Understanding How Dust Moves and Settles

To clean effectively, it helps to understand your opponent: dust. Dust doesn’t just land and stay put. It’s constantly moving—circulating with air currents, rising when disturbed, and resettling onto surfaces throughout the day. Fine particles can remain airborne for hours, especially in low-ventilation areas or homes without active air filtration. Once they settle, they cling to horizontal surfaces, soft materials, and even the insides of electronics, books, and textured fabrics.

Activities like walking through a room, adjusting a ceiling fan, or vacuuming without proper filters can stir dust back into the air, undoing your cleaning efforts. That’s why effective dust control is about more than just wiping things down. It involves managing air movement, choosing the right tools and filters, and establishing a routine that prevents particles from building up in the first place. In this course, we’ll show you how to get ahead of dust—not just chase it after it’s already settled.