cleaning irritates my lungs

[dbtoo]

I've owned a rainbow vacuum for 14 years! IT's great, any vacuum with a water filtration system. Not sue if any others do. It works fantastice, very expensive though. You can find them used for a couple hundred bucks. With water filtration, NO dust gets back into the air!

I also recommend a sears kenmore hepa filter. They're about 300 bucks, but man they do work. I use my vacuum and clean the filter every two weeks.

 

[dbtoo]

I've owned a rainbow vacuum for 14 years! IT's great, any vacuum with a water filtration system. Not sue if any others do. It works fantastice, very expensive though. You can find them used for a couple hundred bucks. With water filtration, NO dust gets back into the air!

I also recommend a sears kenmore hepa filter. They're about 300 bucks, but man they do work. I use my vacuum and clean the filter every two weeks.

 

[dbtoo]

I've owned a rainbow vacuum for 14 years! IT's great, any vacuum with a water filtration system. Not sue if any others do. It works fantastice, very expensive though. You can find them used for a couple hundred bucks. With water filtration, NO dust gets back into the air!

I also recommend a sears kenmore hepa filter. They're about 300 bucks, but man they do work. I use my vacuum and clean the filter every two weeks.

 

[dbtoo]

I've owned a rainbow vacuum for 14 years! IT's great, any vacuum with a water filtration system. Not sue if any others do. It works fantastice, very expensive though. You can find them used for a couple hundred bucks. With water filtration, NO dust gets back into the air!

I also recommend a sears kenmore hepa filter. They're about 300 bucks, but man they do work. I use my vacuum and clean the filter every two weeks.

 

[dbtoo]

I've owned a rainbow vacuum for 14 years! IT's great, any vacuum with a water filtration system. Not sue if any others do. It works fantastice, very expensive though. You can find them used for a couple hundred bucks. With water filtration, NO dust gets back into the air!

I also recommend a sears kenmore hepa filter. They're about 300 bucks, but man they do work. I use my vacuum and clean the filter every two weeks.

 

[mamerth]

I agree... I have become more irritated by cleaning solutions (lung wise). Hubby sprayed some window cleaner the other day and it came my direction. I started coughing almost instantly. I use a mask with most cleaners-- with fumes. I stopped using bleach for cleaning or laundry.

I vacuum every other day just to keep dust and dirt down. I use a damp cloth diaper to do my dusting and no cleaner. It really work well. Doggie hair is my biggest struggle right now (the dog stays in the kitchen). I have to vacuum my kitchen rugs almost daily... I even vacuum the tile floor with the hose on my vacuum-- it has a hepa filter.

 

[mamerth]

I agree... I have become more irritated by cleaning solutions (lung wise). Hubby sprayed some window cleaner the other day and it came my direction. I started coughing almost instantly. I use a mask with most cleaners-- with fumes. I stopped using bleach for cleaning or laundry.

I vacuum every other day just to keep dust and dirt down. I use a damp cloth diaper to do my dusting and no cleaner. It really work well. Doggie hair is my biggest struggle right now (the dog stays in the kitchen). I have to vacuum my kitchen rugs almost daily... I even vacuum the tile floor with the hose on my vacuum-- it has a hepa filter.

 

[mamerth]

I agree... I have become more irritated by cleaning solutions (lung wise). Hubby sprayed some window cleaner the other day and it came my direction. I started coughing almost instantly. I use a mask with most cleaners-- with fumes. I stopped using bleach for cleaning or laundry.

I vacuum every other day just to keep dust and dirt down. I use a damp cloth diaper to do my dusting and no cleaner. It really work well. Doggie hair is my biggest struggle right now (the dog stays in the kitchen). I have to vacuum my kitchen rugs almost daily... I even vacuum the tile floor with the hose on my vacuum-- it has a hepa filter.

 

[mamerth]

I agree... I have become more irritated by cleaning solutions (lung wise). Hubby sprayed some window cleaner the other day and it came my direction. I started coughing almost instantly. I use a mask with most cleaners-- with fumes. I stopped using bleach for cleaning or laundry.

I vacuum every other day just to keep dust and dirt down. I use a damp cloth diaper to do my dusting and no cleaner. It really work well. Doggie hair is my biggest struggle right now (the dog stays in the kitchen). I have to vacuum my kitchen rugs almost daily... I even vacuum the tile floor with the hose on my vacuum-- it has a hepa filter.

