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A Rare Occurrence
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Hey guys! I need some brainstorming.

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Okay, so my new apartment need furniture and I'm going to take the old couch from my family's garage. The problem is that it's over 25 years old, and has spent the last seven years in this garage collecting dust. I spent all day hitting it with a stick and it won't stop puffing dust. There's just so much in there! I need some ideas for getting this couch clean enough to be put back into active service.

Short Version
I've got in INCREDIBLY dusty couch to clean. How am I going to do it?

Extremely Short Version
Dusty couch! Help!

 

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Vacuum it?

 

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At work, I use highly compressed air to blow out the wood dust particles that get in my clothes.

At high pressure, it'll blow fucking anything out of there.

 

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Definitely vacuum it. Remove any loose covers and put through machine. You can use something like a Vax to clean the rest, but if it's not too bad, a little bit of washing powder in warm water usually works well.

 

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mmm...
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Vacuuming works, but it's boring. I suggest using a leaf blower.

 


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get two hot girls, in their skivvies, and wrestle them for hours until you can't even move on the couch, drink a red bull, lather, rinse, repeat.

 


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A Rare Occurrence
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I vacuumed already, found a pocket-knife i lost a year ago! I still have dust though.
I also worry about the millions of microscopic creatures that may be living in it. What should I do about that?

 

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I also worry about the millions of microscopic creatures that may be living in it. What should I do about that?

They are called dust mites and there are probably billions of them in there. In fact, a quarter of the weight of the couch now could be dead dust mites. Furthermore, all the "dust" that puffs up when you hit it, probably the mites.

 

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You might be stuch with a dusty couch?

 


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The true answer to this dilemma lies in economics. First, you find all sorts of cheap flammable things lying around your house. Collect them up. Next, advertize on your street a great couch burning, with $5 being the price of admission. Thirdly, on the day you designated to be the great couch burning, hope to God that you've made enough money to buy yourself a cheap replacement couch and light the old one on fire, preferably with awesome explosions to go with it. You'll be rid of the old couch and have enough money to buy a new one (Or some of those LL Bean folding camp chairs, which are infinitely cooler, in my humble opinion).

 

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You should rejoice in the fact that you're sitting on the corpses of a billion dead life forms.

 


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Not really anything you can do about the wee beasties but I don’t think you have to worry about them, dust mites despite their name eat dead skin and dander, so if it was just collecting dust without a lot of “food” it’s probably ok.

If you have a compressor and a nozzle blow it off, this’ll do a little more than vacuuming it.

If you still have dust just buy a sofa cover or of if you’re cheap put a sheet over it. (which you should be or you'll soon have no money)

 

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Ok, here is what you do. Hold a neiborhood raffle. Sell tickets for $5 each. The winner gets a brand new couch. Don't let anyone see the couch. When delivery day comes, deliver the couch to the winner. When they are disappointed with their prize, refund their $5. Go dump the couch in a ditch and the rest of the raffle money is yours.

 

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CustomPCMAX posted:

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Ok, here is what you do. Hold a neiborhood raffle. Sell tickets for $5 each. The winner gets a brand new couch. Don't let anyone see the couch. When delivery day comes, deliver the couch to the winner. When they are disappointed with their prize, refund their $5. Go dump the couch in a ditch and the rest of the raffle money is yours.


Theres plan. But he would need a venue to advertise and push his tickets.

Lets start right here!

 


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Funny, were talking about an old couch that shoots up clouds of dust, and here you are with your name sounding like 'epithelial'. It's just an observation.

 

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And your name sounds like cadaverous ants. Wow this is freaky.

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That does sound like epifols!

 


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