or a lighted display case, and she produced item no. 1 in short order.

[Graeme]

I am smarter than that, kind sir! I asked her for an old cosmetics brush or a lighted display case, and she produced item no. 1 in short order.

It's a good thing you didn't ask for the French Maid.

For individual figures a camera brush with an air puffer bulb is another option.

For a whole shelf of figures, one of the guys on another forum reported that he used a motorised nylon duster. The nylon dusters with very fine, long hairs generate a static charge that attracts dust, but if you have a lot of unbased individual figures I think this might have the same effect as a double charge of cannister.

[Bluefalchion]

Thanks for the tip, Graeme. I never want to reinvent the wheel. I am pretty sure that most problems I run into have already been encountered, and sorted, by the veteran hobbyists of this forum. Sure enough...

[MABO]

By the way, I tried the cosmetics brush and it worked just perfectly. Man I love this forum.

Only problem is, while cleaning off the dust, I spotted some mistakes on a figure I painted 4 years ago. Aaaargh!

I am happy to read that it worked.
And do not worry about mistakes. The way it is, not the final result.

[T. Dürrschmidt]

For my figures I always use "cyberclean" putty for cleaning dust off my diorama figures. It works very good with figures and it completely removes the dust.

[Bluefalchion]

Thanks Thomas. If the old cosmetic brush wears out, I will give it a try.

[Kekso]

She comes twice a week.

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