 

[mamerth]

I agree... I have become more irritated by cleaning solutions (lung wise). Hubby sprayed some window cleaner the other day and it came my direction. I started coughing almost instantly. I use a mask with most cleaners-- with fumes. I stopped using bleach for cleaning or laundry.

I vacuum every other day just to keep dust and dirt down. I use a damp cloth diaper to do my dusting and no cleaner. It really work well. Doggie hair is my biggest struggle right now (the dog stays in the kitchen). I have to vacuum my kitchen rugs almost daily... I even vacuum the tile floor with the hose on my vacuum-- it has a hepa filter.

 

[lightNlife]

I also use a HEPA vaccuum and a Swiffer Wet on my floors. Also, if I'm doing any cleaning I move my Bionaire HEPA tower into the room I'm working in and crank it up full blast. I also wear a mask if the one doing the cleaning. Mostly though, I ask my husband to take care of the chores that aggravate my lungs. It's a trade-off in how we handle the chores in the house.

If you're working with strong chemicals to clean stuff, I recommend you switch to something safer like Simple Green.

 

[lightNlife]

I also use a HEPA vaccuum and a Swiffer Wet on my floors. Also, if I'm doing any cleaning I move my Bionaire HEPA tower into the room I'm working in and crank it up full blast. I also wear a mask if the one doing the cleaning. Mostly though, I ask my husband to take care of the chores that aggravate my lungs. It's a trade-off in how we handle the chores in the house.

If you're working with strong chemicals to clean stuff, I recommend you switch to something safer like Simple Green.

 

[lightNlife]

I also use a HEPA vaccuum and a Swiffer Wet on my floors. Also, if I'm doing any cleaning I move my Bionaire HEPA tower into the room I'm working in and crank it up full blast. I also wear a mask if the one doing the cleaning. Mostly though, I ask my husband to take care of the chores that aggravate my lungs. It's a trade-off in how we handle the chores in the house.

If you're working with strong chemicals to clean stuff, I recommend you switch to something safer like Simple Green.

 

[lightNlife]

I also use a HEPA vaccuum and a Swiffer Wet on my floors. Also, if I'm doing any cleaning I move my Bionaire HEPA tower into the room I'm working in and crank it up full blast. I also wear a mask if the one doing the cleaning. Mostly though, I ask my husband to take care of the chores that aggravate my lungs. It's a trade-off in how we handle the chores in the house.

If you're working with strong chemicals to clean stuff, I recommend you switch to something safer like Simple Green.

 

[lightNlife]

I also use a HEPA vaccuum and a Swiffer Wet on my floors. Also, if I'm doing any cleaning I move my Bionaire HEPA tower into the room I'm working in and crank it up full blast. I also wear a mask if the one doing the cleaning. Mostly though, I ask my husband to take care of the chores that aggravate my lungs. It's a trade-off in how we handle the chores in the house.

If you're working with strong chemicals to clean stuff, I recommend you switch to something safer like Simple Green.

 

[AnD]

I got a couple of these:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.breathehealthy.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=masks&Category_Code=allergy-masks
">http://www.breathehealthy.net/...ry_Code=allergy-masks
</a>

Alisha (Asexyblonde) recommended them here, and I really, really like them. I have a hepa filter vacuum, too, but I can't use it everywhere (like on the furniture, and the small spaces and quick vacuuming I do with my handheld/stick cordless beaterbar vac- cat hair everywhere!) so it has made a world of difference! They aren't as hard to breathe through as regular "paper" masks, and they are washable and comfortable (for a mask, of course <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

I have a swiffer(?) duster/stick thingy (sorry, I'm doing my vest, or I would get up to check the name) that works really well- especially in the car!

I also got a Scrubbing bubbles Automatic shower cleaner (lol) and I really like that.

Hydrogen peroxide I have read is good for cleaning things like bathroom and kitchen counters, and I only use water (as per our installers instructions) and a terrycloth flat mop head to clean our hardwoods. Occasionally, I will spray the wet mop with a little Lysol, if I think the floor needs it, and I have a relatively small Bissell steam cleaner for the throw rugs that don't go in the washing machine (3 area rugs). I just use a little carpet cleaner and water with that.

