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alv51 t1_isz2yzq wrote

Reply to comment by Neither-Cup564 in What can I buy to get rid of dust? [Please Help Me] by admiralamott

I’ve seen claims that wool rugs can keep allergens out of the air though, and that with wooden floors microscopic particles tend to float around invisibly a lot more in the air we breathe, even with the same amount of cleaning. I don’t know how true it is but is was interesting to read.

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apprpm t1_isz6fs9 wrote

Well, both are true in different ways. The dust would get trapped in the wool rug as it drifted down out of the air, but then when you walk on or vacuum the rug, a bit of dust will be stirred up. In a perfect world, you’d have bare wood floors that you vacuumed daily with a HEPA filtered vacuum. You could have cotton throw rugs if you washed them in a sanitary cycle twice a week. A good compromise is the good wool area rugs that you vacuum weekly.

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