Making a Clean Sweep
How sweeping compound has changed my life
One of the ways in which life has changed since I was a child is the number of pets people have, and particularly the number of those pets who live in the house.
I am among that number of people with pets in the house , and as such, I have spent years looking for a solution to what I think of as “my sweeping problem.”
At times I feel that I have single handedly kept the floorcare business afloat. I have a Dyson pet hair vacuum, a Shop Vac, a Roomba, two indoor brooms, two outdoor brooms, two dust mops — one, a fluffy e-cloth; the other having bright green “microfiber” fingers — and, finally, a Swiffer.
You might think that with this formidable artillery of floor cleaning devices at my disposal, I would have some of the cleanest floors around, but alas, all my floor cleaning accoutrements are no match for the fur, dander, and dust generated by my dog, Clooney, and my cat, Stripes.
In addition to Clooney’s Olympic level shedding prowess, he requires two walks a day which, while it allows him to do some of his shedding outdoors, results in the two of us bringing in more dirt and pollen than would otherwise end up in the house.
Then there is the cat, Stripes. Except for occasional forays onto the side patio when I am…