I almost never sweep- I even vacuum (with either my Oreck or the cordless) my kitchen floors (with the mask) because it stirs up so much dust to sweep. My cordless vac is $40 at Bed, Bath and Beyond ($32 with the 20% off coupon) and it is the 3rd one I've owned in - gosh, over 10 years, I would guess- and I love them. Only one has died on me- the first generation didn't have a removable battery, and the battery croaked.

I now have 2- one in each end of the house (I had a coupon for the new one that came with a bonus second battery-lol). It falls somewhere between sweeping and dusting <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> and is really easy. I can even vacuum the bathroom rugs with it, and it gets up cat litter, too <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . That with the mask has made cleaning so much easier on me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I hope some of this helped in some way!

 

[AnD]

I got a couple of these:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.breathehealthy.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=masks&Category_Code=allergy-masks
">http://www.breathehealthy.net/...ry_Code=allergy-masks
</a>

Alisha (Asexyblonde) recommended them here, and I really, really like them. I have a hepa filter vacuum, too, but I can't use it everywhere (like on the furniture, and the small spaces and quick vacuuming I do with my handheld/stick cordless beaterbar vac- cat hair everywhere!) so it has made a world of difference! They aren't as hard to breathe through as regular "paper" masks, and they are washable and comfortable (for a mask, of course <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

I have a swiffer(?) duster/stick thingy (sorry, I'm doing my vest, or I would get up to check the name) that works really well- especially in the car!

I also got a Scrubbing bubbles Automatic shower cleaner (lol) and I really like that.

Hydrogen peroxide I have read is good for cleaning things like bathroom and kitchen counters, and I only use water (as per our installers instructions) and a terrycloth flat mop head to clean our hardwoods. Occasionally, I will spray the wet mop with a little Lysol, if I think the floor needs it, and I have a relatively small Bissell steam cleaner for the throw rugs that don't go in the washing machine (3 area rugs). I just use a little carpet cleaner and water with that.

I almost never sweep- I even vacuum (with either my Oreck or the cordless) my kitchen floors (with the mask) because it stirs up so much dust to sweep. My cordless vac is $40 at Bed, Bath and Beyond ($32 with the 20% off coupon) and it is the 3rd one I've owned in - gosh, over 10 years, I would guess- and I love them. Only one has died on me- the first generation didn't have a removable battery, and the battery croaked.

I now have 2- one in each end of the house (I had a coupon for the new one that came with a bonus second battery-lol). It falls somewhere between sweeping and dusting <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> and is really easy. I can even vacuum the bathroom rugs with it, and it gets up cat litter, too <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . That with the mask has made cleaning so much easier on me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I hope some of this helped in some way!

 

[AnD]

I got a couple of these:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.breathehealthy.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=masks&Category_Code=allergy-masks
">http://www.breathehealthy.net/...ry_Code=allergy-masks
</a>

Alisha (Asexyblonde) recommended them here, and I really, really like them. I have a hepa filter vacuum, too, but I can't use it everywhere (like on the furniture, and the small spaces and quick vacuuming I do with my handheld/stick cordless beaterbar vac- cat hair everywhere!) so it has made a world of difference! They aren't as hard to breathe through as regular "paper" masks, and they are washable and comfortable (for a mask, of course <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

I have a swiffer(?) duster/stick thingy (sorry, I'm doing my vest, or I would get up to check the name) that works really well- especially in the car!

I also got a Scrubbing bubbles Automatic shower cleaner (lol) and I really like that.

Hydrogen peroxide I have read is good for cleaning things like bathroom and kitchen counters, and I only use water (as per our installers instructions) and a terrycloth flat mop head to clean our hardwoods. Occasionally, I will spray the wet mop with a little Lysol, if I think the floor needs it, and I have a relatively small Bissell steam cleaner for the throw rugs that don't go in the washing machine (3 area rugs). I just use a little carpet cleaner and water with that.

I almost never sweep- I even vacuum (with either my Oreck or the cordless) my kitchen floors (with the mask) because it stirs up so much dust to sweep. My cordless vac is $40 at Bed, Bath and Beyond ($32 with the 20% off coupon) and it is the 3rd one I've owned in - gosh, over 10 years, I would guess- and I love them. Only one has died on me- the first generation didn't have a removable battery, and the battery croaked.

