How do you deal with dust on a layout?

[GG1 guy]

I've seen several good layouts that were very well done, but had dust on everything in sight, which really detracted from the layout.  I realize that some things are very delicate & not easily dusted.  What's the best way to keep dust off a layout, or remove it if it's already there?

[Boyd]

Give your cat catnip and lock it in the room for 2 hours. Let cat out, put a box fan in a window to blow outside. Put all the cars back on the track and your done.

[arkady]

I don't even have a layout yet -- my wife and I are planning on moving in a year or so -- but dust is already a problem. I have a lot of my trains on display shelves, and everything has to be dusted every week or so, or it looks unsightly.

I can only imagine that same dust on a layout, with its fragile scenery materials, tiny human figures, buildings and miniature automobiles. Putting an air filter in the layout room is probably the safest bet, but I'm not sure I've ever read a really good way of handling the dust problem.

[nickaix]

 Canned air is helpful--provided everything is glued down.  It's far from perfect--there is always a thin patina that remains--but at least it gets the worst of it.

[Boyd]

 Maybe an "O" scale tornado is an accessory someone could start manufacturing.

[Hudson#685]

 

1. Live with it. I use a dusting brush that I bought in a hobby shop. I also use compressed air, regulated low. and I dust with Pledge. I remove items, clean them well and put them back. I just live with it and enjoy them.

John 

[fifedog]

I just run the trains really, really fast.

[traindaddy1]

GG1 Guy:  I had a thread 4/23/06 on the subject.  There were some interesting replies. Search posts by Traindaddy1 "dust"

[Plankowner110]

 Attach a toy pinwheel on the front of your fastest passenger train!