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Chapter 5.
DUSTING
Stock your carryall tray with the following items:
1 spray bottle of Blue Juice
1 spray bottle of Red Juice
10 cleaning cloths
vacuum attachments
1 duster
1 whisk broom
1 bottle of furniture polish
1 polishing cloth
1 spare vacuum belt
1 spare vacuum bag
Stock your cleaning apron with:
1 scraper
1 toothbrush
1 razor-blade holder with a sharp blade (optional)
2 plastic bags (as apron liners) with clips
Definition
The Duster's job is to start cleaning the house except for the
kitchen and bathroom. This work is drier than the work in the
kitchen and bathroom: less spraying and wiping. There are
several rooms involved, but they go faster, and there are no
floors to wash—except wiping up an occasional drip of
something. If you're going to work in a team, the Duster is also
the team leader. We’ll talk about that in Chapter 9.
Strategy
The strategy here is similar to the one for the kitchen and
bathroom: Start in one place and then work your way through
the rooms without backtracking, using The PMC Rules.
As before, work from back to front and from high to low. For the
Duster, this instruction takes on additional importance: dust
follows a relentless gravitational path downward, diverted only
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