I now have 2- one in each end of the house (I had a coupon for the new one that came with a bonus second battery-lol). It falls somewhere between sweeping and dusting <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> and is really easy. I can even vacuum the bathroom rugs with it, and it gets up cat litter, too <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . That with the mask has made cleaning so much easier on me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I hope some of this helped in some way!

 

[AnD]

I got a couple of these:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.breathehealthy.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=masks&Category_Code=allergy-masks
">http://www.breathehealthy.net/...ry_Code=allergy-masks
</a>

Alisha (Asexyblonde) recommended them here, and I really, really like them. I have a hepa filter vacuum, too, but I can't use it everywhere (like on the furniture, and the small spaces and quick vacuuming I do with my handheld/stick cordless beaterbar vac- cat hair everywhere!) so it has made a world of difference! They aren't as hard to breathe through as regular "paper" masks, and they are washable and comfortable (for a mask, of course <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

I have a swiffer(?) duster/stick thingy (sorry, I'm doing my vest, or I would get up to check the name) that works really well- especially in the car!

I also got a Scrubbing bubbles Automatic shower cleaner (lol) and I really like that.

Hydrogen peroxide I have read is good for cleaning things like bathroom and kitchen counters, and I only use water (as per our installers instructions) and a terrycloth flat mop head to clean our hardwoods. Occasionally, I will spray the wet mop with a little Lysol, if I think the floor needs it, and I have a relatively small Bissell steam cleaner for the throw rugs that don't go in the washing machine (3 area rugs). I just use a little carpet cleaner and water with that.

I almost never sweep- I even vacuum (with either my Oreck or the cordless) my kitchen floors (with the mask) because it stirs up so much dust to sweep. My cordless vac is $40 at Bed, Bath and Beyond ($32 with the 20% off coupon) and it is the 3rd one I've owned in - gosh, over 10 years, I would guess- and I love them. Only one has died on me- the first generation didn't have a removable battery, and the battery croaked.

I now have 2- one in each end of the house (I had a coupon for the new one that came with a bonus second battery-lol). It falls somewhere between sweeping and dusting <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> and is really easy. I can even vacuum the bathroom rugs with it, and it gets up cat litter, too <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . That with the mask has made cleaning so much easier on me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I hope some of this helped in some way!

 

[AnD]

I got a couple of these:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.breathehealthy.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=masks&Category_Code=allergy-masks
">http://www.breathehealthy.net/...ry_Code=allergy-masks
</a>

Alisha (Asexyblonde) recommended them here, and I really, really like them. I have a hepa filter vacuum, too, but I can't use it everywhere (like on the furniture, and the small spaces and quick vacuuming I do with my handheld/stick cordless beaterbar vac- cat hair everywhere!) so it has made a world of difference! They aren't as hard to breathe through as regular "paper" masks, and they are washable and comfortable (for a mask, of course <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ).

I have a swiffer(?) duster/stick thingy (sorry, I'm doing my vest, or I would get up to check the name) that works really well- especially in the car!

I also got a Scrubbing bubbles Automatic shower cleaner (lol) and I really like that.

Hydrogen peroxide I have read is good for cleaning things like bathroom and kitchen counters, and I only use water (as per our installers instructions) and a terrycloth flat mop head to clean our hardwoods. Occasionally, I will spray the wet mop with a little Lysol, if I think the floor needs it, and I have a relatively small Bissell steam cleaner for the throw rugs that don't go in the washing machine (3 area rugs). I just use a little carpet cleaner and water with that.

I almost never sweep- I even vacuum (with either my Oreck or the cordless) my kitchen floors (with the mask) because it stirs up so much dust to sweep. My cordless vac is $40 at Bed, Bath and Beyond ($32 with the 20% off coupon) and it is the 3rd one I've owned in - gosh, over 10 years, I would guess- and I love them. Only one has died on me- the first generation didn't have a removable battery, and the battery croaked.

I now have 2- one in each end of the house (I had a coupon for the new one that came with a bonus second battery-lol). It falls somewhere between sweeping and dusting <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> and is really easy. I can even vacuum the bathroom rugs with it, and it gets up cat litter, too <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> . That with the mask has made cleaning so much easier on me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> .

I hope some of this helped in some way!